Latter-day Saints Charities is a world-wide humanitarian organization that focuses on self-reliance and partners with other charitable organizations and governments, including UNICEF, the Red Cross, Catholic Charities, the World Food Programme, etc., to help those in need. Since 1985, Latter-day Saints Charities has provided assistance “to millions of people in 195 countries.” ... (click for more)

Inner Peace Church, 2125 Tunnel Blvd. in Chattanooga, will be honoring Pastor Ron L. and Lady Missie King, Sr. for their 15 years of pastoral service for Inner Peace Church and the community on Pastoral Appreciation Day, Sunday, July 28. Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m.; worship will begin at 11 a.m. The church also has a Wednesday evening bible study at 6:30 p.m. (click for more)

County School officials on Thursday presented a revised budget that eliminates most school fees and adds 10 literacy aides. The employee pay increase remains at 2.5 percent - short of the five percent that was included in the initial budget requiring a 34-cent property tax increase. That tax rise was rejected 5--4 by the County Commission. Board member Tucker Pennington put ... (click for more)

A 22-year-old male showed up at a local hospital with a gunshot wound around 11:19 p.m. Wednesday. Chattanooga Police responded to the hospital on a report of a male party who showed up with a gunshot wound. The person shot arrived via personal vehicle. CPD Officers were unable to locate a crime scene The injury is considered non-life-threatening per medical staff. ... (click for more)

An opinion in Chattanoogan.com on Monday said Erlanger Health Systems had $20,000 nurse signing bonuses. Erlanger officials said that is another local hospital - not Erlanger. Columnist Roy Exum said, "In a story that I wrote on July 15, “A Nursing Shortage?” I mistakenly identified Erlanger Hospital as one hospital that offers prospective nurses a $20,000 signing bonus. ... (click for more)

When I was a senior in high school, the Vietnam catastrophe held the guys who were in my class spellbound. Back then, and has since been proven again and again, the conflict was a terrible error in our nation’s judgment and almost 60,000 young and promising Americans died in some stinking South Asian battle zone that didn’t mean squat to our freedom or our nation’s future. In ... (click for more)