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Things to do in the Chattanooga area this weekend include Biker Fest, Food Truck Rally, exotic pet expo
Here are some events you can look forward to this weekend.

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Dear Abby: Oldest sibling needs help with widowed mom
DEAR ABBY: My father passed away three months ago, leaving my mom alone for the first time in her life.

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Signal Mountain man reflects on songwriting for Dolly Parton
Light from the window beams brightly into Randy Thomas' half-finished home music studio in Signal Mountain. He hasn't fully figured out the "desk situation," he said, and a lot of the amplifiers and instruments are still in boxes from his recent move to the Chattanooga area.

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Living on Purpose: Victorious living includes praying for discernment
As I awakened this morning and opened the shades, the sun was shining, and the sky was clear. I'm very blessed that I could stand and walk without pain. We seldom think about how often we take the basic functions of life for granted.

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First Things First: Is it ever OK to keep secrets from your spouse?
Shortly after Daniel and I got married, we had dinner with a couple we were semi-friends with.

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Faith Focus: Musings from an American road trip
Dana and I are on the road yet again (she is driving), this time heading back into Georgia. I have spent more time in Georgia and Tennessee this summer than anywhere else in revivals and youth camps. It is an interesting and enjoyable thing, this ministry life. It is also odd; a great many mornings, I will wake up and not be quite sure where I am until I really stop and think about it.

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Video: Signal Mountain man wrote Dolly Parton’s 1989 hit, “Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That”
15 years into his illustrious songwriting career, Randy Thomas received a life-changing phone call about one of the tunes he had written.
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Tivoli Theatre restoration to bring venue back to its original glory
As scaffolding came down inside Chattanooga's historic Tivoli Theatre, fresh gold leaf glinted under the glow of work lights and once-decaying features displayed new life.

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Things to do in the Chattanooga area this weekend include Chatt Town Cool Down, Magnolia Festival
Here are some events you can look forward to this weekend in the greater Chattanooga region.

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Timeline: From her wedding to free kids’ books, Dolly Parton’s ties to Chattanooga area
From her wedding in Ringgold to her Imagination Library providing free books to thousands of Hamilton County children, Dolly Parton had strong ties to the Chattanooga area.
