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Memorable TSSAA Spring Fling performances by area athletes and teams

East Hamilton couldn't get the hits when needed and left 12 baserunners stranded in a season-ending 7-4 baseball loss at Upperman.

A Chattanooga man was stabbed to death late Friday after arguing with another man, police said Saturday.

A Chattanooga man was stabbed to death late Friday after arguing with another man, police said.

The Tennessee Valley Authority celebrated its 80th birthday on Friday, but officials insist America’s biggest government utility shouldn’t be retired or sold off yet even though President Obama has suggested studying the idea.

Soddy-Daisy's Ivy Academy was one of 64 schools in the nation and among two Tennessee schools to win a Green Ribbon School Award from the U.S. Department of Education this year.

A full-scale emergency exercise, including employee evacuation, will take place Wednesday at the Chattanooga Mail Processing and Distribution Center on Shallowford Road.

The Hamilton County Parks and Recreation Department is hosting the third annual "Get Out and Go Night" from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Tennessee Riverpark.

Republican senators from Georgia and South Carolina have called on the Obama administration to continue funding a program to turn weapons-grade plutonium into commercial nuclear reactor fuel, saying that slowing or ending the project would harm international and domestic relationships.

Today: Chattanooga Cactus and Succulent Society, 3 p.m., 3005 Plum Nelly Road, Rising Fawn, Ga. Mark and Stan Hall will show their collection of cactus and succulents.

Chattanooga Police Chief Bobby Dodd will remain in his current position, Mayor Andy Berke said today.

NASHVILLE — Top Safety Department officials led a special memorial service today honoring Tennessee state troopers and other law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty to commemorate National Police Week.

Baggett Road between Poplar Springs and Boyton Drive will be resurfaced next week, weather permitting, according to an announcement by Catoosa County officials.

ATLANTA — Powerball now has the highest jackpot in the game’s history. Georgia Lottery officials announced today that strong sales have bumped Saturday’s Powerball jackpot from an estimated $550 million to an estimated $600 million.

NASHVILLE — State House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick, R-Chattanooga, and another top chamber leader, GOP Caucus Chairman Glen Casada of Franklin, are encouraging fellow House Republicans to back state Rep. Joe Carr’s 4th Congressional District bid.

A full-scale emergency exercise, including employee evacuation, will take place Wednesday at the Chattanooga Mail Processing and Distribution Center on Shallowford Road.

The Cleveland Civitan Club has decided to cancel the Special Olympics scheduled for Saturday, May 18, at Cleveland High School because of the forecast adverse weather conditions.

NASHVILLE — Suck Creek Road will be closed between 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday for state road maintenance workers to repair a slide area, the Tennessee Department of Transportation said in a news release.

The circle at the end of Tremont Street, south of River Street, will be closed Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for the Public Works Week Touch-a-Truck Event.

Joseph “Nick” D. Decosimo, managing principal of the Chattanooga accounting firm of Joseph Decosimo and Co., will join the board of the recently recapitalized First Security Group, Inc., pending regulatory approval.

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Chattanooga and Pensacola needed extra innings for a third straight night, with the Lookouts prevailing 8-2 with a big 10th-inning eruption after coming up short the previous two games.

Marcia Kling, a longtime local television personality at WTVC-NewsChannel 9, announced Thursday she will retire May 30, according to a news release from the station.

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander says President Barack Obama's plan to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority has already cost hundreds of millions of dollars — even if the nation's largest public utility is never sold.

NASHVILLE — Generic drug maker Ranbaxy will pay Tennessee $5.53 million under a $500 million national agreement that resolves claims the company sold inferior drugs and made false statements regarding how the drugs were manufactured, State Attorney General Bob Cooper announced Thursday.

The Hamilton County Board of Education moved to renegotiate Superintendent Rick Smith's contract and extend it for another four years.

President Barack Obama has nominated Knoxville attorney Pamela L. Reeves to a judgeship in the Eastern District of Tennessee, according to a White House news release.

Marcia Kling, a longtime local television personality at WTVC-NewsChannel 9, announced today she will retire on May 30th, according to a news release from the station.

The Tennessee Department of Transportation has announced a shift in traffic will be carried out on U.S. 27 south beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Officers, families and community members will gather tonight at 8 for the Chattanooga Area Law Enforcement Memorial Service at 600 Market St.

NASHVILLE — Generic drug maker Ranbaxy will pay Tennessee $5.53 million under a $500 million national agreement that resolves claims the company sold inferior drugs and made false statements regarding how the drugs were manufactured, State Attorney General Bob Cooper announced today.

Transcard LLC,. a financial technology company, is carrying out a nearly $1 million expansion at its Jenkins Road operation that will create 69 new jobs.

Catoosa County has announced Akins Road between Battlefield Parkway and Boynton Drive will undergo resurfacing on Friday.

CBL & Associates Properties Inc. and Horizon Group Properties Inc. plan to develop The Outlet Shoppes at Louisville in Simpsonville, Ky.

Joe Brown, a 14-year banking veteran, has been named BB&T Chattanooga market president.

The traffic signal at the intersection of Ringgold Road and Bales Avenue will be under construction from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. today.

Market Street in downtown Chattanooga will be closed between Fifth and Eighth streets Thursday evening for the annual Chattanooga Area Law Enforcement Memorial Service.

Here is a list of local colleges and whether they have regular courses in American Sign Language.

• 23: Chattanooga Voice competition at Chattanooga Theatre Centre • 24: Ladies Night Out Tour, featuring Jagged Edge, K-Ci & Jo Jo and Silk with Melanie Comarcho, at Memorial Auditorium

Admission pins to the Riverbend Festival are on sale at more than 100 area Kangaroo Express stores.

Metal band Lamb of God will be in concert Friday, May 17, at Track 29, 1400 Market St., along with Decapitated and Terror.

Two dates this weekend are key for anyone with the vocal chops to become "Chattanooga's Voice."

Local strawberries are usually available at Chattanooga Market in the weeks between opening day and the annual Strawberry Festival, but this year's crop is just now coming in.

The Isaacs, an award-winning family bluegrass/gospel group, will perform Friday, May 17, in the Evening Shade Concerts in the Park series in Cleveland, Tenn.

Classic country band The Bounty Hunters will perform 7-8 p.m. Friday, May 17, in the Sunset Concert Series at North River Civic Center, 1009 Executive Drive, in Hixson.

A concert Saturday, May 18, at Center for Creative Arts will feature a teen pop/rock band that opened one of last year's Nightfall shows at Miller Plaza.

Five Jewish-themed, award-winning films produced in Israel and the United States will be shown on consecutive Wednesdays beginning May 22 at the Jewish Cultural Center, 5461 North Terrace. Films are suitable for ages 16 and older.

A service commemorating the 175th anniversary of the Cherokee Trail of Tears is scheduled at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at New Echota Cherokee Capital State Historic Site, Highway 225 North, in Calhoun, Ga.

Contemporary mixed-media and installation artist Whitfield Lovell, whose collection “Deep River” goes on view at the Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View, on Saturday, May 18, will be in town on Friday, May 17, to present the program in the Art Wise: Distinguished Speakers series.

RNR Productions will offer the Ultimate Gospel Concert, featuring eight acts, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Harrison Bay State Park, 8411 Harrison Bay Road.

In “Sideways Stories From Wayside School,” Myron, portrayed by Morgan Shaw, center, is stuck in his seat by a wad of chewing gum, while his teacher and classmates try to pull him free.

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