Category Archives: general

Update, January 6: “Shrek,” the dog pictured below, has been adopted by a caring family.  A funeral service for all five victims of this fire will be held Saturday January… Read more »

Update, January 3: According to the victim’s grandmother, the boy is “doing better, and trying to walk.”  She says that two of the three students who are charged in the… Read more »

When I was growing up, WDEF-TV called its newscast “Tri-State Report.”  I always liked that title, it was self-explanatory.  Folks like me, in the northeastern corner of Alabama, got their… Read more »

  Ron Arnold died at his home on Christmas Eve, leaving behind a multitude of friends.  He was 73. He was one of the early 1960s WFLI-guys, known as “Ron… Read more »

By now you’ve seen the awkward, uncomfortable, embarrassing finish to Sunday night’s Miss Universe pageant on Fox.  If you haven’t, here it is.  Watch, and we’ll discuss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmqAjr0xs04 Yes, emcee… Read more »

Welcome to my first annual ChattanoogaRadioTV Christmas special.  It features fewer words, and more music and videos. I’ve written before about misunderstood song lyrics, but I’ve held one back just… Read more »

  Thanks to NBC’s “The Voice,” America has finally discovered “Mary Did You Know.”  It’s #1 on the ITunes chart after Jordan Smith’s excellent performance Monday night.  Even Mark Lowry… Read more »

Update: Amber Slatton passed away Monday December 28, just nineteen days after she graduated from Whitwell High School.  Previous story from Dec. 10: I’ve written before about my love for… Read more »

How many hats did Dalton Roberts wear?  Guitar picker.  Teacher.  Politician.  Songwriter.  Storyteller.  Poet.  County Executive.  Newspaper columnist.  Friend to the birds. Singer. Erlanger watchdog.  BS detector.  Visionary. Dalton passed away… Read more »

  I wrote a story about the Forester Sisters of Lookout Mountain, Georgia earlier this year, and a lot of folks seemed to enjoy catching up with Kathy, June, Kim… Read more »