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Local History: Johnny Clem, drummer boy of Chickamauga
John Lincoln Clem was a drummer boy who became one of the most famous child soldiers of the Union Army. He later retired as a major general. His Civil War story, which includes service at the Battle of Chickamauga, sits at the intersection of fact and legend.
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Readers write: A refreshing information update from TFP reporter
We had the privilege at Chattanooga Jewish Federation to receive a visit from a young CTFP reporter, Kailee Shores.
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Good Deed: Uneaten school lunches help Chatt Foundation feed Chattanoogans
A new partnership is turning uneaten school lunches into hot meals for Chattanooga neighbors in need.
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Faith Focus: Conspiracy theories and the Christian testimony
Solomon, in his book of Proverbs, had much to say about different characters he had come to know along the way, many of them, to put it kindly, "not so bright."
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Deborah Levine: Don’t let climate change kill us
"Hot" only begins to describe the weather over the July 4 weekend. Let's try some other terms: blistering, burning up, Armageddon.
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Ron Hart: Maine, a political Rorschach Test
Spending time in Maine this month, it occurs to me it is just like other states. It has a flag, people and divided politics.
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Times Opinion: Planning post showed need for input from all types, Collier writes
Mayor Wamp, Mayor Kelly — thank you. It seems like yesterday, but it was over 12 years ago that Jim Coppinger and Mayor Andy Berke appointed me to chair this commission, and it has certainly been one of the great honors of my life.
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Community Voice: A data center moratorium that only pauses what’s convenient
On June 30, Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp announced a proposal to pause new data center construction across unincorporated Hamilton County for one year, giving county planning staff time to study the industry's impact on the power grid, water supply and rural infrastructure before any new facilities move forward. Commissioners will vote on that proposal on Wednesday.
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Perspective: Our games are an American achievement
Baseball officially appeared on the Elysian Fields (where else?) in New Jersey in 1846, though its exact origins are destined to be eternally contested.
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Local History: Pvt. Sam Watkins’s brutally honest Civil War account
Sam Watkins was a young Confederate private from Tennessee whose vivid memoir of serving in the 1st Tennessee Regiment gives one of the best firsthand accounts of what it was like to fight at Chickamauga and other Civil War battles.
