Fort Oglethorpe voters removed two of three incumbents in last night’s city election.

John Graham, Marion County Highway superintendent, has been selected the 2009 recipient of the “Robert M. Wormsley Outstanding County Official of the Year” award by the Tennessee County Services Association (TCSA).

Signal Mountain resident and author Cathy Holton will speak at the Signal Mountain Library Sept. 24 at 6:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Greenlife Grocery’s cheese mongor, Joe Rudat, was recently honored by the American Cheese Association with the 2009 John Crompton Memorial Scholarship.

Jeff Ott, chief executive officer of Alexian Village of Tennessee, announced he will be leaving the senior community later this month. Kevin Mulhearn, Alexian Brothers Senior Ministries chief financial officer, will assume oversight of the Alexian Village, Alexian Grove and Alexian Valley residences while a new CEO is located.

The Society of Professional Journalists is pleased to honor pioneering Tennessee journalist Robert Churchwell with the Helen Thomas Award for Lifetime Achievement.

The 2009 edition of the Terry Wood Memorial Tourney, originally scheduled for the first weekend of May, had to be postponed due to rain.

With temperatures rising in the Tennessee Valley, individuals are turning to the Salvation Army for relief from the heat.

Phillip W Banze of Ringgold, Ga., earned a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from Mercer University’s College of Liberal Arts on May 16 during the commencement for the University’s Macon campus.

The Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE) has selected Chattanooga City Engineer Bill Payne as the 2009 Outstanding Engineer of the Year for the state of Tennessee.