Kennedy: Naked bike riding, and other city rankings
Once or twice a year, one of our sons will ask, "Dad, is Chattanooga growing?"
Once or twice a year, one of our sons will ask, "Dad, is Chattanooga growing?"
In the early years of the 20th century, Chattanooga's live entertainment scene included a vaudeville theater called the Airdome.
Pied piper. Tour guide. Leader of the pack. Pick your description — Eddie Rahm fits them all.
Have you ever typed your name into the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT?
One of the family-friendly rides at Warner Park during the 1960s and 1970s was built by an EPB employee named James Walker.
Historian Stefanie Haire remembers the moment that sparked her doctoral thesis.
Often, you'll see a news report about the absurdly high cost of rearing children in America.
Sixty years ago this summer, the first Chattanooga-area McDonald's restaurant opened on Ringgold Road in East Ridge.
William Hartshorn, of Signal Mountain, is having a memorable 100th birthday season.
There's an observation floating around the internet.
One of comic-book creator Dakota Brown's earliest memories involves a Marvel comic book from the 1980s that he read so often as a preschooler that the cover fe…
A lot of people claim to be results-oriented people, but 31-year-old Alexa Williams has the resume to prove she can deliver.
In the summer of 1970, the miniskirt fashion trend hit Chattanooga in full stride.
Estelle Harris, 88, was in a KFC restaurant on East Brainerd Road one day waiting for her order when the cashier called out her name.
One day last month, I decided to take a walk. I strolled from the Times Free Press offices on East 11th Street over to Ankar's Downtown sandwich shop in the 50…
In this 1960s photo, the then-new Red Bank Junior High School on Morrison Springs Road looks a bit unfinished, surrounded by tall grass and unpaved driveway.
Krystal Enlow, a 27-year-old critical care paramedic in Rhea County, was volunteering off-campus with some of her college classmates in April when her medical …
"Digital natives." That's what they call Gen Z.
Remember that time your great-grandmother showed you a box of old letters from the 1800s?
Alone in the woods last September with suicidal thoughts racing through his mind, 31-year-old Joseph Gonzalez heard his mobile phone ding.
Is it time to eat? I can't tell anymore. My brain has stopped giving me prompts.
For more than 40 years, Effron's was one of downtown Chattanooga's leading department stores.
Madyson Smith, 31, took a winding path to her job as chief revenue officer of the Chattanooga Football Club.
Image consultant Darin Wright is a color enthusiast. She analyzes color, feels its energy. She even sees human skin tones as a proxy for personality.
Listening to Gary D. Beene talk is like listening to popcorn pop.
The other day, I found an old Wilson tennis racket in the garage. By old, I mean signed by 70-year-old Jimmy Connors.
In mid-20th century America, hundreds of thousands of telephone operators — most of them women — kept the nation plugged in.
Twins brothers Tate and Aidan Bird say they didn't know they were competing for the title of valedictorian of their senior class.
Every morning when I reach for my milk, I see the little wallet-size photo on our fridge.
Touted as an upscale, $1 million-plus property in the 1960s, the Admiral Benbow Inn off South Market Street was once a magnet for freeway travelers and convent…
Jeffrey Holst, a 45-year-old Chattanooga real estate investor, has a modest goal for himself: He would like to be known as the most interesting man in the worl…
Getting our 16-year-old son out of bed on a Saturday morning is sometimes a chore.
Opened in 1950, the former Elbert Long School on East Brainerd Road has had a 70-plus-year history as a place of learning.
Here's where to find a good taco lunch in Chattanooga for about $10, according to six University of Tennessee at Chattanooga students.
Several years ago, Brenda Kress, 81, was inside a single-occupant restroom at a softball tournament when she overheard some younger players talking outside.
The blue check mark on my Twitter account has been removed.
In 1966, WTVC Channel 9 moved its operations to the Golden Gateway Shopping Center, near downtown, where it remained for more than 30 years.
Sara Coolidge, 43, of Signal Mountain, remembers the night about 20 years ago when her life took a dark turn.
We have two 21st-century children: one born in 2001 and the other in 2006.
For more than a century, Chattanooga's railroad history was exemplified by the L&N Railroad's Union Depot, a historic 19th century building that contained a tr…
Bill Smith, 70, remembers the sting of his first day at school. It was 1958, and his first grade teacher at Bess T. Shepherd Elementary called on him to introd…
Our 16-year-old son was loading a wooden ramp into his Ford Ranger pickup the other day when he started to gush about his love for trucks.
In 1963, Ralph Kelley became the youngest man ever elected mayor of Chattanooga, and the women in the accompanying photo were partly responsible.
When Michael Decosimo finishes his weekday shift as a food service worker at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, he sometimes slides on his headphones …
Every day I go to the mailbox with hope in my heart.
When he was a little boy growing up in Sewanee, Tennessee, Kris Stubblefield would sit on a stool and stir pots full of simmering food for his mom.
In the 1960s, the Hannah-Adams home electronics and appliance store on Brainerd Road was a go-to destination for those in need of a clothes washer or a color T…
Willie Thomas, 44, remembers the day his life began to shift.
Nothing signals the onset of senior citizenship like turning 65.