Cody Schmelter is a graduate of the University of Georgia and a former Times Free Press intern who joined full time in May 2017.
The Ringgold community put up 1,785 flags to honor local veterans. The flags will stay up until Nov. 18.
by C.B. SchmelterThe World's Longest Yard Sale, which started Thursday and ended today, follows Highway 127 from Addison, Michigan, to Gadsden, Alabama [picking up on the Lookout Mountain Parkway south of Chattanooga].
by C.B. SchmelterPeople used their Memorial Day to visit the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Monday, May 25, 2020 in Chattanooga, Tenn.
by C.B. SchmelterMembers of the Chattanooga Football Club helped to bag groceries during the 13th annual Celebrity Bagging Event at the Food City in St. Elmo neighborhood on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, in Chattanooga, Tenn.
by C.B. SchmelterVan Booth, a retired U.S. Army staff sergeant, who is walking from California to South Carolina to honor traumatized and suicidal veterans, met with supporters and walked from the Chattanooga Lifestyle Center to Edley's Bar-B-Que in Chattanooga on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019.
by C.B. SchmelterMorning Pointe Assisted Living and Memory Care held "Seniors Got Talent" at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019.
by C.B. SchmelterThe University of Tennessee at Chattanooga welcomed incoming freshman and transfer students to campus with "Operation Move In" on Thursday. Classes begin on Monday.
by C.B. SchmelterThe city of East Ridge held a National Night Out event at East Ridge City Hall on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019.
by C.B. SchmelterChattanooga firefighters participated in a rope-rescue training scenario on the third day of a two-week long class on the side of the Chattanooga State Office Building on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Wednesday, July 24, 2019.
by C.B. SchmelterFive local chefs competed in the FiveStar Food Fight for a chance to win a Golden Ticket into the 2019 World Food Championships at the Chattanooga Market on Sunday.
by C.B. SchmelterThe Chattanooga Public Library will hold "Story Time at the Play Area" the first Monday of each month. July's theme was "Royalty" and included a reading of "King Bidgood's in the Bathtub," the making of paper crowns and a visit from Aladdin and Jasmine.
by C.B. SchmelterThe Chattanooga City Council building was named in honor of John P. Franklin on Tuesday, June 25.
by C.B. SchmelterThe Riverbend Festival continued Thursday, May 30, with several local bands, Black Stone Cherry and headliner Lionel Richie.
by C.B. SchmelterThe Spring Festival of Dance was held at Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts on Sunday, May 12, 2019, in Chattanooga, Tenn.
by C.B. SchmelterThe annual Day Out With Thomas at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum continued on Sunday, May 12, 2019, in Chattanooga, Tenn.
by C.B. SchmelterThe 23rd annual Physics Boat Day race was held at "Lake Buccaneer" on the campus of Boyd Buchanan School on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn.
by C.B. SchmelterLocal teams competed in the Southern Association for Performance Arts Winter Guard Championships at McKenzie Arena on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Sunday, March 31, 2019, in Chattanooga, Tenn.
by C.B. SchmelterOutdoor Chattanooga offers free archery sessions until the end of March.
by C.B. SchmelterLiterary Ink: The Convention of Secrets tattoo convention opened at the Chattanooga Convention Center on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn.
by C.B. SchmelterChattanooga Chomp Flyball Club hosted a charity flyball tournament at Play Dog eXcellent on Sunday, Jan. 6.
by C.B. Schmelter