Welcome Home of Chattanooga, with The Chattery, will offer a series on Demystifying Death and Dying during March. Sessions will be online every Thursday at 530 p.m. and will include Hospice 101, Ethics and End of Life Care, Getting Your Affairs in Order and Mindful Mapping Your Death. In April, the series will be on Zen Caregiving, The Practice of Compassion. To learn more, ... (click for more)

The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Chattanooga Chapter, Inc. will present its second annual Sisterhood Symposium – Health is Wealth, part one of a two-part virtual webinar series on Saturday from 12-2 p.m. via Zoom. The webinar can also be viewed on NCBW’s Facebook page. “As part of a National Organization, the NCBW, Chattanooga Chapter, Inc. recognizes that health is ... (click for more)

County Mayor Jim Coppinger said he did not wish to talk about the future of the ongoing mask mandate during his weekly COVID-19 press conference. He said numbers are trending in the right direction, saying there are only three people on ventilators right now. “Today, we continue to review the masks, and we know we need to get more shots in the arm and we’re happy with the way ... (click for more)

Police said Bronathon L. Carter got a pile of money for carrying out the execution of Quintez Bulloch at a house on Lightfoot Mill Road last July 30. Carter, 35, of 435 Monya Lane, was arrested on Wednesday for criminal homicide, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon while committing a dangerous felony. Police responded at 12:37 p.m. to 2915 Lightfoot ... (click for more)

The Unity Group is saddened and dismayed to hear of the closing of the Walmart Grocery store on Shallowford Road. While we recognize that the overall goal is for businesses to reach a level that obtains profit maximization, in our estimation, this recent closure is indicative of a problem that has continued to be persistent in marginalized and disadvantaged communities for more ... (click for more)

The email read: “I cannot comprehend how killing unborn babies and using their tissue in medicine is obedience to Christ.” Earlier in the email the writer acknowledged that I publicly state I am a Christian “… then I see a huge problem with your characterization of (the new Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as a ‘Godsend.’) “Killing babies for their parts is not from God, it ... (click for more)