Cloise Cox, 88, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, passed away Monday, March 30, 2020 in a local healthcare facility. Arrangements will be announced later by Taylor Funeral Home of Chattanooga, Inc. (click for more)

Elaine Carter, 77, passed away Sunday, March 29, 2020 in Chattanooga. Arrangements are by John P. Franklin Funeral Home, 1101 Dodds Avenue, 622-9995. (click for more)

Teresa Ann Hager, 57, of Cleveland, passed away on March 27, 2020. She was born on July 25, 1962 to the late Mack and Rose Poole. Teresa will be remembered by all who knew her as a very hard working woman who was always on the go. She loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. In addition to her mother and father, she is preceded in death by her husband, ... (click for more)

Randall “Randy” E. Easley, 69, of Rock Spring, passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2020. Randy was born Sept. 13, 1950 in Chattanooga to the late Bill Easley and Jean Easley Earhart. After graduating from East Ridge High School, he attended both North Georgia Military College in Dahlonega, Ga. and UTC. Randy loved building things and joined the Carpenter’s Union soon after marrying ... (click for more)

The death toll from the conoravirus in Tennessee has risen to 13, including a new death in Hamilton County. Cases in the state jumped to 1,834 from 1,537. Officials said 148 people have been hospitalized in the state from coronavirus. Hamilton County now has 39 cases, including the second death, who was described only as an older person. Becky Browder, county Health Department ... (click for more)

Erlanger Health System is furloughing some employees in a cost-cutting plan when its revenues plunged after elective surgeries were halted. Officials said, "Erlanger is among the nation’s essential public safety net hospitals which operate on particularly thin margins. To help offset the significant costs of treating patients with life-threatening emergencies, chronic disease ... (click for more)