Extra teams of deputies will be on duty Thursday to help cover the city so officers of Cleveland Police Department can attend the funeral.  Bradley Sheriff Jim Ruth said extra teams of deputies will be on duty to assist the Cleveland Police Department to  cover patrols and calls for service during the funeral service for officer Justin Maples.    Sheriff ... (click for more)

The Friends of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will host the 4th annual National Park Night with the Lookouts on Monday, June 4.   Profits from all general admission tickets sold in advance benefit the Friends of the Park.  To buy tickets for the game call the Friends office at 648-5623 or visit chickchatt.org .  Tickets are $5.  All ... (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)