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)

I've watched how some in the media have attacked Scottie Mayfield for not debating. I've never been to a debate, and I am not going to vote for someone because they are able to remember and recite from memory, the well crafted answers they came up with the night before.   Often times, candidates focus on attacking each other instead of influencing undecided voters on any ... (click for more)

As Jackie McConnell was being told he now faces up to five years in prison and a multitude of other penalties after pleading guilty to just one of 48 counts in violation of the Horse Protection Act on Tuesday, the outcry from Tennessee Walking Horse owners was incredible and there is a groundswell of support growing to either clean up a very crooked industry or actually ban it. ... (click for more)