Sale Creek News

Cornerstone Bancshares, Inc., parent company of Chattanooga-based Cornerstone Community Bank , announced that it reached a new benchmark in its capital campaign, by raising in excess of $10 million by yearend 2011.

Average retail gasoline prices in Chattanooga have risen 1.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.34 per gallon on Sunday.

To hear Mitt Romney tell it, presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is a terrible lout, a real stinker of a guy who has been spectacularly lousy in public office and even worse as a three-time husband.

Hamilton Heights: Rokas Paulauskas averaged 13 points and 15 rebounds in a pair of Hawk wins.

She said the homeowner, Paul Jay Oliver, reported his home full of smoke. He told firefighters he tried to put the fire out himself but was unsuccessful.