"The message we're taking forward is, put the guns down. It shouldn't have to happen to someone you know. Seven women were shot. That should make all of us cry."
Chattanooga had a mass shooting Saturday night. Two women were killed and five other females - the youngest was 14 - were wounded.
The saga of the would-be Bellefonte Nuclear Plant continues - but not with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on board.
State Rep. and Chattanooga Democrat Yusuf Hakeem is rightfully calling out the state's GOP legislative leadership for sidelining his bill to provide more Black history instruction in Tennessee schools by omitting it from the agenda of a summer education study committee.
History is never just history - especially with environmental issues.
Hamilton County's COVID-19 deaths hit 600 this week. Sadly, this is not surprising in the state that has finally found a way to be No. 1 in something - the highest, fastest rate of transmission of this dangerously contagious virus.
It was a foregone conclusion. Tennessee is set to receive at least 415 Afghan refugees in the coming weeks, yet Gov. Bill Lee is calling on the White House to provide detailed information - "full transparency" - on who will be arriving.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution headline thundered: "Georgia Gov. Kemp stops short of measures to address COVID-19's spread."
You may have missed this bit of important news earlier this month - given all the necessary concern over COVID-19, Afghanistan, a local election and other breaking news.
Fate is fickle. And justice is unsure. And often slow.
