Your Tuesday at a glance:
- Weather: High of 75.
- What to do: Enjoy your 2/22/22 day this Tuesday.
- What’s cool: A new “smart” hospital may soon be coming to Ringgold, Georgia.
- What’s helpful: Here’s how a donated washing machine and dryer are helping fight chronic absenteeism at Orchard Knob Elementary.
Good morning, Chattanooga!
After 150 years, Chattanooga’s Read House is filled with decades of stories.
From countless weddings and celebrations to tales of a haunted room, the hotel, which opened in 1872, is the oldest continually operated hotel in the South.
“This hotel is like a hidden vault full of priceless treasures to uncover, and I’ve spent countless hours pouring over photographs, newspapers and other hotel ephemera,” said Tyler Logue, a board member for the Chattanooga Area Historical Association.
Read was purchased with plans for restoration to its 1920s glory in 2016.
“It was a rebirth, not just a renovation,” said developer Jon Weitz.
Now for some recent stories:
LABOR OF LOVE: Hamilton County school resource officer Mike Houston calls his work a ‘labor of love.’
EASY OUT: A new bill would make it easier for Tennesseans to cancel automatic renewals.
CON NOOGA: While I personally had forgotten Con Nooga was happening this weekend when I happened upon costumed figures downtown, here’s a gallery with a look at the event.
-Tierra Hayes, thayes@timesfreepress.com
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