Parents' Night Out for parents with children birth through 5th grade will be Friday, Feb. 17, from 6-10 p.m. at Brainerd Baptist Church, 300 Brookfield Ave.  The cost is $11 for one child, $5 per additional child and dinner is available for $1 per child.  Space is limited.   The moring schedule will change Sunday, Feb. 19.  Worship services will be ... (click for more)

Dr. Steven Wright will continue his sermon series on the Parables of Jesus Sunday, Feb. 12, at the 11 a.m. worship service at Signal Mountain Baptsit Church, 939 Ridgeway Ave.  "The Wheat and the Weedds" will be based on Matthew 13:24-30.  Sunday School is at 9:45 a.m. and small groups are at noon and 6:30 p.m.   The Adult Fellowship will meet Thursday, Feb. ... (click for more)

An Chattanooga man told police Monday night that he had just murdered his wife.  Police said Robert Lee Hardnett, 50. showed up at the County Jail to turn himself in at 8:40 p.m. He said his wife's body could be found at his place of employment, Power Supply Company, 1907 Daisy St.   Officers responded to that address and found the body of 34-year-old Elizabeth ... (click for more)

A leak of anhydrous ammonia at BASF Corporation on Amnicola Highway forced the closure of main thoroughfares Tuesday morning, causing major problems for rush-hour traffic heading into Chattanooga.  The incident began around 4:30 a.m. at the plant when a small fire broke out at an anhydrous ammonia pump. Tactical Services Chief Danny Hague said the plant's fire protection ... (click for more)

It is not by coincidence I haven’t submitted an opinion piece in some time to the Chattanoogan.  The topics I cover are generally vitriolic in regards to local political decisions and their makers regarding public safety and I do not wish to associate my name with more noble subjects such as that of the heroic death and cowardly murder of Chattanooga Police Sergeant Tim Chapin, ... (click for more)

I would like to thank Judge Mattice for handing down a 30.5 year sentence for Kathleen Mathews.  Obviously, no amount of jail time, fines, or lashings can bring back Tim Chapin.   A 30-year sentence will, however, make the world just a little safer.  That's what Sgt. Chapin would have wanted.  He was a protector and sacrificed his life so the rest of ... (click for more)