For the past 10 years, the senior adult choir from Ridgedale Baptist Church has been filling the halls of Morning Pointe Senior Living communities throughout the Chattanooga area with the sounds of singing. The choir visited the residents of Morning Pointe of Chattanooga – Shallowford recently with their renditions of gospel favorites. “The choir entertained our residents with ... (click for more)

Parkridge Valley West – formerly Mountainview Treatment Center in Jasper – has relocated acute inpatient behavioral health services to a newly renovated, approximately 15,000 square-foot space on the second floor of Parkridge West Hospital. In celebration of the unit’s grand opening, there will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 10 a.m., followed by an open house ... (click for more)

The City Council is considering action soon on an interim ordinance curbing development of steep slopes and floodplains. The measure would limit development of slopes of 33 percent grade or more to 20 percent of those steep grades. It would allow no more than 51 percent of a floodplain to be developed. A large number of developers in the audience indicated they are strongly ... (click for more)

A Chicago drug dealer who prosecutors said supplied a large amount of heroin to sources in Chattanooga was found guilty by a federal jury in Chattanooga on Tuesday. James Silas, 50, was convicted of conspiring to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. Sentencing is set for April 24 at 2 p.m. by Judge Curtis Collier, who presided over the trial. Based on a prior drug ... (click for more)

Thank you to the Highway 58 branch of First Volunteer Bank. On behalf of the Ernie Pyle Chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, I would like to express our appreciation to the manager and staff of the HIghway 58 Branch of First Volunteer Bank for putting on a Veterans Day lunch in the lobby of your bank on Friday, Nov. 9. It was a cold and rainy day and Army, Marines ... (click for more)

Being a child of the South, I’ve marveled at our funny sayings for all of my life. I’ve been at a football game and heard a disgruntled fan in the stands say of his team’s quarterback, “That boy couldn’t play dead in a cowboy movie.” I’ve been at the Sunday supper table and heard, “I’m of a mind each one of his sermons is better than the next.” And I’ve sat in a Saturday morning ... (click for more)