Chattanooga Christian School senior and Soddy-Daisy resident Alyssa Duck is among a select group of students recognized as a National Merit Semifinalist.

Though it has been decades since Willard P. Grant has played on the Soddy-Daisy High School football field, he still manages to make the crowd go wild, as was demonstrated during the SDHS homecoming weekend.

Soddy-Daisy artist Evelyn Marie Williams will teach painting this fall to groups as well as individuals.

Kenneth Hansen is settling into life in Soddy-Daisy after returning from a recent tour of duty in Iraq.

Soddy-Daisy High School is hosting a Meet the Trojans event Oct. 8 in the football stadium at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $2 in advance and $3 at the gate.

Friends and family are organizing a cancer benefit for Bakewell’s Vonnie Harvey Oct. 4 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Teamster’s Local 515 building at 4431 Bonnie Oaks Drive.

State and local government officials are working together to solve flooding issues along Depot Street spurring from Little Soddy Creek.

Soddy-Daisy resident Matt Lea was nominated along with nine other Chattanooga professionals for the Chattanooga Young Professional of the Year Award.

The community is invited to enjoy music, food and good company while also raising funds for one of the oldest schools in the area during the Bakewell Community Center Fall Festival Oct. 3.

Lakesite codes officer Larry Jenno is applying for a $200,000 streetscape enhancement grant and a $36,600 gateway grant from the Tennessee Department of Transportation.

The city of Soddy-Daisy is hiring an engineer to look into drainage and flooding issues at The Plantation subdivision, located along Posey Hollow Road on the north end of the city.

Freedom Worship Center is hosting its 6th annual “Freedom Thunder” Biker Sunday Sept. 27 with motorcycle registration at 8 a.m.

Ross Rogers, owner of Antler’s Unlimited: Rogers Taxidermy, expects business to pick up in a big way with the opening of deer hunting season Sept. 26 and duck season in November.

After serving his entire teaching and administrative career at Sequoyah High School, Todd Jackson is walking the halls as the school principal this year.

They met over half a century ago, bonding over their love of country and a good glass of scotch as they served in the U.S. Armed Forces for four years beginning in 1951, keeping an eye on coastlines in places such as California, Korea and even Japan.