The public is invited to worship at the Metropolitan Tabernacle Church sanctuary this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Senior Pastor Steve Ball will preach a message titled "The Road to the Rapture." The praise and worship will be led by Worship Pastor's Adam and Olivia Aziz and Metro Praise. The church will have intense cleaning of high touch point areas, hand sanitizer stations, ... (click for more)

Middle Valley Church of God, at 1703 Thrasher Pike in Hixson, will meet as a congregation on Sunday, at 10:30 a.m. in the church auditorium. All precautions including social separation, the availability of masks and gloves, and hand sanitizer will be made available, along with other needed precautions. Attendees will have an opportunity to join with others in singing and worship. ... (click for more)

The number of coronavirus patients in Chattanooga hospitals has risen to the highest level yet - 71. That includes 37 from Hamilton County. The previous high was 65 on June 10. The number of those in Intensive Care has dropped back down to 17. Hamilton County has had 104 more coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 3,180. Deaths remain at 36. There ... (click for more)

UTC officials have canceled commencement ceremonies that had been postponed to August, due to COVID. Officials said, "Back in March when COVID-19 first made its way to Chattanooga, a conclusion was reached to postpone commencement ceremonies until August. We hoped the virus would run its course and that we could safely celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2020 in August. ... (click for more)

Via something called an "Executive Order," the facemask mandate will go into effect in Hamilton County on Friday until Sept. 8. This is an illegal executive order and carries no legal weight. Those issuing it know this, which is why Jim Coppinger was too cowardly to issue it himself, but passed off the dirty deed to Dr. Paul Hendricks, who is not even a duly elected representative ... (click for more)

Max Lucado, Pastor Emeritus of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, has been my favorite Christian author for many, many years. Fifteen years ago, he was named as The Best Pastor in the United States and his incredible gift is best found in the comforting words that he has used in almost 100 books. The experts tell us that today there are more than 135 million copies of Lucado’s ... (click for more)