Developer John "Thunder" Thornton defended his River Gorge Ranch before an overflow crowd at the Marion County Commission on Monday night, saying, "We are going to do it right." He also said he plans ...

A new residential project in Marion County by Chattanooga developer John "Thunder" Thornton could be sitting on a "Swiss cheese" system of abandoned coal mine shafts, according to nearby residents.

We don't know Ronnie Kennedy or Joe E. Blevins Jr., but the Marion County men sound like a couple of salt-of-the earth folks who just want potential buyers of mountaintop property to be wary about ...