Arts Camp, open to all children from rising pre-K through rising eighth grade at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 805 West 7th St., will be June 10-14 from 8:30 a.m-12:30 p.m. The cost is $60 per child. Camp activities focus on music, drama, visual art, dance and creative writing. Free aftercare is available.  Contact the church at 266-8195 or  stpauls@stpaulschatt.org ... (click for more)

"Blessings of Righteousness" will be the topic for Dr. Doug Fairbanks on Sunday, at the 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. sanctuary services at First-Centenary United Methodist Church, 410 McCallie Ave. His text will be  Romans 5:1-5.  The Rev.Brian Davis will speak at the 10:45 a.m. Vine services on "Does Winning Take Care of Everything," with text from Revelations ... (click for more)

Federal authorities have dismissed an indictment against Mike Ross, the developer of a floundering Rarity Club project at Nickajack Lake in Marion County. The Maryville developer was charged last November with mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. However, in a document filed today, prosecutor John MacCoon said, "The United States hereby moves the Court pursuant to ... (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)

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)