The Nursing and Allied Health Division at Chattanooga State offers monthly information sessions for students interested in the healthcare professions. The sessions are held at the main campus; some sessions are required for program admittance while others are strongly encouraged. Visit the Nursing and Allied Health website at https://www.chattanoogastate.edu/nursing-allied-health ... (click for more)

A ground breaking for the McMinn Higher Education Center, 2345 DENSO Dr. in Athens, is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 27 at 11:30 a.m., with Governor Bill Lee in attendance. The center for collaborative higher education will include the Tennessee College of Applied Technology, Cleveland State Community College and the McMinn County UT Extension Institute of Agriculture. This project ... (click for more)

During a specially-called meeting of the Erlanger Health System Board of Trustees, Chairman Mike Griffin announced that Chief Medical Officer Dr. William L. Jackson Jr., has been appointed as the health system’s new president and chief executive officer. Also a settlement was reached with former president Kevin Spiegel, who resigned last week under pressure from the board. ... (click for more)

A car accident on Lee Highway caused a gold van to leave the road, crash into an SUV in a hotel parking lot and then into two hotel rooms, structurally damaging the building. The incident happened just after 3 p.m. Wednesday at the In Town Suites on Lee Highway. Both hotel rooms were empty at the time of the incident. A total of 12 surrounding rooms were evacuated as a precaution. ... (click for more)

Tennessee American breaks a line and 35,000 people lose water for three days. Well they don’t exactly admit they broke it, they were working on it a few feet away and it just broke….so they say. One half of TAWC service area is out of water three days and nights, hospitals canceling surgery, schools closed and opened and then sending the children home, businesses shut down, government ... (click for more)

Regarding Mr. Exum's claim in his Sept. 12 column that Erlanger Chief Administrative Officer Gregg Gentry attended his Sept. 4 meeting with Kevin Spiegel is not accurate. Mr. Gentry said he was not at this meeting. (click for more)