Kennedy is the content editor of the Times Free Press Life sections and writes the “Life Stories” column.
Previously, he was the first Sunday editor of the Times Free Press. Before Chattanooga’s newspapers were merged in 1999, Kennedy was the coordinating editor of the Chattanooga Times, where he had previously been an education reporter, feature writer and team leader. His first newspaper job was as sports editor of the Cleveland (Tenn.) Daily Banner.
Kennedy’s human interest column Life Stories has appeared in Chattanooga’s newspapers for 19 years. He has won the Tennessee Press Association’s top award for column writing four times.
The Times Free Press Life section has won the state press award for Best Community Lifestyles section four times in the last 10 years.
Mark is a native of Columbia, Tenn., and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism fom Middle Tennessee State University. He is married with two children.
Contact Mark at 423-757-6645 or mkennedy@timesfreepress.com.
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Back in February 1984, Tammy Elrod's baby was due on Valentine's Day. But little Joshua was too shy for a flashy debut, so he held on until the end of the month.
Wow, who knew everybody wants to be a cartoonist?
Get 'em while they're hot. The scorching new 2013 Lexus GS 350 has just landed at Lexus of Chattanooga on Brainerd Road. And, indeed, landed is the right word because the new GS looks like it could be the fuselage of a jet aircraft.
Best-case scenario, other people will think you are dull. At worst, they'll think you're sullen.
Twenty minutes into our test drive of the adorable new Fiat 500, two women literally waved me off the road near a Chickamaugua Lake marina.
Ron Baldwin, 43, of Trenton, Ga., doesn't celebrate Christmas or New Year's. Instead, Baldwin saves up all of his festive energy for Super Bowl Sunday.
When the Toyota Camry, the best-selling car in North America over the last decade, gets a major re-design, it's big news in the automotive world.
A book landed in my office mail last week called "Tennessee Tragedies," by Allen Coggins (University of Tennessee Press, $39.95, www.utpress.org).
Parked at the intersection of Value Street and Utility Avenue is the durable Honda CR-V small SUV. Small, of course, is a relative term since the CR-V has more than 100 cubic feet of passenger space.
Last Sunday, on our way to see Billy the Exterminator at the World of Wheels expo at the Chattanooga Convention Center, my two sons decided to play a game called "Stump Daddy."
