Submitted by Heather on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:24am
Interested in becoming a Ringgold Market vendor? We are looking for more North Georgia famers and artisans! If you make it, grow it or even sew it yourself, we'd love to have you apply! Visit http://vendors.chattanoogamarket.com/ for an application.
Submitted by Heather on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:21am
The opening day for the newest Chattanooga Public Market, Ringgold Market will be Saturday, June 1st. In the heart of downtown Ringgold, outside the courthouse, this smaller authentic farmers market features locally grown produce, meats, cheeses and eggs. The Market hours will be 9-12pm, every Saturday starting June 1st until Labor Day weekend. Primarily designed to be a farmers market, attendees can expect to see a bit of arts and crafts throughout the summer season as well.
Submitted by Heather on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 8:37am
The Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office, during May 3-9, answered 1,315 calls, including 48 that were booked on a total of 103 counts. The violations included both misdemeanor and felony charges and were as follows:
Arrests
Nicholas Kane Braden, 25, of 103 Barnhart Circle, Ft. Oglethorpe, was arrested May 3 for two counts of possession of Schedule II drugs and two counts of obstruction or hindering law enforcement officers. Bond has been set at $19,000.
Tabitha Denise Carter, 38, of 3617 Tanaka Trail, Chattanooga, Tenn., was arrested May 3 for Probation Violation.
Submitted by Heather on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 8:13am
Ringgold is planning ahead for its water needs by moving forward with the initial phase of groundwater exploration following a unanimous vote during its meeting on Monday, May 13.
The council approved the motion of moving into the first phase of the project following a work session discussion with geologist Robert Atkins, president of A&S Environmental Services Inc.
“We have talked about looking into groundwater exploration for the past few months,” said council member G. Larry Black.
Submitted by Heather on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 8:09am
Ringgold GA, (WDEF)- Catoosa County Commissioners this morning gave the green light to keep Hutcheson Medical Center open.
Jim Cutler, District 3 Commissioner,"Be able to continue to pay current bill and bills that may come up in the future".
They say that locals must remember that the 2.5 million dollars is a credit line.
Jim Cutler,"We are not borrowing the entire 2.5, again it is a line of credit."
Catoosa County Chairman Keith Greene says the simple reason for the hospitals problems is, debt.
Submitted by Heather on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 8:04am
Two long-time Fort Oglethorpe city officials are fighting to get their jobs back. City Council members decided to uphold the interim city manager's firing of the police chief and public works director. Now, those former employees have filed a lawsuit.
City Officials reviewed personnel decisions yesterday made by Interim City Manager, Harold Silcox. On March 22nd, Silcox decided to terminate police chief David Eubanks and Public Works Director, Jeff Long... minutes after being appointed.
Submitted by Heather on Wed, 05/15/2013 - 2:32pm
The Fort Oglethorpe City Council heard the appeal hearings of former public works director Jeff Long and former police chief David Eubanks on Tuesday night, May 14. In both cases the council upheld the decision by interim city manager Harold Silcox to terminate the longstanding city employees.
More than 70 people were crammed into the city council chambers to hear the long awaited verdict by mayor and council on whether to uphold Silcox’s decision to fire the two employees on March 22.
Submitted by Heather on Tue, 05/14/2013 - 8:21am
PBS’s digital media initiative MediaShift is launching a line of ebooks. The launch is part of a larger experiment with PBS, which is also planning to publish its own ebooks this year.
Submitted by Heather on Tue, 05/14/2013 - 8:11am
There's a possible break in the more than century old mystery of what exactly is in Coca Cola.
A Ringgold man claims to have found a copy of the the top secret soda pop recipe and is putting it up for auction online.
The asking price on eBay -- five million dollars!
Cliff and Arlene Kluge say they discovered a 1943 copy of the Coca-Cola recipe buried deep in a box of old documents that they picked up at an antique sale. They say the are certain it's the real thing.
Submitted by Heather on Mon, 05/13/2013 - 8:39am
The personnel appeal hearings for two fired Fort Oglethorpe officials is set for Tuesday, May 14, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at city hall.
The hearings, which are open to the public, will presents testimony relevant to the terminations of police chief David Eubanks and public works director Jeff Long. Both were fired in March.
The city council will determine the validity of the decision made by interim city manager Harold Silcox to terminate these employees just minutes after being appointed.
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