Wreckage Located In Tennessee River In Downtown Chattanooga May Be The U.S.S. Chattanooga Thursday, April 29, 2021 - by Shawn Ryan, UTC
A sonar image shows what may be the U.S.S. Chattanooga on the bottom of the Tennessee River. On either side of the long, dark rectangle in the middle of the screen are wooden framing and planks. The circular object in the upper righthand corner may be part of a paddlewheel. The dark rectangle is an acoustic shadow created by the sonar device.
Students, from left, Alexis Boydston, Sam Fuller, India Toth and Gavin Page and Assistant Professor Morgan Smith watch a sonar screen that shows ship wreckage on the bottom of the Tennessee River.
Here in Chattanooga, an effort to save the native Eastern box turtle has taken a step forward.
It’s a partnership we told you about last year between the Tennessee Aquarium - and Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center.
Migratory Gamebird Hunting Seasons Set At April Commission Meeting Monday, April 26, 2021
The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission set the 2021-22 migratory gamebird hunting seasons, heard a preview of the hunting season regulations, and updates on Asian carp and chronic wasting disease (CWD) at its April meeting which concluded Friday at Cedars of Lebanon State Park.
The migratory gamebird seasons are set each year. All changes are within the federal framework and include simple date changes for the 2021-22 calendar. There is a modification to the crow season which will allow it to coincide with phase 1 of the dove season. All sandhill crane tags will be issued by computer drawing.
Joe Nunley, 75, passed Friday, April 23, 2021 after an extended illness.
Mr. Nunley was born to the late Dr. Joe and Jessie DePriest Nunley in Durham, NC while his father was stationed there in the U.S. Army. They later moved home to McMinnville, TN where he attended elementary and middle school. By the early sixties, they had moved to Murfreesboro where he became a graduate of Central High School.
Mr. Nunley went on to attend Middle Tennessee State University where he met his future bride, Anna McDaris. He was chosen and served as Commander of the Sigma Nu organization and was a member of the M.T.S.U. R.O.T.C. He was a graduate of the Class of 1969 only to return later to earn his Masterâs in Education and his Education Specialist degrees.