Tierra Hayes

Tierra Hayes is the digital and engagement editor for the Times Free Press. She is from Athens, Georgia, and graduated from Southern Adventist University in 2020 with her B.S. Mass Communication-Writing/Editing.

Collegedale ranked 3rd-safest city in Tennessee

by Tierra Hayes ·July 24, 2019

As the city of Collegedale deals with fallout from a lawsuit that alleges its police department operates an "illegal quota system," that same department recently helped garner the city high marks in terms of safety statewide.

The clock tower in front of Collegedale City Hall is pictured Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Collegedale, Tennessee.

Collegedale offering free summer bike rentals, lessons

by Tierra Hayes ·July 3, 2019

The city of Collegedale is offering free bike rentals and lessons at Imagination Station as part of the city's Bikes on the Greenway program, open to residents from the surrounding area as well.