Ellis Smith joined the Chattanooga Times Free Press in January 2010 as a business reporter.
His beat includes the flooring industry, Chattem, Unum, Krystal, the automobile market, real estate and technology.
Ellis is from Marietta, Ga., and has a bachelor’s degree in mass communication at the University of West Georgia.
He previously worked at UTV-13 News, Carrollton, Ga., as a producer; at the The West Georgian, Carrollton, Ga., as editor; and at the Times-Georgian, Carrollton, Ga.; as a reporter.
Contact Ellis at 423-757-6315 or esmith@timesfreepress.com.
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Propex will shutter its 1 million-square-foot Nashville, Ga., plant over the next six months, transferring operations to the company's existing Hazlehurst, Ga. facility.
Chattanooga-based Propex closes Georgia plant
Company also consolidates woven manufacturing at Hazlehurst
Propex will shutter its 1 million-square-foot Nashville, Ga. plant over the next six months, transferring operations to the company’s existing Hazlehurst, Ga. facililty, the company announced today.
Donations to Chattanooga area relief organizations have failed to keep pace with more than $80,000 in expenditures during the Patten Towers crisis.
EPB crews are “on scene and enroute” to deal with a growing number of outages through the Chattanooga area that surpassed 2,000 around 3 p.m., said spokesman John Pless.
Edna Branford fumbled with the handle of her dishwasher on Tuesday, craning her neck to find the latch.
Clutching clear plastic bags that contained all the possessions they could carry, the residents of Patten Towers waited in clusters under a hastily erected Red Cross tent. It was time to evacuate.
Efforts are finally underway to relocate the displaced residents of Patten Towers to nearby hotels.
