Michael Robinson, who has a beer license for the Brewhouse as well as a catering business that he is affiliated with, is opening a new restaurant Fork and Pie at 811 Market St. That is the former location of Quiznos. The concept of this restaurant will be to serve dinner and lunch pies as well as desert pies. All inspections have not been completed so the request for ... (click for more)

East Ridge author and culinary writer Kent Whitaker, also known as The Deck Chef, will be part of the culinary author panel discussion Sunday May, 20 ,  during the Canton Georgia fourth  annual Literary Celebration. The discussion and Q&A session begins at 1:00pm ETS. The panel includes Mr. Whitaker and other culinary authors who will cover topics about culinary writing ... (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)

I've watched how some in the media have attacked Scottie Mayfield for not debating. I've never been to a debate, and I am not going to vote for someone because they are able to remember and recite from memory, the well crafted answers they came up with the night before.   Often times, candidates focus on attacking each other instead of influencing undecided voters on any ... (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)