News - Friday, July 24, 2026

Visitors have no shortage of places to add to their Chattanooga itinerary.

They can descend hundreds of feet underground at Ruby Falls. They can drive up Lookout Mountain to see Rock City. They can tour the Tennessee Aquarium, stroll across the Walnut Street Bridge and spend a night at the Choo-Choo.

There’s little at Aladdin Printing & Copying to suggest it’s a business preparing for an AI-powered future.

Inside the Broad Street shop, the presses stay busy while customers drift in throughout the day, often lingering for conversation as they pick up business cards, menus or brochures. Many are greeted by name. Employees ask about their families, remember past jobs and treat routine pickups like visits.

Garrett Cox was only 20 years old when he found himself managing the finance office at a Marion County car dealership.

It was a role that demanded far more than selling vehicles. Every day brought lessons in lending, negotiations, marketing, business management and customer service. Looking back, Cox sees those early years as the training ground for the career he would eventually build.

The latest housing numbers show a market that’s active but not overheated. Nationally, existing home sales picked up, and the Chattanooga region also saw gains in new listings, pending sales and inventory.

That combination gives us a useful picture of where the market stands right now. Buyers are still moving, sellers are still entering the market and the pace is giving both sides more room to make thoughtful decisions.

Judges are bound by the rule of law. But the rule of law is not inflexible. 

Judicial discretion is the power judges have to exercise their judgment, act based on the evidence before them and consider the circumstances of individual cases. It enables judges to make decisions based on the facts in front of them and allows for flexibility when the situation calls for it.

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in workplaces, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is launching two new professional education programs this fall aimed at helping workers develop practical AI skills.

UTC’s Center for Professional Education will offer an introductory AI workshop and a more advanced cybersecurity certification course beginning in September. University officials say the programs were developed in response to growing demand from both employers and professionals seeking to better understand how AI is changing the workplace.

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel is warning clients and business contacts to be on guard after discovering a scam in which someone impersonated one of the firm’s attorneys in an apparent attempt to obtain sensitive information.

In a letter sent to clients and friends of the firm, president and managing shareholder Steve Barham said the firm recently identified a fraudulent text message sent from an unfamiliar phone number that appeared to come from a Chambliss attorney.

As electric bicycles become common on Chattanooga streets and trails, local law enforcement agencies are reminding riders that e-bikes are subject to many of the same rules that apply to traditional bicycles.

The Chattanooga Police Department and the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office this month released a summary of Tennessee’s e-bike laws and say the effort is intended to educate riders before enforcement becomes necessary.

Social Security is often one of the most important income sources in retirement. Yet widespread myths about how it works can lead to confusion, unnecessary worry and poor planning decisions. Here’s the truth behind five of the most common misconceptions.

The University of Tennessee athletic department’s creative team flexed its muscle to promote the college’s transition back to Adidas. From highly choreographed videos to flashy photos to detailed graphics, the rollout was full throttle on every social media platform.

Once again, there have been many changes this offseason for the Tennessee Titans.

The big question – as the club opens training camp formally on July 28 at what is now Vanderbilt Health Football Center – is how much those offseason changes will improve the team’s fortunes.

With new-vehicle prices hovering near record highs and monthly payments consuming a growing share of household budgets, many shoppers are looking for ways to make every car-buying dollar go further. 

And with ample options for where, when and how to buy, it’s not hard to do. The car experts at Edmunds have compiled their five top strategies to help reduce the overall cost of your next vehicle purchase.

NEW YORK (AP) — Already feeling pinched since the start of the Iran war, consumers are likely to feel more pain ahead as oil prices pushed past $100 a barrel Thursday amid renewed fighting and military strikes that have left global oil supplies stranded in the Middle East.

Ford and Chinese automotive company Geely Auto announced plans on Thursday to jointly manufacture low- and zero-emission vehicles at Ford's Valencia, Spain factory.

The partnership is a bid to reignite Ford's offerings for the European auto market as the legacy carmaker seeks to compete with the likes of fast-moving Chinese companies that are rapidly dominating auto sales across the globe.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday had governors and electricity companies join a voluntary pledge to shield U.S. consumers from higher utility bills from data centers — a sign of how the artificial intelligence build-out has become a lightning rod of controversy before the midterm elections.