When he was a baby, Tizzy Smith's older sister would soothe his crying by leaning over his crib, fluttering her fingers in front of his face and cooing: "tizzy, tizzy, tizzy." The name stuck.
by Mark KennedyI lost my Uncle Luther last month.
by Mark KennedyMarijuana policies are clearly headed in a direction that does not align with what we now know.
by John Stonestreet and Maria Baer / BreakPointThe Chattanooga Southeast Tennessee Home Education Association hosted more than 115 vendors for an interactive event July 15-16 at Camp Jordan.
by Community submissionQuick quiz: What's the name of the compromise climate bill that U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, last week agreed to support?
by Angela BradberyChattanooga's Yellow Fever epidemic of 1878 had struck most viciously in the Third and Fourth Wards of the city, and more than 366 people had died in three months.
by Linda Moss MinesA couple of weeks ago, we mentioned in this space about several area residents whose obituaries recently appeared in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and whose write-ups highlighted a significant milestone — they were married for about or a little more than seven decades.
by Jay GreesonThe U.S. coal industry chalked up a couple of rare wins this summer. First the Supreme Court issued a ruling limiting the government's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.
by Rebecca J. Davis / The Conversation via The Associated PressJuly 17, 2022, had the distinct probability of going down as a very dark and infamous day.
by Pastor Bo WagnerWatching the Jan. 6 committee hearings, one could be forgiven for believing we're living in the heyday of conspiracy theories, between the Holocaust denialism of the Oath Keepers, the pedophilia fears of the QAnoners and the "Stop the Steal" ravings of Sidney Powell, Rudolph W. Giuliani and former President Donald Trump himself.
by Nicholas Goldberg / The Los Angeles Times (TNS)Local McDonald's owner-operators recently donated $16,931 to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Chattanooga after the week-long Happy Meals for the House fundraiser. This was the first year for this fundraiser, with 10% of sales from Happy Meals being donated.
On March 3, 1878, the Chattanooga Weekly Commercial headlined a story, "Save Her," detailing the life of a "very pretty girl of eleven years — an orphan, whose mother died near Ooltewah, Tennessee, and left her and a sister, a girl of fifteen years, in the cold world alone, the father having died several years ago."
by Linda Moss MinesSo did you win the Mega Millions? If so, can I borrow a college tuition or two?
by Jay GreesonWith gas prices at all-time highs, what could be a better time to embark on an RV trip to South Dakota and Wyoming?
by Ron HartI read an article the other day about a quote that is gaining popularity in pop culture. The quote is: "Be curious, not judgmental."
by Mark KennedyThe three words that best describe the Supreme Court's decisions this term are text, history and tradition.
by John G. Malcolm / Tribune Content AgencyWe can't even imagine a grade adequate for the Supreme Court this year, as the current scale stops after only five letters.
by Christian F. Nunes / Tribune Content AgencyFollowing the Union defeat at Chickamauga and subsequent retreat to Chattanooga in September 1863, the survival of the Union Army of the Cumberland, along with any future hope for success in Southeastern Tennessee, was put in jeopardy.
by Aidan "Mitch" ShakespeareThe United Community Bank Foundation is donating $2,500 to Georgia Northwestern Technical College.
Earlier this week was the 53rd anniversary of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon. It was a pretty big deal, I'm told.
by Jay GreesonWe knew there would be questions, concerns, supporters and detractors when we announced our plans to revitalize the South Broad district through the catalyst of a new multi-use stadium.
by Jim Coppinger and Tim KellyNow that "flash droughts" are a global reality, can we please address our growing climate crisis?
by Deborah LevineDemocrats do not understand economics.
by Ron Hart