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Tennessee: View fall color from air, land and water

Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008

Foliage is currently at less than a 10 percent color change in Southeast Tennessee, according to the fall color forecast found online at fall.tnvacation.com/foliage.

Autumn splendor: View fall color by air, land or water

Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008

In a recent poll at timesfreepress.com, 79 percent of readers voting said they were limiting weekend driving because of the gas shortage.

Helping folks at home: Community Kitchen fundraisers aim to help those most in need

Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008

With concerns about the economy on everyone’s minds, it’s a tough time for nonprofit fundraising.

Country star Taylor Swift, face of l.e.i. jeans, hopes to branch out with line of sundresses

Friday, Oct. 10, 2008

The humor, honesty and everyman appeal of Taylor Swift’s lyrics helped log sales of more than 3 million copies of her debut CD, which is still on Billboard’s Hot Country Album chart after 100 weeks. She wrote or co-wrote every song on that triple-platinum-selling album, as she has on her upcoming CD, “Fearless.”

Chattanooga: Bands battle at Finley

Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008

Six high school marching bands and their percussion lines will get down to the music as they battle to be the best show band on the field today at Drumline Live. The musical event kicks off in Finley Stadium with a top-secret preshow at 2 p.m.

Chattanooga: 'Cody's Warm Blankets'

Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008

Eight women from the Eastgate Senior Activity Center presented young cancer survivor Cody Allen with 14 blankets this week. The women had been making the hand-knitted, crocheted or sewn throws since mid-June to donate to “Cody’s Warm Blankets.”

Chattanooga: Singer with seniority Tom Keegan has sung barbershop for 45 years

Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008

More than 1,200 barbershop singers from six states are competing today for the Dixie District championship in the Tivoli Theatre.

Chattanooga: Fan reaction to the new class at West Beverly High

Monday, Sept. 29, 2008

The new class of West Beverly High School has drawn fire from critics for its underweight starlets, but “90210” took a hefty bite of the ratings in its premiere, thanks to 30-something former fans excited about its return.

Baby boomers’ divorces affect their grown children

Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008

Eddie Grant says although his parents divorced when he was 4 years old, a repressed fear of abandonment more than 20 years later made him hesitant to commit to marriage.

How Komen race proceeds benefit Chattanoogans

Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008

Over the eight years that the Komen Chattanooga Race for the Cure has been held in Chattanooga, more than $1.8 million has been raised, according to Sarah Bowen, race co-chairman with Darlene Smith.