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Chattanooga Housing Authority residents accuse city police officer of harassment

Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009

The president of the Chattanooga Housing Authority’s Citywide Advisory Board and other CHA residents filed a complaint this week alleging harassment by a Chattanooga police officer, records show.

Tennessee: FDA warns against several diet pills

Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009

After the Food and Drug Administration last week condemned more than two dozen diet aids and warned consumers not to take them, some Southeast Tennessee pharmacies and nutrition shops said they don’t stock those products or advise their use.

Chattanooga: Airmen plan for local chapter of black pilots

Friday, Jan. 2, 2009

Members of the Black Pilots of America hope to form a Chattanooga chapter to convince young blacks to take to the skies.

Chattanooga: Jubilee ’09 carries extra meaning

Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009

Local NAACP officials say there’s a special meaning this year to Jubilee Day, the annual event that marks President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

Soddy-Daisy cheerleaders win national title

Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008

When it comes to cheerleading, the Soddy-Daisy High School football squad has won the Super Bowl.

Chattanooga: Drumbeats, poems celebrate Kwanzaa

Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008

Heads bop and bodies rock as the African drumbeats of Kofi Mawuko reverberate through the room.

Chattanooga: Weed and Seed seeks to deter youth gun violence

Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008

East Chattanooga Weed and Seed officials expect to receive $25,000 to $30,000 to deter community youths from gun violence.

Chattanooga: All-girls charter school has home

Facility to be at James A. Henry center in Westside community

Monday, Dec. 22, 2008

The first all-girls public charter school in Chattanooga is scheduled to open next year in a community surrounded by public housing and low-income residents.

Chattanooga: Graduates learn about leadership, environment

Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008

Farming isn’t seen much in city neighborhoods, but that’s what Angela Bonds wants to do.

Chattanooga: City plans to spend $2.1 million to stabilize neighborhoods hard hit by foreclosures

Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008

Dorothy Jones has lived in North Brainerd for more than 30 years, but for the past two she’s lived next door to a boarded-up community eyesore.