The day after the Presidential inauguration, protesters flooded the streets in Washington, D.C. and all over the globe. It was a movement originally planned as an anti-Trump protest--but quickly morphed into a march for women’s rights. Chattanooga organizers sent a bus full of protesters to D.C., but here in the Scenic City, thousands more local residents met downtown for a rally and march. The scope of it surprised everyone--organizers, participants, and city officials. The march in Chattanooga

Area businesses, restaurants and schools are invited to take part in Pink! Week , January 23 through 28. It benefits the MaryEllen Locher Breast Center , and precedes the 12th annual Pink! Gala (which is now sold out). Listen to this story for more information.

Hamilton County Republicans gathered at Puckett's Restaurant to cheer and clap as Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Other Chattanoogans gathered at the Bitter Alibi and reacted more somberly, recalling Trump's sometimes-harsh and divisive campaign rhetoric. In this audio piece, they speak of their hopes, fears and expectations regarding Trump's promise to make American great again.

Riverworks Marketing Group wants to design a website—or upgrade an existing site—for a local non-profit—for nothing. Gratis. Free. So they decided to run an on-line competition. Richard Winham talked to the owners, Jackie and Steve Errico, about web marketing and why they decided to donate as much as $10,000 worth of design work to a local non-profit. The deadline to nominate non-profits is January 31.

Chattanooga State received a $15,000 NEA Big Read Grant in 2016 to support a citywide reading project, and the first chapter begins Thursday. Similar to a citywide book club, with events scheduled throughout the year, the Big Read features Silver Sparrow , a novel set in Atlanta. On Thursday, January 19, author Tayari Jones will be in Chattanooga for a kickoff event at the Camp House , part of Chattanooga State's Writers at Work series. "My father, James Witherspoon is a bigamist," reads the

Women from Chattanooga are buying bus tickets and lacing up their sneakers in preparation for a march on Washington, DC. They are joining in a national grassroots effort to protest for equality the day after the Presidential inauguration. They hope to have a large enough presence to send their message to the government: that women’s rights are human rights. The march will take place the day after the Presidential inauguration, January 21 st , near the Capitol Building. Everyone is invited,

Noted local drummer Josh Green has set himself a goal. Every day this year, the drummer, who has played with a number of local bands including Infradig, The Distribution and Summer Dregs, is going to upload a collection of drum and percussion tracks to his website. He records these original beats so other musicians can download them for use in other compositions. He began the project on his birthday last November. He plans to fill his website with thousands of samples ranging from a single beat

As part of progressive rock band Glass Hammer, Steve Babb and Fred Schendel are stars…in Japan and in Europe…and yet here in Chattanooga, their hometown, they are relative unknowns—and they like it that way. Richard Winham visited the two musicians in their recording studio recently to talk about their new album, their upcoming tour, and the work they do as producers for other musicians in Chattanooga.

A federal class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of the Woodmore bus crash victims alleges Hamilton County school officials could have prevented the deadly wreck. Two law firms--Murphy, Falcon & Murphy and Berke, Berke & Berke--filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee on behalf of the six children killed and dozens more injured in the crash that occurred on November 21, 2016. Prior to the wreck, 24-year-old bus driver Johnthony

When Chattanooga's Judge Raulston Schoolfield died in 1982, the New York Times noted his passing: Judge Raulston Schoolfield, removed from the criminal bench on charges of bribery and extorting campaign help from racketeers but later elected as a lesser jurist, died Wednesday of a heart attack. He was 76 years old. Mr. Schoolfield's impeachment and conviction by the state Senate in 1958 led to his disbarment and removal as a County Judge...