Chattanooga's Durward Higgins earned a second consecutive three-discipline sweep at the USA Cycling Masters Road Nationals this past weekend in Augusta, Georgia.

Biologists with the Tennessee Aquarium on Wednesday evening brought 2,500 baby lake sturgeon to their conservation institute, where the fish will be monitored, fed and raised until the fall, when a collection of agencies will release them into the Tennessee River system.

As recent high school graduates turned their focus toward life's next chapter, Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy graduate Zainab Muhammad had one more project she wanted to finish before heading to college.

Don't ask me why, but lately I have been thinking about catfish.

A coalition of nonprofit organizations developing an outdoor recreational area near downtown Chattanooga is trying to turn the property over to Hamilton County. The move would allow the park to be open to the public once finished and add to the county's park system, but taxpayers would be on the hook for some maintenance and amenities while taking on potential liability.

The Chattanooga area hosts several group bicycle rides each week.

One man's trash is the Gear Closet's treasure.

The Chattanooga region's largest predator, the black bear, is out and about this time of year and wildlife officials say it's important to avoid giving them handouts that could lead to a death sentence for the increasingly numerous beasts.

Three people left the Manker Patten Tennis Club on Sunday with singles and doubles titles in the Tennessee Valley Open Championships, all three living up to No. 1 seedings: Isaiah Strode in men's open, Hayley Carter in women's open and Ken Koelling in men's 55s.

Carly Briggs had a long Saturday.

Ryan McGinnis won the 10-kilometer version of Saturday's Riverbend Race in 37 minutes, 59 seconds, and Lindsay Mies repeated her 2017 women's win in 42:55, ninth overall.

A team of biologists and assistants pulled in to the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute on the Baylor School campus before dawn Tuesday. Months of work would come to fruition later that morning.

Mississippi State University women's basketball coach Vic Schaefer will be the special speaker for the MSU area alumni dinner June 19 at Christ United Methodist Church on East Brainerd Road. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for the meal and program starting at 6:30. Admission costs $35 in advance or $40 at the door. To pay by check, mail it to Greater Chattanooga Chapter c/o Kit Parker, 854 Reunion Dr., Chattanooga, TN 37421. Schaefer's Bulldogs finished second in the NCAA tournament the past two seasons, going 34-5 and 37-2.

Local Scout Thomas Eitzen said he no longer enjoys fishing.

Work to treat more than 500 infested trees in the heart of Chattanooga began earlier this week.

Georgetown cousins Sierra Holder and Bree Roark both expect to go further in the National Junior High Finals Rodeo at the end of this month than they did as first-timers last year.

Introduction to mountain biking: Today, 6-8 p.m., Greenway Farm.

An estimated 50,000 rainbow trout being raised at the Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery were killed early on June 4 when someone came onto the property and cut off the main water supply line, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and hatchery project leader Kelly Taylor.

Dalton State College All-American P.J. Shields won the championship flight of the 2018 North Georgia Invitational golf tournament at Dalton Golf & Country Club with a 9-under-par 135 (68-67) for 36 holes Saturday and Sunday.

Several outdoor organizations are monitoring a lawsuit filed against Walker County that claims government officials are secretly "conspiring to install a large-scale chicken slaughterhouse" in McLemore Cove.

Imagine being 19 years old and in a different country, standing on an awards podium flanked by two of the best skeet shooters in the world, watching the American flag rise while the national anthem plays in the background. Pride for your country, your team and yourself all swell inside you.

USA Open Water Swim Fest: Friday-Sunday, Tennessee River in Chattanooga.

When Bekah Doreau got out of bed a little before 7 on Monday morning to read her Bible, she had no plans to run in the 51st annual Chattanooga Chase.