Your Friday at a glance:
- Weather: High 90; scattered thunderstorms
- What to eat: Tupelo Honey buttermilk biscuits, crisp on the bottom, fluffy in the middle and served with butter and homemade jam. Here’s our recipe.
- What to do: Take advantage of the great outdoors this weekend with one of these virtual or drive-in theater concerts, including one featuring Blake Shelton.
- What we’re excited about: The opening of this first-of-its-kind museum, a tribute to the 1980 U.S. Olympic team.
Greetings, Chattanooga!
And happy Friday! Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water – well, it is, especially if you’re a shark.
A group of ocean advocates and movie buffs are turning a fishing vessel into a replica of the boat captained by the grizzled shark hunter Quint in “Jaws.” But this time, its mission isn’t to hunt sharks. It’s to save them. Read the story and see photos here.
And now, today’s top stories:
Walker County will be distributing 2,000 free face masks this Monday. Here’s how to claim yours.
These are the most ethical businesses in Chattanooga.
And, stone tools found in a Mexican cave suggest that people were living in North America much earlier than commonly believed.
– Sunny Montgomery, smontgomery@timesfreepress.com
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