The Lee University Chorale will present its fall concert, Essentials of Life: Love, Joy, and Peace, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 7:30 p.m., in the Lee Chapel on Lee’s campus. The concert will feature pieces that aim to uplift and encourage the audience. “I tried to find music that brings our thoughts back to a few of the essentials of life that are much more harmonizing than the divisive ... (click for more)

Comedians and humorists are supposed to provide entertainment to their readers, viewers or those that attend one of their performances. George Burns, Red Foxx, Don Rickles, Richard Pryor, etc. over the years have said many things that if taken literally would offend everyone in their viewing audiences. Although he died in 1994, Lewis Grizzard, Jr. did not escape the wrath ... (click for more)

A 42-year-old Hamilton County man drowned at a boat dock on Chickamauga Lake on Saturday afternoon. It was near Erwin Marina, but marina officials said the incident happened at a public boat dock, and not at the marina. TWRA Officers responded to a 911 call around 2 p.m. for a missing person. A man loading a Bayliner cabin cruiser boat had disappeared. Witnesses said ... (click for more)

Representative Chuck Fleischmann on Saturday praised the release of Tennessee resident and Marine Corps veteran Matthew Health, who had been held captive in Venezuela for over two years. “Praise God that Matthew Heath has been released from his wrongful captivity and is coming home to his family. Throughout the over two years that Matthew was held, his family never gave up ... (click for more)

Dobbs v. Jackson, reversing almost 50 years of abortion on demand, is existentially a legal and moral/ethical vaccine for the United States. Why? While the legal challenges and political fighting will continue for some time, this is the greatest reversal of a Supreme Court in its history. It is worth noting that official Reconstruction lasted almost 25 years in the old Confederacy. ... (click for more)

The frost has yet to get to my garden but as I collect orchids and onions for an October delivery it is downright chilly. Thank goodness for the afternoon sun as we prepare to plant our winter rye grass seed and wish for more rain. As is my monthly custom, there is an abundance of orchids and onions to deliver on this first day of October so let’s get going … AN ORCHID to Dr. ... (click for more)