The median price of homes sold in the Chattanooga area rose last month to an all-time high of $344,000, or nearly double the typical price of Chattanooga homes sold seven years ago, according to the Greater Chattanooga Realtors.
For the third time in the past 14 months, short-wheel rally drivers from across the country are gathering in Southeast Tennessee this weekend to race on the back roads of the Cherokee National Forest in Polk County as part of an effort to bring one of the world's top racing events back to the United States for the first time in nearly four decades.
Launching his real estate and construction management business in Atlanta in 1952, H.J. Russell overcame the challenges of the Jim Crow South to develop one of the largest black-owned businesses in America and became a major philanthropist and supporter of Martin Luther King Jr. more than a half century ago.
Among the handful of restaurants Lee Epstein has opened in Southeast Tennessee during the past two decades, his newest eatery has proven the most difficult to remodel and complete.
The Tennessee Aquarium on Tuesday welcomed its 28 millionth guest since the Chattanooga attraction opened on the riverfront in 1992.
Two decades after launching Direct Flooring when he was only 21 years old, Jordan Parker has expanded its luxury vinyl, hardwood and rug flooring retail operation to three stores and says he is eager to expand his business to other markets.
Spanning from Memphis to Mountain City, Tennessee not only has its three grand divisions of the state — east, middle and west — but the state's 95 counties also differ widely in their makeup and economies.
After providing prom dresses, tuxedos and wedding attire to thousands of Chattanooga-area residents for decades, Cooley's Fine Clothing has shut its doors and is liquidating its merchandise and store fixtures over the next two weekends.
Since the Chattanooga Bakery Co. developed the MoonPie as a snack for miners 107 years ago, the graham cracker- and creme-filled treat has grown to become a popular snack for many, usually consumed with milk.
A former elementary school on Chattanooga's Westside will undergo a $14.5 million renovation and expansion over the next year to expand the local Head Start program, add a health clinic and improve classrooms, art work and playgrounds on the site.
