Ameriprise Financial Advisor and Franchise Owner Cody Sims partnered with the Chattanooga Community Kitchen in helping the residents of St. Matthew’s Men’s Shelter and St. Catherine’s Shelter for Homeless Women and Children in the fight against COVID-19. St. Matthew’s and St. Catherine’s offer nightly beds, food, and support services to as many as 20 homeless neighbors. The personal ... (click for more)

The Tennessee Supreme Court on Monday upheld a local rule of court requiring bail bonding companies to have an agent present at court appearances of defendants for whom the bail bonding company serves as surety. The case arose in Van Buren County, Tn., part of the 31st Judicial District of Tennessee. Cumberland Bail Bonding (“Cumberland”) served as surety for two defendants who ... (click for more)

Georgia state health officials said Tuesday that 348 people in the state have died of the coronavirus - up from 294 on Monday. The confirmed cases are now at 9,156, up from 7,558 on Sunday. Officials said 1,899 have been hospitalized in Georgia with the deadly virus - up from 1,393 on Monday. Whitfield County has 21 cases and a second death - a 78-year-old man. Walker ... (click for more)

Tennessee now has 72 coronavirus deaths - up seven since the Monday report. Cases have gone up from 3,802 to 4,138. Officials said 408 people have been hospitalized in the state from coronavirus. Becky Barnes of the Hamilton County Health Department said there are now 94 cases of COVID-19 in Hamilton County. There were no additional deaths from Monday’s tally. Of those, ... (click for more)

Social media and memes. They seem to be made for each other. If you’re looking for laughs, they often give great comic relief, particularly in this difficult time we are facing. But as I’ve seen many of the memes that regularly get posted and shared, I felt compelled to share a few thoughts. This is the main one: “Never get your theology from memes.” Typically memes are ... (click for more)

On Friday morning the phone rang at 1 a.m., calling Manny Sethi – who is in a race to become the next senator from Tennessee – to come to the hospital. Sethi, who is one of Nashville’s premier trauma surgeons, would then perform not one surgery, but nine more before he went back home about mid-morning on Monday. “I guess I was working about 80 hours a week in the operating room,” ... (click for more)