he Blues Foundation has named a new leader.

This week's restaurant report card.

When I was a young adult, I had difficulty speaking with strangers.

WUSY-FM 100.7 earned its eighth Academy of Country Music award in the Radio Station of the Year - Medium Market category, continuing an every-other-year winning streak it started in 2006.

I don't give much thought to my face mask, other than wearing it. Are there "best practices" I should be following?

Though born in the United States, chef Eric Taslimi, a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and Johnson & Wales University in Charleston, South Carolina, spent his early years in Iran, where his parents were born. And it's this background that helped influence his career path.

The perfect pasta salad doesn't need a recipe.

Welcome to Fare Exchange, faithful friends.

We've all been through it. Lugging home a huge, heavy watermelon from the store or farmers market - as perfect-looking as you could find.

A Macy's Thanksgiving parade reimagined for the coronavirus pandemic will feature floats, performers and giant balloons along a one-block stretch of 34th Street in front of the retailer's flagship Manhattan store, Macy's officials announced Monday.

At the Academy of Country Music Awards on Wednesday, there won't be fake fans, canned applause or pre-taped acceptance speeches. After a five-month delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, the awards show wants to bring the live television experience back again.

Thanks to the American Battlefield Trust, a nine-acre historic property near Brown's Ferry whose history stretches back to before the founding of Chattanooga is secure.

After opening a free grocery store earlier this year, country music star Brad Paisley and his wife are expanding their efforts to fight hunger in America.

Oracle said Monday that the Chinese owner of TikTok has picked the U.S. company to be its "trusted technology provider," beating out rival Microsoft in a deal that could help keep the popular video-sharing app running in the U.S.

DEAR ABBY: I know I have been blessed with wonderful relationships in my life. I have been married to the same lovely man for 25 years. I am also fortunate to have had the same best friend for 40 years. The problem? They drink.

Should I get a flu shot this year?

DEAR ABBY: I'm considered an essential employee during this pandemic. I am writing on behalf of myself and all retail workers.

COVID-19 has forced the cancellation of numerous live music events such as festivals around the country, and Chattanooga's Riverbend Festival was among those originally postponed and then canceled altogether.

As chief curator of the Hunter Museum of American Art, Nandini Makrandi likes to plan about three years ahead for the rotating exhibits. With more than 3,000 pieces of art in the permanent collection, she has plenty to choose from.

Readers aren't the only ones who can benefit from the immersion in literature coming this week during YA-hoo Fest, a young-adult book festival. Aspiring writers may also pick up some tips in a series of panel discussions focusing on aspects of craft and genre.

I saw a meme on Facebook last week that made me laugh. It read: "It's weird being the same age as old people." That's exactly how I feel: Older, but unfinished.

"St. Hilaire was all about guiding the living through contact with the dead," explains 17-year-old Russ Griffin in Helene Dunbar's new young-adult novel, "Prelude for Lost Souls."

In recent years, the fall television season had been the last bastion of the broadcast networks. Then came COVID-19. With production barely restarting, the network comedies and dramas that usually fill the fall season are mostly absent this year, replaced by reality competitions, true-crime anthologies and recycled shows making their "broadcast premieres."