Here is the weekly road construction report for Hamilton County: SR-319 Repair of the bridge over the Tennessee River and Riverpark Drive (LM 2.2): During this report period the contractor will be performing repair operations to the bridge that will require lane closures in both directions. Extra caution should be observed for trucks entering and exiting the work-zone. Additional ... (click for more)

Calvin’s father pulled him out of school when he was in the sixth grade. He couldn’t read or write and ran away when he was 13 years old. Life was hard, and he sometimes would eat out of dumpsters and steal things to get what he needed to survive. He hitchhiked all over the country, started doing a lot of drugs, and wound up in and out of youth detention centers, jails and prisons. ... (click for more)

Veteran Rhonda Thurman and newcomer Marco Perez were ahead in early School Board returns. In District 1 , Ms. Thurman was ahead of Stephen Vickers. Rhonda Thurman 1,347 Stephen Vickers 1,188 Mr. Perez had a substantial lead over Tom Decosimo for the District 2 seat being vacated by Kathy Lennon. Marco Perez 2,517 Tom Decosimo 1,666 Chairman Joe Wingate was ... (click for more)

Bill Hagerty, the pick of President Donald Trump, was slightly ahead of Dr. Manny Sethi in early returns of the Republican U.S. Senate race. Statewide, Mr. Hagerty was ahead by about 34,000 votes. Marquita Bradshaw, of Memphis, had a lead over veteran James Mackler in the Democratic primary in Hamilton County. The seat was being vacated by Senator Lamar Alexander. Republican ... (click for more)

Peaceful protests are a constitutional right of all Americans under normal conditions. These are not normal conditions. Atlanta is a major "hot spot" of new cases and total cases of the virus. So forgive me for saying this, but Atlantans, STAY HOME! Busloads with an estimated total of 500 protestors are probably bringing coronavirus to Miller Plaza Friday night at 6:30 in ... (click for more)

I’ve been a “people person” for all of my life and not until this past weekend did I become aware I have been suffering badly due to “lack of touch.” A lifelong friend passed along a Daily Devotional where a gifted pastor in Massachusetts mourned the fact that – get this – she had been touched by another human being only four times in the last four months. As I paused to dwell on ... (click for more)