The fifth annual Bread and Words poetry reading was held at the Chattanooga State Kimball Site on Nov. 20. Bread and Words is an open-mike poetry reading held in celebration of the Thanksgiving season. Students, faculty and staff bring homemade soups and bread to share at the event, as well as non-perishable food items to donate to the Marion County Food Bank. The event is organized ... (click for more)

For over 20 years, Belvoir Christian Academy has collected donations of new and gently-used toys and games for the Northside Neighborhood House in Chattanooga. The gifts will be distributed to approximately 450 needy children, infants through age 15, who live in the Chattanooga area. This is an annual tradition for the school, and students are encouraged to participate by taking ... (click for more)

The Cherokee Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, which serves 11 counties in Tennessee and northwest Georgia, has informed its executive board, donors, supporters, and volunteers that the local organization remains financially strong in light of recent national news stories concerning consideration of bankruptcy at the national level of the organization. Officials said, ... (click for more)

Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will introduce on Thursday a Senate joint resolution holding Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a former Saudi journalist and columnist for The Washington Post. The resolution condemns Khashoggi’s killing and insists on accountability for those involved ... (click for more)

Tom Caldwell was a devoted husband, father of four children and 13 grandchildren, veteran of World War II, Howard University law school graduate, church member and outstanding corporate, tax and estate planning attorney at three of Chattanooga's leading law firms. His family, personal, legal, military, religious and civic duties are too many to list. As a member of the Chattanooga ... (click for more)

As I have grown older, I have grown more peculiar. I love having so many wonderful friends who I’ll see out in the mornings, all hail and hardy, but most of the time I enjoy having breakfast by myself. Hear me out: whether it is the Cracker Barrel, the Bluegrass Café or any number of other places I enjoy, most often there are delightful people who invite me to share their table ... (click for more)