The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is reminding hunters of a slight change in harvest reporting requirements this year. Beginning with the 2020 spring turkey hunting season, the “Tag Before You Drag” system is in effect for tagging big game animals in the field prior to moving their harvest. Hunters will be able to use the TWRA on the Go app to simply E-tag and report ... (click for more)

Sightings of Georgia’s native black bears typically begin to pick up in the spring. These sightings are normal, and are to be expected across the state, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division. Officials said, "Where have the bears been? Hibernating. Many Georgia black bears, especially females with young cubs, have spent the last ... (click for more)

The Tennessee toll from the conoravirus has reached 37. Cases in the state rose to 3,067. Officials said 293 people have been hospitalized in the state from coronavirus. Hamilton County is reporting 68 cases. Officials said of those, they were only able to identify 20 who could say who they believe they knew of the source of the virus. Drive-thru testing was held on ... (click for more)

Georgia state health officials said Wednesday that 198 people in the state have died of the coronavirus - 14 more than Thursday. The cases have increased to 5,967 - up from the Thursday report of 5,444. Officials said 1,222 have been hospitalized in Georgia with the deadly virus. The first person to contract the coronavirus in Dade County has died. Dade had reported its first ... (click for more)

A pioneer in police public information passed away earlier this week in California. Ron Eberhardt worked for the Chattanooga Police Department in the 1970’s. Then Fire and Police Commissioner Gene Roberts named Eberhardt police information officer. To my knowledge the police department never had had a PIO. Eberhardt developed new techniques to deliver police news to the media. ... (click for more)

In one of the most mesmerizing interviews you can imagine, Terry Gross of National Public Radio was joined yesterday by “war surgeon” David Nott. Called by some as the “Indiana Jones of Surgery” and by others as “the foremost trauma surgeon in the world,” Nott has for 20-something years volunteered as a life-saver for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and the Red ... (click for more)