It’s Sunday and the Corner Cafe on Ringgold Road is closed. After stopping in last week for a late lunch, owner Melissa Davenport is fearful for the future of her tiny restaurant. “I’ve put my heart into this place,” said Davenport, whose “meat and three” has something of a cult following. “I live in East […]

I am sitting here in the international headquarters of East Ridge News Online watching the final round of “The Open” Championship, aka The British Open golf tournament. Since Irishman Shane Lowry currently has a five-shot lead, it gives me time to reflect on another golf tournament that happened Saturday at storied Brown Acres Golf Club. […]

I take no pleasure in criticizing our city but I feel compelled to call it as I see it as it pertains to the East Ridge Personnel Review Board. This past Tuesday the board met in a closed-to-the public meeting to hear the appeal of former police Chief J.R. Reed. Reed was fired in March […]

With the new tennis courts at East Ridge High School just about completed and ready for the public to use, I plan to go as much as I can! This is very exciting because these courts have been in disrepair for many years. The 2013-2014 ERHS tennis team was forced to play all their matches […]

Editor’s Note: The following opinion was posted on the Facebook page of Francis Xavier Mulroney, a 37-year veteran of the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department. Mulroney is a pen name for the officer. This editorial contains strong language. Probably gonna catch some heat for this, but here goes…. (It’s kinda what I do for stress management!) […]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – This Thursday brings with it our annual reminder of the inception of our great nation.  It began with a statement of unity, a gathering of citizens banding together to put a deeply American sentiment to paper. It was a declaration that our country, belonging to no one but its own citizens, would […]

A recent column in the Times Free Press by my old friend David Cook took exception to the Red Wolves SC setting up shop in East Ridge. Bob Martino, the owner of the Red Wolves soccer club, has plans to build a 5,500 seat soccer stadium for the team which will be the centerpiece of […]

I think it’s time that our elected officials let the citizens in on what the score is with the fieldhouse at Raymond James Stadium. Are we gonna find the money to build the darned thing, or are we not? Is the plan to turn the athletic field properties – which we negotiated so hard to […]

In 2015 city officials condemned the home stands at Raymond James Stadium at East Ridge High School. The Pioneer football team played a full season with the hulking ruin of prefabricated concrete stands as a symbol of lack of funding for sports facilities by the Hamilton County Department of Education. in 2017, after protracted negotiations […]

At Saturday’s “Meet the Mayor” event at Local Coffee, Mayor Brian Williams brought along a special guest … none other than Chris Dorsey, the city’s newly-hired City Manager. About a dozen interested citizens gathered to hear Mayor Williams hold forth on all the major projects the city is working on or has a stake in: […]

We can all think of at least one teacher who made a tremendous impact on our lives. We can all remember the lessons they taught us, and the decisions they helped guide us through. We can all recall how they pushed us to be the absolute best version of ourselves, even when we didn’t necessarily […]

It’s interesting what brings people together. When the City of East Ridge condemned the 50-year-old bleachers at Raymond James Stadium in 2015 and that old pile of concrete was razed, it galvanized a group of alumni to step in and build something. A nucleus of hard-charging grads got together and formed the East Ridge Alumni […]

I fear there are some challenging days ahead for our city. These challenges may try the patience of city leaders and those they lead. On Saturday, Camp Jordan Park hosted the Chattanooga Cruise-In. I’m told thousands of people gathered there for the giant event that brought car enthusiasts from all over the region. I’m also […]

I’ve grown weary of the way things are done in our city. Last week, J.R. Reed, the Chief of the East Ridge Police Department, was terminated after 28 years of service to our city. Reed had been on administrative leave while an investigation into charges of lack of leadership, mishandling money in the property and […]