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What Chattanooga area stories did readers click on the most in 2019?

Tennessee Department of Transportation employees work to remove the concrete railing that fell from the Interstate 75 South ramp to I-75 South onto the I-75 North to I-24 West ramp Monday, April 1, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The I-75 South ramp is expected to be reopened to one lane by Monday night or Tuesday morning.
Tennessee Department of Transportation employees work to remove the concrete railing that fell from the Interstate 75 South ramp to I-75 South onto the I-75 North to I-24 West ramp Monday, April 1, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The I-75 South ramp is expected to be reopened to one lane by Monday night or Tuesday morning. Tennessee Department of Transportation employees work to remove the concrete railing that fell from the Interstate 75 South ramp to I-75 South onto the I-75 North to I-24 West ramp Monday, April 1, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The I-75 South ramp is expected to be reopened to one lane by Monday night or Tuesday morning.

What was trending online at timefreepress.com in 2019? Here’s a list of the year’s top 10 most-viewed stories online:

1. On what would have been his wedding weekend, family of slain Chattanooga man gather at his burial site.

2. Man arrested after UTC student killed in robbery at Hixson Pike apartment complex

3. A 14-year-old Georgia girl was kept in a dog pen, starved, beaten and abused by at least five relatives

4. Union loses again at Volkswagen as Chattanooga workers vote down UAW bid

5. Without once mentioning the Civil War, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs bill protecting Confederate monuments, other memorials

6. Discount retailer Roses is opening its first store in the Chattanooga area

7. Cook: The Bible, the moon and why being gay is not a sin

8. Railing from I-75 South bridge collapses onto I-24/I-75 split, shutting down interstate Monday afternoon [photos, document]

9. Hamilton County sheriff’s deputy indicted on 44 criminal charges

10. Chattanooga restaurant cited for flies, cook sweating onto food, dirty kitchen surfaces and more

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