Video: Measuring student health
According to the Tennessee Department of Education, more than 40 percent of school children statewide are overweight or at risk of being overweight. Russell Cliche hopes to change that. As director of the coordinated school health program for Hamilton County Schools, he and a team of school nurses since September have been recording the height, weight and blood pressure of about 2,000 local students.
May 11, 2008
Video: Desmond Tutu speaks at Sewanee
The Most Reverend Desmond Tutu spoke to more than 800 people at the University of the South during a graduation ceremony for students in the seminary school.
May 9, 2008
Video: BlueCross BlueShield tree topping
Construction workers topped off BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee’s new downtown Chattanooga campus on Thursday by ceremonially placing a tree atop the final structure to be completed. The ceremony marked the completion of work on the concrete shells of the five structures on Cameron Hill.
May 8, 2008
Video: Chipping basics
Hunt Gilliland, director of golf at Council Fire, shares his tips and techniques on chipping basics.
May 7, 2008
Video: Historic Shakerag
Take a tour of McNabb Mines, a late 1800s coal boomtown in Marion County. The town, also known as Shakerag, was home to 50 to 100 people and was abandoned between 1903 and 1910. The site has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
May 6, 2008
Video: Billy Long pleads guilty
Ex-Hamilton County Sheriff Billy Long pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to 27 of 28 extortion, money laundering, gun and drug charges.
May 5, 2008
Video: Hoffa trial documentary
Teamsters Union boss Jimmy Hoffa was found guilty of jury tampering at a 1964 trial in Chattanooga. He was sentenced to eight years in prison. Advanced Video Solutions recently completed a documentary on the trial commissioned by the Federal Bar Association for private use. A public showing of the hour-long movie is set for the local Back Row Film Series in July.
May 4, 2008
Video: Reclaiming his life
T.J. Johnson was in a car wreck at the age of 16 and was in a coma for nine months. He is currently 18 and has brain damage that limits his cognitive abilities and keeps him in a wheelchair most of the time. Despite his hardships, he attended his Central High School senior prom on April 26.
May 3, 2008
Video: Veterans honored
Hamilton County and the Chattanooga Area Veterans Council on Friday honored military personnel at the 59th annual Armed Forces Day Parade in downtown Chattanooga.
May 2, 2008
Video: Deaf horse communicates with Siskin students
Caliente, a three-year-old adopted wild mustang with a hearing disability, is from Caliente, Nevada, but now lives on a farm in Chattanooga. By using body language, young people from Siskin Children's Institute learn to communicate with “Cali.”
April 30, 2008
Video: Putting basics
Hunt Gilliland, director of golf at Council Fire, shares his tips and techniques to perform proper putting basics.
April 30, 2008
Video: Chattanooga traffic concerns
Chattanooga traffic officials have released a list of the highest-rated intersection accident locations for 2006. With 51 accidents, or 6.53 accidents per million vehicles entering the intersection, Hixson Pike North at Highway 153 North was the most dangerous location. Watch as city Traffic Engineer John Van Winkle describes some of Chattanooga’s worst intersections.
April 30, 2008
Video: Big Orange Caravan comes to town
At the Chattanooga Choo Choo Tuesday evening, Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer signed autographs for fans and talked about the upcoming season.
April 29, 2008
Video: Hamilton Place expansion
CBL & Associates Properties is planning to expand and improve Hamilton Place mall with 20 to 30 specialty shops in an outdoor village setting. CBL executives hope to win approval from the Tennessee General Assembly and the Chattanooga City Council to charge an additional tax to shoppers at Hamilton Place and nearby CBL properties to help fund the project.
April 28, 2008
Video: Recycling right?
The City of Chattanooga in cooperation with Orange Grove operates four recycling convenience centers city wide, and another center on Brainerd Road is planned. What is the state of recycling in the area since residential curbside pick-up dropped to monthly from weekly service? Convenience centers are open 7 days a week.
April 27, 2008
