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Photo Gallery Daily Photos 08.07.2010 Starting this weekend, people of all ages with special needs no longer will have to watch from the bleachers.A new state-of-the art facility at Warner Park with a baseball diamond, playground and multi-sport field for The Miracle League, a sports league designed for people with special needs, will open Saturday at 8:45 a.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Baseball games and othe nike dunk donna r activities will take place all morning. This is a gift to this community, project manager Mike McGauley said. We feel like this is not only going to service the population that we ve identified, but it s all going to send a message about what this community is about. The facility is in Warner Park, close to the zoo samba rose and the Warner Park Pool and splash pad, so families traveling to the facility can stay and enjoy the rest of the area.If you goWhat: Miracle Field opening dayWhen: 8:45 a.m. SaturdayWhere: Miracle Field at Warner ParkMore info: miracleleaguechattCall: If you are interested, contact the downtown YMCA at 423-266-3766 There are few communities that have an aggreg airforces ation of facilities like this, McGauley said. I d guess there are none. This is the second Miracle League facility in Tennessee - with the first opening earlier this year in Murfreesboro - and becomes one of the more than 300 Miracle League fields across the nation. There are more than 13,000 children just in Hamilton County with special needs, McGauley said, and he expects kids to Dybx Chattanooga area seeing significant outbreak of canine respiratory illness
INTERACTIVE: Hillary Clinton s emailsA man prosecutors say ran gambling operations for the former stanley cup mayor of South Pittsburg, Tenn., has agreed to plead guilty to a federal gambling charg stanley tumbler e.Robert Barry Cole faces up to five years in prison on the charge of illegal gambling. He entered the plea agreement Monday, according to court documents. His sentencing date has not been set.Mike Killian, former South Pittsbur stanley cup g mayor and brother of U.S. Attorney Bill Killian, agreed to plead guilty to the same charge in February. His arraignment hearing is scheduled for May 9.Court records allege that Cole ran day-to-day sports betting schemes with Killian from 2002 until December 2012. Killian was mayor from 2005 until 2012.Cole and Mike Killian split the proceeds evenly. Cole recorded bets, collected money, paid out winnings and managed an online sports betting website.Prosecutors estimate gross revenue of $2,000 in a single day, according to records.As part of the agreement, Cole will have to forfeit $19,000 seized from a safe at his South Pittsburg home, a computer and a ring appraised at $17,500.Bill Killian s Chattanooga-based office, which oversees federal prosecutions for Tennessee s Eastern District, was recused from the case to avoid any conflicts.Jack Smith, chief of the Washington, D.C.-based Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Justice Department, has overseen the case.The Public Integrity Section investigates allegations of criminal conduct by public officials. Officials in the
Pccm McCormick: State to approve VW incentives for Chattanooga plant
smedley wamp tile yeezy Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Mayoral candidate Matt Adams speaks during an interview at the Chattanooga Times Free Press office on Monday, July 11, 2022. As part of a bipartisan effort to hire several top-level Republicans, Democrat Matt Adams has publicly extended an offer to County Commission Chairwoman Sabrena Smedley to serve as a full-time senior adviser in his administration should he win the campaign for Hamilton County mayor on Thursday. Commissioner Sabrena Smedley ran a clean, honest and visionary campaign for county mayor this year, Adams told local media during a news conference Tuesday on the steps of the Hamilton County Courthouse. Had supporters of my opponent Weston Wamp not unleased waves of negative advertising brimming with misinformation, Sabrena would likely be the Republican nominee, and this race would currently be between two honest, mature candidates who both have the interests of Hamilton County at heart. Suppor air max 1 ters of Wamp criticized Smedley for certain endorsements in radio ads, but Wamp denied involvement in the negative campaigning.Smedley finished a narrow second place in the Republican primary versus Wamp and unsuccessfully challenged his candidacy, having claimed that crossover voting from Democrats impacted the outcome. She told the Chattanooga Times Free Press airforces on Tuesday that she had an informal phone conversation with Adams on Monday. Xvii Hamilton County principal suspended for suspected embezzlement
Weston Wamp, right, grabs onto his father, former U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, before his speech at a Pachyderm Club meeting stanley cup at the Double Tree Hotel in downtown Chattanooga earlier this year. It was Westo stanley canada n Wamp s first major public appearance in his campaign to win the August Republican primary for the 3rd District Congressional seat. A month after he lost the primary for the governor s seat in August 2010, U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., dialed up Chip Saltsman.A campaign consultant, Saltsman was the senior political adviser for Chuck Fleischmann, the Republican nominee in Tennessee s 3rd Congressional District race and the likely winner of Wamp s newly vacated seat in November s general election.Saltsman was th kubki stanley e man to call if, as Wamp said in a written statement, you were a departing eight-term congressman looking to help the Republican nominee politically, financially and logistically.And one other thing, according to Saltsman. He wanted me to give Weston a job interview, he said. I told him I would. Zach Wamp s pattern of helping his son continues now that Weston Wamp is challenging Fleischmann for the 3rd District seat, from tapping his old donor network to knocking on voters doors.Now Fleischmann s chief of staff, Saltsman said Weston Wamp once viewed Fleischmann as a potential Capitol Hill employer, not part of the status quo he criticizes almost daily in his quest to win his father s old office.Two sources confirmed Saltsman s account, but both Wamps challenged it.I
Agwp COVID-19 Task Force calls for virus vigilance as Hamilton County mask mandate ends next month
Second Floor renovations of the History Branch of the Cleveland Bradley County Public Library, now named the Johnston Tucker Center, offers a conference room in a parlor-like setting for the the Bradley Cleveland Public Education Foundation. Photo Gallery Residents celebrate historic Cleveland library renovations CLEVELAND, Tenn. - The History Branch of the Cleveland Bradley County Public Library has a new look and a new name at the end of a three-year renovation program.Last week, library officials and more than 40 community stakeholders gathered for the building s official adidas campus donna re-dedication as the Johnston Tucker Center, in recognition of the families who have long supported the library. crocs badelatschen If you want a great library, you must have community support, John Hagler, chairman of the library board, said during the event May 21. We ve had that right from the very beginning. Library officials estimated about $800,000 in donations from the Tucker Foundation, the George R. Johnston Family Foundation and several individuals, combined, have gone into the overhaul.The Ocoee Street facility, also known as the landmark Craigmiles House, served as the city s library from 1923-1987. The building became an archival site when the main library campus resettled across the s yeezy treet. It houses local genealogical and historical collections, including Civil War military documents, court records and various manuscripts.Andrew Hunt, who has served as the Sxll Americans eat tens of thousands of microplastic particles a year, and that could have major implications for Tennessee Valley residents
Free speech is the principle under which newspapers operate. As such, the journalists of the Times Free Press have wrestled with how - or whether - to stanley us regulate reader comments to our online stories. We ve allowed readers to comment anonymously on any story since February 2008. But starting today, the newspaper is changing its policy. Readers are free to comment anonymously on any works of opinion such as columns, stanley canada editorials and cartoons. In other words, you can give your opinion when the writer is giving his or her opinion. Don t worry, those of you who love-or love to hate-editorial cartoonist Clay Bennett are still free to comment on his works since they express an opinion. But we are closing off comments on fact-based articles such as news, features or business stories and accounts of sporting events. Our reporters and editors spend an enormous amount of time verifying facts and making sure a story is as accurate as possible. If we don t get it right, we lose our credibility. We don t run a single letter to the editor without verifying and publishing the writer s name. And we have very stringent rules for using unnamed sources in news stories. Yet even with all of this fact-checking, we ve been allowing anonymous commenters to post whatever they want - regardless of whether it s factual - to our online stories.Too often, commenters post statements that simply are not accurate; sometimes they attack the person who i stanley cupe s the subject of a story.In too many cases, the online conv
Photo Gallery Daily Photos 08.07.2010 Starting this weekend, people of all ages with special needs no longer will have to watch from the bleachers.A new state-of-the art facility at Warner Park with a baseball diamond, playground and multi-sport field for The Miracle League, a sports league designed for people with special needs, will open Saturday at 8:45 a.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Baseball games and othe nike dunk donna r activities will take place all morning. This is a gift to this community, project manager Mike McGauley said. We feel like this is not only going to service the population that we ve identified, but it s all going to send a message about what this community is about. The facility is in Warner Park, close to the zoo samba rose and the Warner Park Pool and splash pad, so families traveling to the facility can stay and enjoy the rest of the area.If you goWhat: Miracle Field opening dayWhen: 8:45 a.m. SaturdayWhere: Miracle Field at Warner ParkMore info: miracleleaguechattCall: If you are interested, contact the downtown YMCA at 423-266-3766 There are few communities that have an aggreg airforces ation of facilities like this, McGauley said. I d guess there are none. This is the second Miracle League facility in Tennessee - with the first opening earlier this year in Murfreesboro - and becomes one of the more than 300 Miracle League fields across the nation. There are more than 13,000 children just in Hamilton County with special needs, McGauley said, and he expects kids to Dybx Chattanooga area seeing significant outbreak of canine respiratory illness
INTERACTIVE: Hillary Clinton s emailsA man prosecutors say ran gambling operations for the former stanley cup mayor of South Pittsburg, Tenn., has agreed to plead guilty to a federal gambling charg stanley tumbler e.Robert Barry Cole faces up to five years in prison on the charge of illegal gambling. He entered the plea agreement Monday, according to court documents. His sentencing date has not been set.Mike Killian, former South Pittsbur stanley cup g mayor and brother of U.S. Attorney Bill Killian, agreed to plead guilty to the same charge in February. His arraignment hearing is scheduled for May 9.Court records allege that Cole ran day-to-day sports betting schemes with Killian from 2002 until December 2012. Killian was mayor from 2005 until 2012.Cole and Mike Killian split the proceeds evenly. Cole recorded bets, collected money, paid out winnings and managed an online sports betting website.Prosecutors estimate gross revenue of $2,000 in a single day, according to records.As part of the agreement, Cole will have to forfeit $19,000 seized from a safe at his South Pittsburg home, a computer and a ring appraised at $17,500.Bill Killian s Chattanooga-based office, which oversees federal prosecutions for Tennessee s Eastern District, was recused from the case to avoid any conflicts.Jack Smith, chief of the Washington, D.C.-based Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Justice Department, has overseen the case.The Public Integrity Section investigates allegations of criminal conduct by public officials. Officials in the
Pccm McCormick: State to approve VW incentives for Chattanooga plant
smedley wamp tile yeezy Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Mayoral candidate Matt Adams speaks during an interview at the Chattanooga Times Free Press office on Monday, July 11, 2022. As part of a bipartisan effort to hire several top-level Republicans, Democrat Matt Adams has publicly extended an offer to County Commission Chairwoman Sabrena Smedley to serve as a full-time senior adviser in his administration should he win the campaign for Hamilton County mayor on Thursday. Commissioner Sabrena Smedley ran a clean, honest and visionary campaign for county mayor this year, Adams told local media during a news conference Tuesday on the steps of the Hamilton County Courthouse. Had supporters of my opponent Weston Wamp not unleased waves of negative advertising brimming with misinformation, Sabrena would likely be the Republican nominee, and this race would currently be between two honest, mature candidates who both have the interests of Hamilton County at heart. Suppor air max 1 ters of Wamp criticized Smedley for certain endorsements in radio ads, but Wamp denied involvement in the negative campaigning.Smedley finished a narrow second place in the Republican primary versus Wamp and unsuccessfully challenged his candidacy, having claimed that crossover voting from Democrats impacted the outcome. She told the Chattanooga Times Free Press airforces on Tuesday that she had an informal phone conversation with Adams on Monday. Xvii Hamilton County principal suspended for suspected embezzlement
Weston Wamp, right, grabs onto his father, former U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, before his speech at a Pachyderm Club meeting stanley cup at the Double Tree Hotel in downtown Chattanooga earlier this year. It was Westo stanley canada n Wamp s first major public appearance in his campaign to win the August Republican primary for the 3rd District Congressional seat. A month after he lost the primary for the governor s seat in August 2010, U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., dialed up Chip Saltsman.A campaign consultant, Saltsman was the senior political adviser for Chuck Fleischmann, the Republican nominee in Tennessee s 3rd Congressional District race and the likely winner of Wamp s newly vacated seat in November s general election.Saltsman was th kubki stanley e man to call if, as Wamp said in a written statement, you were a departing eight-term congressman looking to help the Republican nominee politically, financially and logistically.And one other thing, according to Saltsman. He wanted me to give Weston a job interview, he said. I told him I would. Zach Wamp s pattern of helping his son continues now that Weston Wamp is challenging Fleischmann for the 3rd District seat, from tapping his old donor network to knocking on voters doors.Now Fleischmann s chief of staff, Saltsman said Weston Wamp once viewed Fleischmann as a potential Capitol Hill employer, not part of the status quo he criticizes almost daily in his quest to win his father s old office.Two sources confirmed Saltsman s account, but both Wamps challenged it.I
Agwp COVID-19 Task Force calls for virus vigilance as Hamilton County mask mandate ends next month
Second Floor renovations of the History Branch of the Cleveland Bradley County Public Library, now named the Johnston Tucker Center, offers a conference room in a parlor-like setting for the the Bradley Cleveland Public Education Foundation. Photo Gallery Residents celebrate historic Cleveland library renovations CLEVELAND, Tenn. - The History Branch of the Cleveland Bradley County Public Library has a new look and a new name at the end of a three-year renovation program.Last week, library officials and more than 40 community stakeholders gathered for the building s official adidas campus donna re-dedication as the Johnston Tucker Center, in recognition of the families who have long supported the library. crocs badelatschen If you want a great library, you must have community support, John Hagler, chairman of the library board, said during the event May 21. We ve had that right from the very beginning. Library officials estimated about $800,000 in donations from the Tucker Foundation, the George R. Johnston Family Foundation and several individuals, combined, have gone into the overhaul.The Ocoee Street facility, also known as the landmark Craigmiles House, served as the city s library from 1923-1987. The building became an archival site when the main library campus resettled across the s yeezy treet. It houses local genealogical and historical collections, including Civil War military documents, court records and various manuscripts.Andrew Hunt, who has served as the Sxll Americans eat tens of thousands of microplastic particles a year, and that could have major implications for Tennessee Valley residents
Free speech is the principle under which newspapers operate. As such, the journalists of the Times Free Press have wrestled with how - or whether - to stanley us regulate reader comments to our online stories. We ve allowed readers to comment anonymously on any story since February 2008. But starting today, the newspaper is changing its policy. Readers are free to comment anonymously on any works of opinion such as columns, stanley canada editorials and cartoons. In other words, you can give your opinion when the writer is giving his or her opinion. Don t worry, those of you who love-or love to hate-editorial cartoonist Clay Bennett are still free to comment on his works since they express an opinion. But we are closing off comments on fact-based articles such as news, features or business stories and accounts of sporting events. Our reporters and editors spend an enormous amount of time verifying facts and making sure a story is as accurate as possible. If we don t get it right, we lose our credibility. We don t run a single letter to the editor without verifying and publishing the writer s name. And we have very stringent rules for using unnamed sources in news stories. Yet even with all of this fact-checking, we ve been allowing anonymous commenters to post whatever they want - regardless of whether it s factual - to our online stories.Too often, commenters post statements that simply are not accurate; sometimes they attack the person who i stanley cupe s the subject of a story.In too many cases, the online conv
