Summer Music Camp for children in Kindergarten through sixth grade will be held at St. John United Methodist Church, 3921 Murray Hills Drive, on June 3-7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a music camp performance on June 7, at 6:30 p.m.  Campers will learn and perform a Broadway style musical, "Out of This World." The cost is $50 and registration closes May 28. (click for more)

FX, a high-energy family event, will be held at Signal Crest United Methodist Church, 1005 Ridgeway Ave., Signal Mountain,  on May 31, at 6:30 p.m. in Crest Center.  Tickets are $3 in advance or $5 at the door. (click for more)

The head of BB&T's Chattanooga commercial banking operations has been charged by federal authorities with making fraudulent loans. Tracy Brown is set to plead guilty to bank fraud on June 4. Authorities said Brown "appropriated the identities of three customers and took out fraudulent loans in their names. In October 2012, a customer of BB&T, D.M., went to the Ooltewah ... (click for more)

LDA Engineering has been selected to lead the team to develop and recommend a green infrastructure master plan for the city of Chattanooga to complement traditional “gray” infrastructure, namely man-made sewer and stormwater structures, with sustainable green alternatives, officials said Wednesday.   “We are honored to be selected to develop Chattanooga’s green infrastructure ... (click for more)

The Hamilton County Sheriff's Department is very responsive and professional out in Apison, and I appreciate that.  We have some fine deputies serving Hamilton County.    I took a minute to call and tell them thank you, I hope my neighbors will also. Brian Wood Apison (click for more)

I am still wincing over the fact a horrendous bill passed in the state legislature that would make whistle-blowers into criminals would have actually gone into law had it not been for Governor Bill Haslam’s eleventh-hour veto. Called the “Ag-Gag bill,” similar efforts in other states have also soured because it is no more than a Catch-22 trick to protect those who abuse animals, ... (click for more)