Rock Steady Boxing, an exercise program based on training used by boxing pros and adapted to people with Parkinson’s disease, will now be available in the north Georgia area. The program involves regular exercises, such as stretching, bicycling, running, jump-roping, push-ups, balancing and lots of non-contact boxing led by experienced trainers/coaches. Rock Steady Boxing serves ... (click for more)

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Bradley and Polk Counties has transitioned to training new volunteer advocates online in order to be prepared for an inevitable influx of cases as soon as the local courts fully reopen. "This pandemic affects everyone but it especially leaves our most vulnerable children at a heightened risk,” said Executive Director Christopher Janetzko. ... (click for more)

Georgia state health officials said Wednesday that another 14 people have died from the coronavirus, bringing the total to 362. The confirmed cases are now at 9,881, up from 9,156 on Tuesday. Officials said 1,981 have been hospitalized in Georgia with the deadly virus - up from 1,899 on Monday. Whitfield County remains at 21 cases, but now has three deaths. Walker ... (click for more)

There were no injuries in a house fire the Chattanooga Fire Department worked early Wednesday morning. Firefighters worked to keep flames from making their way to the main living area of the home and reunited the residents with their cat. It happened at 1 a.m. in the 4700 block of Preserve Drive, off of Webb Road. A 911 caller reported that her garage was on fire ... (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)