The Children's Sing and Tell at Signal Mountain Baptist Church, 939 Ridgeway Ave, will present their spring program, "The Hallelujah Hop," this Sunday at 6 p.m. in the sanctuary. An ice cream social and the quarterly business meeting will follow.   Dr. Steven Wright will speak at  the 11 a.m. worship service on "Reasons for Hope and Joy," with Romans 5:1-8 as text. ... (click for more)

A farewell reception for Dr. Dwight and Patty Kilbourne at First-Centenary United Methodist Church, 410 McCallie Ave., will be held in Mohney Hall following the 10:45 a.m worship service this Sunday.  Dr. Kilbourne will speak at the 8:45 and 10:45 services on "Pressing On," with text from Philippines 3:7-11. The Rev. Brian Davis will speak at the 10:45 service at The Vine on ... (click for more)

Vision Hospitality is making plans to erect a Fairfield Inn by Marriot at the south end of the Walnut Street Bridge.  The Chattanooga-based hotel group wants to build the hotel at the current site of an office building that formerly housed several dentists. The location is Walnut Street, Riverfront Parkway and Aquarium Way (new name for that section of Second ... (click for more)

A 17-year-old was killed Sunday night when he was thrown from the hood of a vehicle at the old Kmart on Signal Mountain Road. At 8:34 p.m., Chattanooga Police responded to 680 Signal Mountain Road where they found the teen suffering from head trauma. He was transported to a local hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.  Traffic investigators said ... (click for more)

Roy Exum has said it all- "The industry is laughable."  The Humane Society's Keith Dane said last week, "The penalties are not sufficient ... jail time is the only sufficient penalty." Absolutely.  It is time for the Walking Horse industry to be treated in the same way that cock fighting and dog fighting are treated by the law.  Remember Michael Vick?  ... (click for more)

Ed Ray, who spent his modest life driving a school bus in the sleepy central California town of Chowchilla, will be laid to rest tomorrow and at least 26 people at the funeral will never ever forget him. Oh, there is a small monument that already bears his name in front of the town hall  but, as far as a busy world is concerned, 40 years behind the wheel of a orange bus in ... (click for more)