Submitted by Heather on Thu, 04/11/2013 - 8:15am
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WRCB) -- Shaquille O'Neal, famed basketball player, paid a visit to the Scenic City Wednesday.
Shaq was in Chattanooga meeting with Chattem, who produce the Icy Hot patch. Shaq visited both St. Elmo locations.
Chattem representatives say Shaq drove himself from Florida to Chattanooga in semi truck, minus the trailer.
Read More. (WRCBtv.com)
Submitted by Heather on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 8:29am
Over the last few months, the Catoosa County landfill has experienced both a maintenance issue and low performance from the generator that runs off methane gas emitted from decomposing trash.
In 2005 the landfill stopped accepting trash and last year the generator was implemented as a way to literally generate revenue from the 60 acres that the state requires the county to monitor and manage until 2035.
Earlier this year, County Manager Mike Helton said the landfill generator was down to around 70 percent efficiency.
Submitted by Heather on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 8:21am
In an effort to restore order to the chaos surrounding the city of Fort Oglethorpe, council member Earl Gray placed a resolution on the agenda that would allow former city manager Ron Goulart to rescind his resignation.
Goulart resigned at a special called meeting March 22. The council then appointed Harold Silcox as interim, and Silcox terminated two longtime employees of the city within 10 minutes of being appointed.
Submitted by Heather on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 8:21am
ATLANTA (AP) - The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is considering shortening deer hunting season to respond to a decline in the state's deer population.
Morris News Service reports the Department of Natural Resource has learned longer deer hunting seasons have led to a significant drop in the deer population within the past decade. Officials say the deer population has dropped from about 1.4 million to less than 1 million.
Submitted by Heather on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 8:16am
During the citizen comments Monday night at the Fort Oglethorpe council meeting, mayor Lynn long requested several people be removed for being too loud, clapping, or being disrespectful. When officers approached citizens, there was an uproar of protest as many audience members began to walk out.
Read more: CatWalkChatt - Protest at Fort Oglethorpe council meeting
Submitted by Heather on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 2:26pm
Catoosa County, Ga., residents soon should be able to sign up to get a phone call, email or text alerting them that a tornado, flood or other calamity is on the way.
The Catoosa County Commission this week accepted $13,250 in federal and state emergency management agency grant money to fund a mass notification system.
The county, which was hit hard by the April 2011 tornadoes, plans to combine that with $21,500 from the Salvation Army and up to $6,000 in county money to fund the mass notification system for two years.
Submitted by Heather on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 8:37am
(NBC) -- Internet security experts suddenly know more about the way hackers are getting access to your smartphone, but still don't have software to prevent it.
Security experts, who figured it was just a matter of time before hackers gain access to smartphones, now say that time has arrived with a vengeance.
"10-15,000 a day perhaps. We have a financial motivation, these guys have figured out how to take phones and turn them into money," said Bob Sullivan, technology writer for NBCNews.com.
Submitted by Heather on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 8:12am
LONDON—Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister who became one of the most influential global leaders of the postwar period, died on Monday, three decades after her championing of free-market economics and individual choice transformed Britain's economy and her vigorous foreign policy played a key role in the end of the Cold War.
Submitted by Heather on Fri, 04/05/2013 - 4:28pm
If you want free HD broadcast TV today such as ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, Fox, all you have to do is put up an over the air antenna and have a TV with a digital tuner or external set-top box. Your neighborhood cable company charges you for these channels inside of a package. As much as I hate to say it, rightfully so as the cable guys have to pay "retransmission fees" to offer those to you. Well except the cable guys that own the networks. Or is it the networks that own the cable guys? Anyway!
Submitted by Todd on Fri, 04/05/2013 - 8:50am
Seven laptop computers were donated to Catoosa County school resource officers to assist prevention educations in the CHAMPS (Choosing Healthy Activities and Methods Promoting Safety) program. The local deputies teach sixth- and seventh-grade students about being safe, healthy and happy to prepare for a successful life.
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