Eclipse Tips: Where to go, what to take
It would be hard to find a bigger solar eclipse fan than Charlie Steinhice, a 64-year-old BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee business analytics manager.
It would be hard to find a bigger solar eclipse fan than Charlie Steinhice, a 64-year-old BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee business analytics manager.
According to reports in various news outlets last week, Tennessee is the most stressed-out state in America.
In 1906, the seven-story Pound Building on 11th Street was considered one of the city's first "skyscrapers." In fact, it was the city's tallest building when i…
One of the first childhood memories attorney McCracken Poston Jr. has of Alvin Ridley is the former TV repairman appearing in his house one day to fix a broken…
Where you live says a lot about who you are.
I think it's a sign of growing older that you spend an extra amount of time missing things about the past.
For almost 60 years, the Home Plate Cafeteria at the corner of Seventh and Cherry streets was an iconic downtown eatery featuring a selection of meats, vegetab…
How do you trust a doctor whom you've just met?
I received an email last weekend from the granddaughter of a man named R.C. "Doc" Anderson, an astrologer and prophet who practiced here in the mid-20th centur…
Poe's Tavern, a pine log replica of Hamilton County's first courthouse and post office in Soddy-Daisy, is getting some new furniture.
Softball boomed in Chattanooga in the post-World War II era.
People move to new cities for lots of reasons: jobs, climate, lower taxes. Haley Graham and her now-husband, Andrew, moved to Chattanooga about a decade ago f…
This November, for the first time, both of our sons will be of voting age.
The former Pines Motel on Ringgold Road was typical of roadside motor courts in the 1950s; it was situated along a busy highway and anchored by a small restaur…
On the night before his 2019 heart transplant, while lying in a hospital bed in Nashville, Chris Hopkins couldn't shake a troubling thought: For him to live, s…
Almost everyone in my family identifies as a country music fan. When we go on family vacations, the car radio always gets locked in on a country hits station, …
In the mid-20th century, R.C. "Doc" Anderson, a self-described astrologist, was a recognizable figure in Chattanooga known for offering $2 fortune-telling sess…
I teach a writing class at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, partly to learn what's important to young adults. As the parent of 17- and 21-year-old s…
It no doubt took a few curlers to sculpt the hair of the young women in the accompanying 1963 photo. Hair styles of the period, with "heavy bangs and voluminou…
For most of his life, 38-year-old Brock Olsen says people have told him that he has a keen understanding of human relationships.
From appearing in off-Broadway shows in New York City to challenging herself with banking and development jobs in Chattanooga, Caroline Walker seems to always …
13-year-old learns life lessons from grandfather, other adults during monthly 'man meetings.'
A funny thing about turning 65: The universe starts telling you to "watch your step."
Much like in January 1966, Chattanooga recently experienced a widespread snowfall followed by a spell of bitterly cold weather.
It takes seven minutes for photographer Megan Ledbetter to walk from her parked car to a secluded cemetery in a gulch near Stringer's Ridge in Red Bank. That s…
Our 12-year-old dog, Boise, is afraid of power outages. Like, hide-under-a-pillow afraid.
In 1954, the busy corner of Brained Road and South Germantown Road was undergoing changes.
They are an unmatched pair. One muscled and mellow, the other trim and intense.
As a father of two children born in the 21st century, sometimes I wonder where the next generation of American leaders will come from and what institutions wil…
Time was, local car dealers gave away automobiles to worthy causes.
More than a century ago in Chattanooga, prostitution led to prosperity.
Anyone born around the middle of the 20th century might remember the Four Tops' song "I Can't Help Myself." It topped the pop charts briefly in the summer of 1…
When the Memorial Auditorium opened in Chattanooga in 1924, it was only a few years removed from the end of World War I. Built between 1922 and 1924 as a tribu…
There comes a time in every man's life when skin sags, hormones lag and energy flags. But that doesn't mean that men have to surrender to the numbing — and hum…
Welcome to a new Edge magazine feature: Time Capsule.
When Liam Gerada and his brother, Travis, were selling sneakers online out of a garage on the island of Malta, there was little to predict that they would one …
Chapel Cunningham knows what a home run sounds like. There's a particular tone to the "thwack" of the bat that a seasoned player can hear (and feel) when a bal…
In past years, my family teased me for doing most of my Christmas shopping at the Bed, Bath & Beyond store in Hixson.
In the mid-20th century, the 1400 block of Market Street was part of a major traffic corridor filled with stores, hotels and a major transportation landmark.
The funny thing about "Mad Mark" Turk, 60, of Signal Mountain, is that he isn't mad at all.
One day recently, my sister Lee announced, "Hey, I've got something for you."
The year was 1964, and like generations of school children before them, the youngsters in the accompanying photo were arriving one winter day for an event at t…
When 82-year-old Sue Carol Elvin of Highland Park was a little girl, she caught a yellow butterfly. Later, she released it "back to heaven," she told her mothe…
As you know, it's been a dry fall, although recent rains have helped.
For a swath of the mid-20th century, M&J Super Markets dotted the map in Chattanooga.
Tanning leather hides the old-fashioned way is a laborious process. High-quality leather goods are made from full-grain raw hides tanned with oils drawn from v…
Our younger son just turned 17, and he's looking at colleges. Meanwhile, our older son is on track to graduate from college next spring. For the first time in …
In the fall of 1953, Chattanooga's central business district — roughly sandwiched between Market and Broad streets — was a beehive of retail, government and en…
Who knew that renovating old roadside motels was a thing?
I've noticed that people of my generation — baby boomers — are in a nostalgic mood. Facebook is full of posts of boomers remembering their youth — sometimes wi…