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)

Legacy Senior Living, which operates a family of 14 assisted living and memory care communities across the Southeast, has embraced “a family affair” approach to empowering its frontline team members as they face the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic. “This means going out of our way to provide our team members with the tools and support they need--safeguarding their physical ... (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)