"What Repentance Looks Like" will be the topic of Dr. Steven Wright on Sunday, at 11 a.m. at Signal Mountain Baptist Church, 939 Ridgeway Ave. His text will be Psalm 51:1-17. Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. The 100th birthday celebration of Ila McInturff will be at the church on Saturday, from 2-4 p.m. in the Christian Life Center. (click for more)

A family-oriented Stations of the Cross at Our Lady of the Mount Catholic Church, 1227 Scenic Highway, Lookout Mouintain, will be at 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday during Lent.. (click for more)

There were some tense moments at an elementary school in Brainerd shortly before noon on Friday  when a fire was discovered. Chattanooga fire investigators were able to quickly identify the person believed responsible for starting the fire at Barger Academy.  Lt. Henry McElvain with the Fire Investigation Division took an 11-year-old boy into custody and charged him ... (click for more)

Police said Marcus Oneal Birt had blood on him and had a gun close to where the body of a man  was found along Hooker Road on Saturday. Birt, 32, has been charged with criminal homicide, especially aggravated robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm in the slaying of 33-year-old Warren Ransom. The victim was shot once in the head. Police said the victim was found ... (click for more)

Good for CVS Caremark!  They will stop selling the #1 preventable cause of death: cigarettes. It’s a smart move.  Smoking is in great decline.  The risks of exposure to second hand smoke (yes, even outdoors) are known.  Every exposure causes some harm.  But changing community “norms” is difficult.    Isn’t it time for corporate sponsors of ... (click for more)

The best news of the week is that Johnny Shulman has been hired as the basketball coach at The McCallie School because it’s the best fit since Vince Lombardi joined the Packers. Shulman, the former UT-Chattanooga coach, has three sons who will tell you what a giant of a dad he is but now there will be hundreds more who will soon adore him. I have known Johnny – and he’ll always ... (click for more)