The Jimmy Simpson Foundation, a nonprofit organization serving the Chattanooga and North Georgia area brain injury community, announced that it has partnered with DeKalb MD, an Alabama-based primary care network with clinic locations in Chattanooga, to help reduce healthcare costs and improve convenience for its care-giving team and staff. “Our new partnership with Dekalb MD ... (click for more)

CHI Memorial and CHI Memorial Medical Group welcomed Melanie Blake, MD, MBA. Dr. Blake, who was with Erlanger Health System for a number of years, serves as a physician advisor for CHI Memorial and is joining CHI Memorial Integrative Medicine Associates as a primary care internal medicine physician. Dr. Blake received her medical degree from the University of Alabama School ... (click for more)

There have been two more coronavirus deaths in Hamilton County, the County Health Department reported on Tuesday. The new total is 17. The Health Department said one of the deaths was an individual in the 40-45 year range and had no underlying medical conditions. Officials said the two deaths were unrelated to each other. “This case illustrates that anyone is susceptible ... (click for more)

Police said an anonymous tip may have saved many lives at a protest rally at Miller Park on Monday. Police were tipped off around 11:30 p.m. that a black male wearing jeans, a dark shirt and a camouflage tactical vest had been seen leaving the Douglas Heights apartments with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. The man was seen on a Real Time Intelligence Center camera holding an ... (click for more)

One man’s violent anti-government protests is another man’s just war. First, let me say I do not condone the rioting and violence that is occurring across our nation, following the murder of George Floyd at the knees of white police officer Derek Chauvin. As someone who values that Jesus taught us to “turn the other cheek” I believe there are other ways we must respond, even ... (click for more)

I do not believe “Black Lives Matter.” Rather, I believe “All Lives Matter.” And using the latter over the former, I am mad too. The rioting that is taking place all over America is against the law. It restricts my freedoms, bridles my trusts, is contrary to my beliefs, and – if it still matters – is blatantly unconstitutional. That the President of the United States has no choice ... (click for more)