As a young boy in Bryant, Alabama, David Carroll couldn't help but notice how hard his parents, and the customers who stopped into their small grocery store on their way to or from their jobs, worked.
Dennis Haskins is being remembered in his native Chattanooga as someone loyal to his schools, his friends, his fans and the city he called home and visited often.
Drew Holcomb is candid about why he thought he could create a new music festival in his hometown of Memphis a decade ago.
In a universe built around make-believe, it is important for actors to play to their strengths. Once Tyler Covington figured that out, the work started coming, he said.
Local live music has been in the news quite a bit lately with the Chattanooga Tourism Company's music census taking a hard look at the local industry, in addition to another survey asking for public input on whether the city needs a new venue and if so, what it should look like.
The Riverbend Festival kicks off Friday, and like many other festivals around the country, it has found ways to improve its fan experience — especially for those folks willing to spend more money.
As director of operations for Friends of the Festival, Mitchell Hall has heard complaints for years about how hot the area in front of the Bud Light Stage — now renamed the Ultra Stage — at Riverbend can get.
When longtime local drummer Doug Bales found himself "stove up" with back pain several years ago, he needed to find a way to make a living. He needed a job that would allow for some specific criteria.
Three Chattanooga-area artists and at least one national artist will spend the next 18 months working with community members from the Rossville Boulevard corridor to address climate issues there.
Change has been the name of the game for the Riverbend Festival in recent years, and the changes keep coming as the Bud Light Stage has been renamed the Ultra Stage.
