The public is invited to join in celebrating the 154th Church Anniversary at Second Missionary Baptist Church through live streaming on Facebook or at smbchurch.org on Sunday, Aug. 9 at 11 a.m. Guest speaker will be Dr. Mark Croston, executive pastor of Mount Gilead Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville. Dr. Croston is the national director of Black Church Ministries, Lifeway ... (click for more)

Metropolitan Tabernacle Church, 2101 West Shepherd in Chattanooga, invites all those in the Chattanooga and surrounding areas to come and worship with them in the MTC Sanctuary this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Senior Pastor Steve Ball will conclude the series, "The Last Days," and will preach a message titled, "Forecast: Reign 100%." The Praise and Worship will be led by Worship ... (click for more)

Hamilton County Schools Supt. Dr. Bryan Johnson on Monday said the schools plan to open Aug. 12 with two groups of students at each school each attending two days a week. However, he said it is hoped that students will be able to go five days a week by Aug. 30. The opening format includes Group A going on Wednesday, Aug. 12, and Group B on Thursday, Aug. 13. Friday will be ... (click for more)

Hamilton County had just 52 new coronavirus cases on Monday and deaths remained at 48. However, the number of COVID patients in Intensive Care continued to go up and is now at 37. Total cases now are 5,669 after the numbers have dropped in recent days. There are 86 COVID patients hospitalized as well as four more suspected cases. The number of active cases in Hamilton ... (click for more)

The recent controversy over the monument to our town's founder, C.E. James, is more than a completely unnecessary and avoidable waste of time and possibly money - it is contrived and downright silly. Race-based restrictions on residential real estate sales weren't just common a century ago, they were universal in both the North and South. Such "red-lining" didn't start to die out ... (click for more)

I’ve been a “people person” for all of my life and not until this past weekend did I become aware I have been suffering badly due to “lack of touch.” A lifelong friend passed along a Daily Devotional where a gifted pastor in Massachusetts mourned the fact that – get this – she had been touched by another human being only four times in the last four months. As I paused to dwell on ... (click for more)