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Kennedy: Ten trends that define today’s young-adult generation

I teach a journalism class at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, but I generally learn as much from the students as they learn from me.

By Mark Kennedy January 31, 2026

First Things First: When ‘I don’t want to parent’ goes viral, kids still have to live there

Every few weeks, social media serves up a new kind of honesty: parents saying they love their kids ... and also don't want to be around them.

By Lauren Hall January 31, 2026

Dear Abby: Husband is aware of wife’s secretive comings and goings

DEAR ABBY: My wife of seven years secretly visits her ex-husband on multiple occasions.

By Jeanne Phillips January 31, 2026

Catherine O’Hara, Emmy-winning comic actor of ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘Home Alone’ fame, dies at 71

Catherine O’Hara, a gifted Canadian-born comic actor and “SCTV” alum who starred as Macaulay Culkin’s harried mother in two “Home Alone” movies and won an Emmy as the dramatically ditzy wealthy matriarch Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek,” died Friday.

By ANDREW DALTON and JOCELYN NOVECK / Associated Press January 30, 2026

Journalist Don Lemon charged with federal civil rights crimes after covering anti-ICE church protest

Journalist Don Lemon was released from custody Friday after he was arrested and hit with federal civil rights charges over his coverage of an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.

By AIMIE DING, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER / Associated Press January 30, 2026

Melania Trump’s documentary premieres at the Kennedy Center ahead of global release

Melania Trump is capping her first year back as first lady with the global release of a documentary she produced about the 20 days leading up to husband Donald Trump's return to the White House.

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE / Associated Press January 30, 2026

Dear Abby: Relatives enter woman’s life after ignoring her for years

DEAR ABBY: I am a 38-year-old woman with a 21-year-old daughter, "Penny."

By Jeanne Phillips January 30, 2026

Dear Abby: Husband wants young family to uproot for a new job

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are raising our 7-month-old daughter together, and we generally get along well.

By Jeanne Phillips January 29, 2026

Dear Abby: Woman prefers a wipe-down and dry shaving to a shower

DEAR ABBY: I am a longtime divorcee and a retiree with grown kids.

By Jeanne Phillips January 28, 2026

Things to do in the Chattanooga area this weekend include Skillet Curling Tournament, World of Chocolate Expo

Here's what's happening this weekend in the Chattanooga area.

By Sam Still January 27, 2026