Smith has a flair for demystifying insurance and retirement plans
Tracey Smith, 39, watched her hometown of Austin, Texas grow from a city with small-town vibes to one of America's fastest-growing metropolises.

Tracey Smith, 39, watched her hometown of Austin, Texas grow from a city with small-town vibes to one of America's fastest-growing metropolises.

Kylie Thurman, 17, was riding home with her mom one day when she decided to check her her email. A new item in her inbox said "congratulations" in the subject line.

Siri, the personal assistant on my iPhone, suddenly sounds sad.

In the accompanying 1963 photo, former Chattanooga newsman Mort Lloyd is shown sitting at a television anchor desk.

The sheet music for Johann Sebastian Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" looks like a construction blueprint for a scary roller coaster.

According to our vet, our two dogs, Boise and Keeper, are trending fat.

For much of the 20th century, the J.C. Penney Co. department store at the corner of Sixth and Market streets was a downtown Chattanooga institution.

As you read this, Chattanoogan Ace Rickard, 69, is probably riding a minibike at about 10,000 feet through the Andes Mountains.

We get a weekly email from our younger son's high school. There are often important announcements embedded.
In the late summer of 1949, thousands of Chattanoogans attended a 10-day tent revival here featuring Southern Baptist evangelist Eddie Martin of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
