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If you are looking for a place to eat vegan, ChattaVegan has you covered. ChattaVegan is a local organization whose mission is to spread veganism to Chattanooga. Restaurants like Cashew, Sluggos, and even non-traditionally vegan local restaurants like Flying Squirrel are taking part. Corey Evett, the founder of ChattaVegan, had …

Getting around in Chattanooga just got easier, and less inconvenient. MLK Boulevard has officially reopened between Miller Park and Miller Plaza. The section of MLK was closed last year so work crews could install infrastructure for the renovation of Miller Park. Despite progress, the restructuring of MLK continues to move …

The Moon River Festival is a sell-out. Tickets went on sale this Thursday for the music festival, which will take place on September 8 and 9 at Coolidge Park. Some of the artists playing include The Avett Brothers, Head and the Heart, Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, as well as …

East Martin Luther King Blvd. will be experiencing some major changes coming up in the next week. Chattanooga’s Department of Transportation will be working to improve the quality as well as safety of the road conditions. The project details included repaving the streets of the downtown areas ending at Central …

People gathered outside Chattanooga’s City Hall for a peaceful protest. This past Saturday, Chattanooga citizens and others gathered to protest about the changes in Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The protest was organized by UTC freshman Alondra Gomez, who is a DACA recipient. The march was started to encourage …

You could see the damage in North Chattanooga Friday. A tree trimming company was cutting up a large tree in between two houses. Workers were using a crane to remove a log from one side of the house to the other. Instead, the crane tipped over, damaging two homes. No …

Ten hours is all it took to render a verdict for the bus driver of the Woodmore bus crash on November 21, 2016 that took the lives of six children. On Thursday, Johnthony K. Walker was convicted of criminally negligent homicide, reckless driving, endangerment, and using a cell phone behind …

UPDATE: Chattanooga police say they now have David Ballard in custody. UPDATE:  Chattanooga police name the suspect wanted for Saturday’s incident at Hamilton Place. Police say David Ballard is wanted on a charge of aggravated riot. He’s also wanted for felony reckless endangerment, alteration of a firearm and unlawful possession of …

By Shayne Perry A public indeceny charge against former UTC spokesperson Chuck Cantrell ends in a guilty plea. Cantrell appeared in Hamilton County Sessions Court on Tuesday February 22nd. Judge Lila Statom asked Cantrell how he wanted to plead. Cantrell nodded and Judge Statom said the word “Guilty”. Cantrell was …

You can take part in a night of all-female comedy just steps away from our campus. The line-up of all female comics will take place this Saturday at The Palace Theater. Local comics Grace Holtz and Natasha Ferrier organized the event which they hope will happen once a month. “We …