News - Friday, May 3, 2024

Three men park their trucks on a parcel of Hamilton County land that was once home to a motel of ill repute and make their way indoors.

Instead of tapping a bell at a check-in desk, they park their posteriors on the cushioned chairs that circle a polished wood table in the dining area of a spanking new townhome.

The future was ahead of Central Michigan University Chippewas pitcher Braxton Markle as he took the mound against the Miami University RedHawks to secure a save for his team in 2018.

Of immediate concern was the first of several RedHawks batters Markle, a southpaw, needed to send back to the dugout. While the hitters were 60 feet, 6 inches away, Markle’s dream of becoming a major league pitcher was in the back of his thoughts as he began hurling carefully aimed balls toward the plate.

Attorney Gordon Rose has joined the labor and employment practice area of Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel.

With three decades of arbitration, mediation and litigation experience, Rose focuses on spearheading investigations and responses for disciplinary, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, DOL, National Labor Relations Board, benefits and contractual disputes.

For our third director spotlight, I’m thrilled to highlight MLS chairman Jeff Nixon. Jeff’s commitment to and enthusiasm for the association and our members are evident in the initiatives he champions, which mirror the thoughtful consideration he gives to his sales associates and clients’ needs.

Core Homes will host Atlanta mortgage specialist Jordan Nutter for two seminars in Chattanooga Thursday, May 25. The free seminars will be held at the Home Builders Association of Greater Chattanooga and are open to the public.

Nutter has devoted 2024 to educating high schoolers and individuals of all ages on achieving financial freedom and improving financial goals. Her tour is taking her across the country.

In construction, safety isn’t an option – it’s a priority. Nearly one in five workplace fatalities occurred in the construction industry in 2021, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports, with over one-third of these deaths caused by falls.

Consistently surprising and eclectic programming has helped to make the Chattanooga Film Festival one of the “25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World” (MovieMaker Magazine, 2022), one of the “Best Horror Festivals in the World” (Dread Central, 2022) and one of the “World’s Best Genre Festivals” (MovieMaker, 2020 and 2021).

If you’re a younger worker just starting out in your career, you’ve got tremendous personal and professional opportunities ahead of you. But this is also when you will need to make some key decisions – especially about your financial priorities.

My church has launched a fundraising campaign that, as a side effect, restores a measure of dignity and worth to a long-scorned object: the lowly penny.

Beyond that, it also serves as a reminder for me about the spiritual value of things that might hold little or no monetary utility. A sermon in action, if you will.

Nothing is guaranteed in sports. But the odds are good that someone on the third-ranked University of Tennessee baseball team will hit a home run during any game.

The Vols have continued to hit balls out of the park with regularity this season. They tied a season-high with six home runs in the series-opening win over Missouri last weekend. Tennessee has hit six home runs in a game five different times this season.

The 2024 draft is over, but the Tennessee Titans rebuild is still far from finished.

Yes, the Titans nabbed a trio of potential immediate starters in this year’s draft in tackle JC Latham, nose tackle T’Vondre Sweat and inside linebacker Cedric Gray. But general manager Ran Carthon admits the Titans will be busy once again in free agency to fill needs at safety, edge rusher and depth at tight end.

The Federal Trade Commission announced last week it is banning noncompete agreements across the country with a rule that applies to almost all workers. You read that right: The FTC does not want your employer to be able to force a noncompete onto you.

Gaze around the next time you’re stuck in traffic and see if you’re not surprised, maybe even a little saddened, by the monochromatic sea around you.

Modern cars come in a fantastic variety of shapes and sizes, but far fewer explore the more vibrant shades of the color wheel.