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)

A horse trainer featured in a secretly taped video beating a horse faces up to five years in prison, up to a $250,000 fine, supervised release for up to three years, and a $100 special assessment after pleading guilty in Federal Court in Chattanooga on Tuesday morning.  Jackie Lynn McConnell, 60, of Collierville, Tn., appeared before Federal Court Magistrate ... (click for more)

Hamilton County School Superintendent Rick Smith has notified Tom McCullough that he is suspended from his job as principal of Signal Mountain high school and middle school. The suspension will be for the remainder of the contract period and will be without pay. Dr. McCullough is retiring at the end of this year. He has long been an educator in the Chattanooga area including ... (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)

I am convinced that when Jackie "The Jerk" McConnell appears in U.S. District Court today in Chattanooga, he will do so as perhaps the most despised man in the history of the state of Tennessee. A heart-wrenching video of the despicable McConnell cruelly beating a horse in its face with an electric cattle prod has been shown repeatedly since Wednesday night and has appeared in countless ... (click for more)