City Trash Compactors Solar Powered

06/06/11 They may look like regular trash bins but inside the Big Bellys there's a lot more you can't see. These giant 130-gallon containers are actually solar powered trash compactors.  

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Educators on break: First-year teacher plunges into 'a different world' this summer

06/06/11 Anne Cortese didn't wait long after the last bell rang and final grades went out to start her summer.

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Family Crashed Truck In Price River

06/04/11 A Utah family crashed into the Price River Friday morning. Their truck was trapped in the water but the couple and their grandson managed to survive.

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Veterans remember D-Day

06/04/11 Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower had to take a gamble and hope the weather would hold on June 6, 1944. Land, air and sea forces of the Allied army worked together, as they stormed five beaches in Normandy, France, to take on the Germans.

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Saratoga Springs artist earns statewide honor

06/03/11 SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Melody Johnson of Saratoga Springs received statewide recognition for her paper collage titled "Threshold" which received the honor of the juror's choice award in the Uta

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UTHealth Orthopaedic Surgeon Offers Tips To Reduce Risk Of Injury From Baseball Or Softball

05/27/11 The Houston Astros are not the only people swinging bats and chasing fly balls in the Bayou City. Every year, thousands of people in the greater Houston area grab their gloves and head to fields for games of baseball or softball. Whether you are a pro or an amateur, young or not-so-young, there are things you can do to get ready. Baseball and softball are considered relatively safe sports but ...

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Drainage problems at World's Fair Park force Willie Nelson concert indoors

05/26/11 Willie Nelson's Country Throwdown was planning to entertain visitors with seven bands performing on two stages for a six-hour event.  Instead the show will move indoors to the Knoxville Civic Coliseum.

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Moody Blues' Red Butte opener moved to EnergySolutions Arena

05/26/11 The Moody Blues perform this weekend in Utah. Due to repairs in the Red Butte Garden amphitheatre following the December 2, 2010 oil spill, The Moody Blues concert has been relocated to the Nu Skin Theatre at EnergySolutions Arena (301 West South Temple, SLC, UT 84101).

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Roy Exum: Joe Steffy And More

05/25/11 Joe Steffy, easily one of the greatest and grandest athletes to ever come out of Chattanooga, will be buried today in Newberg, N.Y., a small town that lies in the shadows of West Point where Joe was awarded the fabled Outland Trophy in 1947.

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La Nina brings flood risks and drought to the West

05/08/11 (05-08) 14:47 PDT Salt Lake City, UT (AP) -- The winter and early spring have been extreme across the West, with record snowpacks bringing joy to skiers and urban water managers but severe flood risks to northern Utah,...

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Illinois Western Big Six track preview

05/06/11 Here are three things to watch in tonight's Western Big Six girls track meet

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Mike Strange: 'Miracle' still fresh memory

05/06/11 Twenty years ago, Tennessee football fans were still talking about one Notre Dame game and already looking forward to another.

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Jasper's a heavy-duty investment

05/03/11 At 6-foot-4 1/2 and 375 pounds, Mike Jasper is pretty hard to miss. Yet he was overlooked by 31 teams during the NFL draft.

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Abilene Reporter-News: Morning state, national, international headlines, May 3

05/03/11 From the Abilene Reporter-News: All of the morning's state, national and international news headlines that are fit to read.

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Head groundskeeper makes Patriots' diamond shine

05/02/11 CLINT BUCKLEY Tyler Morning Telegraph TYLER, Texas Weston Floyd works for The University of Texas at Tyler Athletic Department, but he doesn't coach, recruit or tutor student athletes. What he does for the school might be just as important: Floyd is in his fifth year as UT Tyler's head groundskeeper. Using his degree in turf-grass management from Texas A&M, Floyd maintains the baseball, softball ...

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40-something rookies find life with semipro Sirens full of hits and bruises

04/22/11 Eden Jack and Tiffany Horrell are sisters, so, they say, they're used to beating each other up.

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Stunning visual style in '127 Hours'

04/22/11 In May 2003, Aron Ralston was hiking alone in a remote part of Utah when a boulder dislodged, fell and pinned his arm, and by extension the rest of him, against a rock wall.

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Sports betting: Handicappers offer NCAA Tournament first-round picks

04/22/11 Ohio State forward Jared Sullinger (0) holds off Penn State forward David Jackson as the ball goes out of bounds in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the Big Ten Conference tournament in Indianapolis, Sunday, March 13, 2011. Jon Diebler of Ohio State is at the left and Jermaine Marshall of Penn State is at the right.

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More things to do

04/21/11 THEATER Top of Utah ' ANNIE,' various times though May 7, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre, 525 N. 400 West, Centerville. $16-$18; $15-$17/students, seniors. 801-298-1302. www.centerpointtheatre.org/firstseason.php . 'THE THREE MUSKETEERS,' 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday, Morgan Theatre, Chase Fine Arts Center, 400 N. 1200 East, USU, Logan. $9-$13. 435-797-8022 or [[[SHIFTOUT ...

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Sports Calendar

09/24/10 This list is updated at least weekly. A short version including imminent events appears on Fridays in the sports section. Submit items by e-mail to sports@timesfreepress.com, by fax to 423-668-5049 or by mail to Sports Dept., Chattanooga Times Free Press, 400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403.

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