The Bible is not a history book or science book, but it is accurate in all those areas. But its purpose is not history or science. The Bible tells the story of Redemption. The Bible is designed to direct praise, honor, and glory to God. However, the Bible is also a great gift from God to man. The Creator has given His creatures a manual which will bring great joy and peace to the ... (click for more)

Middle Valley Church of God, 1703 Thrasher Pike in Hixson, announces that it 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," officials said. "The Auditorium and related rooms have been ... (click for more)

One person died in a house fire that occurred Sunday morning. The Chattanooga Fire Department battled the two alarm house fire on Wilcox Boulevard with a possible entrapment. A passerby called it in at 4:42 a.m. and reported seeing flames coming from the home in the 3400 block, located near the intersection of Wilcox Boulevard and Tunnel Boulevard. When firefighters ... (click for more)

There may be as many as a dozen candidates in the race for mayor of Chattanooga, and likely even more. Picking up petitions to run thus far are Monty Bruell, D'Angelo Davis, Russell Gilbert, Tim Kelly, George Ryan Love, Andrew McClaren, Erskine Oglesby and Elenora Woods. Others who have said they plan to run include Chris Dahl, Wade Hinton, Keith Smartt and Kim White. Informal ... (click for more)

Nov. 3, Election Day, is right around the corner. Of course, voting is fundamental to elections. It is through voting we both give our consent to those we entrust to govern us and hold those governing us accountable. From our right to vote come many of our rights and freedoms. Every day seems to bring new stories about disputes over voting, many of which are pursued through lawsuits. ... (click for more)

Late last fall, there was a story that got a lot of mileage and for good reason. Donald Trump’s economic trade policy of America First signaled that our President had the guts to say “enough is enough” to The Marshall Plan, which by all rights should have been discontinued about 50 years ago but was not. It enabled the countries we were eager to help following World War II to continue ... (click for more)