Open Forum On Single Payer Health Care Offered Friday

Friday, May 11, 2012
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) and Chattanooga Organizing for Action (COA) are sponsoring an open forum on the merits of expanded and improved Medicare for all. Admission is free and open to the general public. Dr. Mary Headrick will be one of the speakers.

The forum will be held Friday at 6:30 p.m. at  Renaissance Presbyterian Church, 1211 Boynton Drive.

Children At Risk Of Hunger To Benefit From Sodexo’s Summer Meal Program

Sodexo’s Feeding Our Future summer meal program returns to Chattanooga for 2013, once again helping to fill the nutrition gap that widens when the school year ends. The program, led by Sodexo, is a collaborative volunteer effort with local business and non-profit partners including BlueCross Blue Shield of Tennessee, Eastlake Boys & Girls Club, Highland Park Boys & Girls ... (click for more)

House, Senate Issue Joint Resolutions Honoring Orange Grove For 60 Years

Members of Tennessee’s House of Representatives and Senate issued joint resolutions honoring Orange Grove Center for its 60 th anniversary as a provider of services to children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Hamilton County. Senate Joint Resolution No. 319 was adopted on April 16, in the Senate by Tennessee State Senators Todd Gardenhire (R-Chattanooga) ... (click for more)

Highland Park Woman Helped Solve Mystery Of Gas Thief

Police said a Highland Park woman helped crack a mystery about a rash of recent gasoline thefts involving the cutting of expensive gas lines. Thomas Bouch was arrested after Bridgitte Brody told of looking out a window of her house last Thursday and seeing a white male standing by a 24-seat van at Tennessee Temple University. She said the man had a rubber tube near ... (click for more)

Attorneys Argue Whether Former Sheriff Long Should Get A Further Cut In His Sentence

Attorneys argued before the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati Tuesday morning on whether former Sheriff Billy Long should get a further reduction in his sentence. He was initially sentenced by Federal Judge Sandy Mattice to serve 168 months in federal prison after his conviction on a variety of charges related to his involvement with Eugene Overstreet. That ... (click for more)

Replace Airport Authority Board Members - And Response

The public needs to intervene on the absolutely absurd Wilson Air Waste (WWW) at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport.  What this all comes down to is our elected officials have appointed board members to oversee the budget and decision making at the airport, and they clearly do not respect public resources.   Contrary to the Airport Authority CEO’s statement ... (click for more)

Roy Exum: Our Heroes In Franklin County

I'm betting the chances are good you overlooked a story in Monday's editions of the Chattanooga Times Free Press about our newest heroes in Franklin County. I say they are our heroes because the proud little county that stretches from Sewanee to Tullahoma is on the very brink of running its meth dealers far away from the land Davy Crockett once trod. Because our state legislature ... (click for more)