Notre Dame High graduate John Popham from Nashville recently sent an email to say that fellow Irish athlete and Chattanooga Mocs kicker Reginaldo “Hegi” Ferreira from the 1960s era has died. "He passed away this past Saturday, May 16, in Recife, Brazil, where he lived,” wrote Mr. Popham. "He was buried on Sunday. The cause of his death was the coronavirus.” In ... (click for more)

A life in athletics always seemed destined for Marty Moore. The son of well-known and well-liked Kingsport reporter Jimmy Moore, Marty spent countless Friday nights on high school sidelines and had penned his first byline for the Kingsport Times-News by age 16. Yet Moore, a gifted golfer who played in high school at Volunteer before earning undergraduate and graduate degrees ... (click for more)

Hamilton County has added another 54 coronavirus cases, moving the total to 694, the local Health Department reported on Memorial Day. The county remains at 14 deaths. There have been seven confirmed cases at the Waddington North America Novolex plant on Quintus Loop in the Jersey Pike area. The plant, which had already planned to close for the Memorial Day weekend, conducted ... (click for more)

On Friday a CoreCivic employee who works at the Silverdale Detention Center tested positive for COVID-19 after a close family member tested positive. The employee was tested Thursday as a precautionary measure. CDC recommended guidelines are being utilized at the Silverdale facility to assure the safety and well-being of all staff and inmates. Jail personnel are also currently ... (click for more)

Perhaps the terrible toll that has engulfed the greater world community due to the black wave known as COVID 19 brings about an urgent sense of reflection and recollection on the true meaning of Memorial Day. One of the earliest commentaries was provided by Frederick Douglass at Arlington National Cemetery on Decoration Day 1871. He would extol to the crowd to never forget ... (click for more)

There is an old Indian proverb that is perhaps my favorite when word reaches me than a man or a woman in uniform perished in combat. On this day where we honor those who died while defending our country’s freedom, I am always reminded, “Good men must die, but death cannot take their names.” Any one who has ever stood post, knows well of the huge risks, the God-wretched intangibles ... (click for more)