The Natchez Trace Parkway will take visitors back in time with the sights and sounds of a “muster” from 200 years ago during a free commemoration of the War of 1812. Over 150 re-enactors will bring the Gordon House Historic Site to life on Saturday, May 26, and Sunday, May 27, with “Muster on the Natchez Trace: Prelude to the War of 1812. In the spring of 1812, tensions were ... (click for more)

Governor Bill Haslam and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner Bob Martineau will join members of the General Assembly, local elected officials and members of the community on Tuesday, for a dedication ceremony announcing the newly created Cummins Falls State Park. The new state park will serve as the 54 th addition to the Tennessee State Parks system.    ... (click for more)

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded to Baa1 from A3 the rating assigned to Erlanger Health System's $172 million of outstanding bonds issued by the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority. The outlook is negative at the lower rating level, the report says. Erlanger has lost over $17 million this fiscal year and reported a $771,000 loss for April on Monday night. ... (click for more)

Losses at Erlanger at Hutcheson Hospital rose to $1.9 million in April. It was the fifth straight month of increasing losses at the Fort Oglethorpe facility, dating back to $894,354 last December. Board members of the hospital that serves three North Georgia counties had little comment at a finance committee meeting on Wednesday attended by administrator Roger Forgey, a former ... (click for more)

RE: Freedom From Religious Group Objects To Prayer At County Commission Meetings  "Attorney Elliott said, "I remind Hamilton County commissioners that the U.S. was the first nation to adopt a secular constitution, investing sovereignty in We the People, not a divine entity. Significantly, there was no prayer during the Constitutional Convention." From the Declaration ... (click for more)

As Jackie McConnell was being told he now faces up to five years in prison and a multitude of other penalties after pleading guilty to just one of 48 counts in violation of the Horse Protection Act on Tuesday, the outcry from Tennessee Walking Horse owners was incredible and there is a groundswell of support growing to either clean up a very crooked industry or actually ban it. ... (click for more)