The public is invited to an evening of encouraging, praise, and worship on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 5:30 p.m. at Hawkinsville Missionary Baptist Church, 7463 Pinewood Dr.   The event, Chattanooga Coming Together To Have Some Church: "Let's Have Some Church Chattanooga Style" will feature Pastor Tim Careathers and Westside Choir, Pastor J. Anthony Taylor and Greater Community ... (click for more)

First Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga will celebrate “Jesus Christ: The Sent One” during its 65th annual World Missions Conference on Oct. 9-12 on the church campus.  The conference kicks off with the Sunday morning services featuring speaker, Dr. Richard Pratt, president of Third Millennium Ministries.  Mission partners from eight countries will speak in Sunday school ... (click for more)

A 33-year-old man who was shot in the face during a clash at a Bakewell gas station said he did nothing to provoke the shooting. The man charged said the victim cursed him, then started toward him. General Sessions Court Judge Clarence Shattuck, after a hearing on Tuesday, bound to the Grand Jury a charge of attempted first-degree murder against Donald Stuard II, 29, of Old Washington ... (click for more)

The courts have twice ruled in favor of the city of Cleveland regarding taxes generated by the sale of liquor-by-the-drink, Councilman Richard Banks noted at the Cleveland City Council meeting Monday afternoon. Therefore, he made a motion to ask the new Bradley County School Board to dismiss its lawsuit against Cleveland. That board has been seeking to be paid a large portion of ... (click for more)

Now, I don't know it all.  Beginning with my parents, folks of all sorts have been actively pointing out my ignorance for more than seven decades now.  So I'm well aware that I don't know it all.  In recent months I've begun to develop an appreciation for the local work of Mr. Neal Pinkston; I've been impressed with several things he's been doing in his official ... (click for more)

This is hardly meant to be flippant but I’d be willing to bet I’ve been in the presence of more great people than anyone you know. I’ve never ranked them, or ever dared to wonder who was the greatest, such as Muhammad Ali or Elvis Presley, but there are two traits that those who reach the highest pinnacle have in common. First, not a one of them was any good at what made them famous ... (click for more)