As new COVID-19 cases continue to rise locally, landing Chattanooga in the top four cities nationally for case growth rate, Hamilton County leaders told the Chattanooga Times Free Press this week they have no plans to re-tighten previously eased restrictions intended to stem the spread of the pandemic.
We are so proud today of Chattanooga Police Chief David Roddy and Hamilton County Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Austin Garrett.
The message at the top of the Tennessee State Government web page states "Do your part. Stay apart."
Memorial Day and the occasional honors we give our fallen soldiers throughout the rest of the year are seemingly the only honorable things about war.
Across the country, local governments are cutting budgets as the financial impact on businesses and organizations drastically affected by the coronavirus pandemic comes into view - often in red ink.
If you're like us, one of the stories on the Times Free Press front page Thursday seemed like deja vu.
There is good, bad and ugly - and perhaps we should add missing - news on COVID-19 early in this week No. 10 of Southeast Tennessee's coronavirus chronicle.
The vice president for information technology at a Chattanooga software company has been fired after a social media firestorm identified him as the person who posted a racist meme showing former president Barack Obama with a noose around his neck.
Each passing week, we learn new and more sobering information about COVID-19 and its impact on our communities, states and nation.
President Donald Trump went on a rampaging tweet storm last week, just as top health officials made it clear that the COVID-19 pandemic was indeed not going away.
