Ricky Young

Does not necessarily go without saying

Former Chattanooga accountant Jonathan Frost signs plea deal for federal crimes | Chattanooga Times Free Press Former accountant Jonathan Frost has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the United States, according to documents in federal court.

The @timesfreepress.bsky.social first reported this was coming in March 2024.
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Not what you want to hear from your employer at the holidays www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/de...

Tennessee to partner with Turning Point USA, Riley Gaines says at UTC | Chattanooga Times Free Press The state of Tennessee will soon announce a partnership with Turning Point USA, the conservative nonprofit founded by the late Charlie Kirk, according to former college swimmer Riley Gaines, who repre...

Riley Gaines tells Chattanooga audience that the state will be partnering with Turning Point to get a Club America chapter in every Tennessee high school www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/no...

TVA looks only to for-profit private companies to set CEO pay | Chattanooga Times Free Press The Tennessee Valley Authority hires a consultant to help set compensation for its CEO in line with amendments to its founding law, which require an annual survey of pay at government-owned public age...

Law says they're supposed to compare to public agencies too, such as the New York Power Authority.
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Tennessee business diversity office is rebranding, will focus on small businesses | Chattanooga Times Free Press Officials at a Tennessee state office that helps small and diverse businesses compete for government contracts have decided on a new name and logo and are designing a new website that excludes referen...

"No one should speak with reporters, especially about this." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/se...

The ongoing road construction project in the area was not the contributing factor to the flooding, said Rae Anne Bradley, spokesperson for the Tennessee Department of Transportation. The project's drainage systems functioned as designed, and runoff from the site was properly channeled, she said.

"This project was designed using all required state and federal guidelines, which consider things like the type of road and the likelihood of certain rain events," TDOT spokeswoman says. www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/au...

This technology can tell if you’re sleep deprived at work | Chattanooga Times Free Press Using six seconds of speech, software developed by a company called Tenvos AI claims to tell whether workers are too sleep-deprived to safely operate heavy machinery or drive a large truck on the high...

"Together we achieve more and reach new heights." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ju...

Trump White House demanded TVA CEO’s resignation after musician John Rich opposed project | Chattanooga Times Free Press A White House official called the chair of the Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors on Monday to ask the board to demand the resignation of the federal utility's CEO, but the board refused to...

TVA responds: "There is no principled reason to request his resignation, and the White House PPO has provided no substantive reason to terminate Mr. Moul." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ju...

Gonna be a big weekend here.

Catoosa County GOP election screening case can proceed | Chattanooga Times Free Press A lawsuit by the Catoosa County Republican Party seeking to assert its ability to screen candidates for GOP primary elections, rather than let voters choose from an open field of contenders, has been ...

"The United States remains a beacon of liberty precisely because of protections enshrined in the First Amendment." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ju...

Definition of ECLAIRCISSEMENT a clearing up of something obscure : enlightenment… See the full definition

A valuable activity www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/e...

With Dalton students’s arrest, many lives upended | Chattanooga Times Free Press Appearing with her lawyer before the media in Atlanta on Tuesday evening, Ximena Arias-Cristobal of Dalton said she has been holed up at home since getting out of federal immigration detention — fearf...

Dalton student speaks after ICE detention: "I know this is a moment in my life that is gonna build me to be a bigger person. And just rocket me up in the sky. And like my dad always tells me, I'm in a country where the sky is the limit." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ma...

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DOGE cancels contracts with Signal Mountain company focused on supporting domestic manufacturers | Chattanooga Times Free Press As President Donald Trump imposes taxes on imports that he says will strengthen domestic manufacturing, his administration is terminating federal contracts focused on strengthening domestic manufactur...

Former worker whose government contract was cut by DOGE: "I could quite frankly see how this wouldn't be aligned with the mission-critical aspect of what government efficiency would mean to the taxpayer." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ap...

‘He was straight up grooming me’: Woman speaks out about former rector of St. Paul’s in Chattanooga | Chattanooga Times Free Press Six years ago, when Kim Smith filed a complaint over messages sent to her by the since-removed rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, she said she expected church leaders to keep a close eye on the ma...

"It was covered up and concealed, and Brad kept on behaving 'Brad-ly.'" www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ap...

When a doge was chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice #telfairmuseums

@adamkinzinger.bsky.social it would be nice if you could credit the editorial cartoonist who drew that @claybennett.bsky.social of the @timesfreepress.bsky.social

New federal lawsuit cites Times Free Press reporting www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/fe...

Chattanooga-area federal employees pushed to resign under Trump policies | Chattanooga Times Free Press Chattanooga area federal employees are leaving jobs they found meaningful and important as President Donald Trump's administration continues to shrink the federal workforce.

"I can say with absolute certainty that no one I have ever worked with was doing something unimportant." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/fe...

Immigrants transformed this North Georgia town. Fear runs deep for many — but one man’s hustle goes on | Chattanooga Times Free Press Dim lights flicked on overhead, revealing hundreds of door frames, packed sideways against one another like books on a shelf.

‘The papers aren’t what does the work’ www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/fe...

WATCH: Laurel dace, a fish found only on Walden’s Ridge, is ‘about as near as you can get’ to extinction | Chattanooga Times Free Press A laurel dace in a stream is like a canary in a coal mine.

Headlines I restrained myself from this week:

This minnow could be lost

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Blurbed by Kevin McCarthy

"I always wanted to write a book," Fleischmann said. "I do think people in public life ought to be doing more than just what they do."

Elon Musk criticizes Chattanooga pastor after sermon refers to violence | Chattanooga Times Free Press

Chattanooga pastor asseses Elon Musk X about him: "AI wrote that." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/fe...

East Tennessee awakes to KKK recruitment leaflets telling migrants to self-deport | Chattanooga Times Free Press Residents around East Tennessee awoke Tuesday morning to flyers instructing immigrants to "self-deport" and recruiting "white protestants" to join the cause of the Ku Klux Klan.

"These documents, steeped in racism and xenophobia, strike at the very heart of what we hold dear in our diverse communities." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ja...