Kennedy: Brainerd couple say God told them to start homeless outreach
Wyndi White, a 63-year-old ordained minister, said she has frequent conversations with God.
Stories by Mark Kennedy
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Kennedy: 15 hours in the Erlanger hospital emergency room
If you read the headline on this column expecting a rant, please back up.
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Remember When, Chattanooga? A Broad Street restaurant let customers set prices
Time was, the Drake Hotel Courts and Restaurant on South Broad Street was a popular stop for overnight tourists visiting Lookout Mountain attractions such as R…
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Kennedy: Signal Mountain ‘Hat Lady’ thinks everyone needs a fashion statement
People at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church on Signal Mountain call her "The Hat Lady." She even has the words "hat lady" in her email address.
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Kennedy: Why I never get tired of tires
I think too much about automobile tires. If this mental malady had a name, it would be called "tread dread."
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Remember When, Chattanooga? Stewart’s Potato Chips were a local favorite
Raise your hand if you remember potato chips delivered in big, metal cans.
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Kennedy: 28-year-old Chattanooga tailor believes every man should own a custom suit
Alex Byrum, 28, can tell immediately if a person getting fitted for a custom suit is an old pro or a first-timer.
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Kennedy: The fine line between perfectionism and perseverance
Words are vessels for ideas. Two words — perseverance and perfectionism — have been chasing one another around my brain for some time.
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Chattanoogan Charlie Steinhice is a man on a mission to visit every county in America
There's an inside joke among folks who share the odd hobby of visiting every county in the United States.
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Champions of Health Care 2023: Whitney Evans-Snardon — Rising star
When she was a child growing up in New Orleans, Whitney Evans-Snardon carried around a little bag that she pretended was filled with medical supplies and instr…
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Out-and-back day trips northeast from Chattanooga
For years, drivers of Ferraris and Porsches and Shelby Cobras have quietly slipped into Chattanooga on their way to points unknown. Well, at least "unknown" to…
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Subscriber ExclusiveKennedy: A Brainerd house was once billed as the “Push-A-Button Palace”
Sometimes, when it comes to buying a house, it's love at first sight.
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Kennedy: Deciding when to retire is not as easy as it sounds
My Facebook feed is filling up with photos posted by retired friends who seem to be on perpetual vacations.
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Subscriber ExclusiveRemember When, Chattanooga? The Gateway Motel featured rooms with a view
Although modest in scale and cost, the Gateway Motel on the side of Missionary Ridge became one of Chattanooga's most iconic "motor courts" in the mid-20th cen…
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Kennedy: ‘Miss Clara’ soothes nervous, older dogs at McKamey Animal Center
At the animal shelter where she volunteers, Clara Register is known as "the dog whisperer."
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Kennedy: Why some Alabama and Georgia football fans are secretly miserable
On Saturday, the University of Alabama football team plays Middle Tennessee State University in Tuscaloosa.
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Remember When, Chattanooga? Olympic Lanes in Hixson was one of the city’s premiere bowling houses
In the early 1960s, Olympic Lanes at 5150 Hixson Pike was one of five local "bowling houses" that were homes to league and leisure bowlers.
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Kennedy: Nutritionist-turned-entrepreneur pitches cannabis-infused lemonade
One day, Chattanooga might be famous as the birthplace of iconic food brands such as Krystal hamburgers, Moon Pies and LoLo Lemonade.
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Kennedy: Why does my family need six vehicles for four people?
I was 43 years old when our first son was born, 48 when our son second arrived.
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Remember When, Chattanooga? 50,000 people attended the downtown Christmas parade
Chattanooga's annual Christmas parade, sponsored by downtown merchants, was one of the biggest community gatherings of the year.
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Kennedy: Chattanooga A-bomb test witness gives ‘Oppenheimer’ thumbs-down
Bill Woolery, 84, was not impressed by the movie "Oppenheimer." He thought it was too long, too loud and too littered with flashbacks. (Although he concedes it…
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Kennedy: Why I do the dishes while she does the laundry
One of the enduring qualities of my 27-year marriage is the clean division of labor in our household.
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Remember When, Chattanooga? Warner Park Rose Garden was a point of pride
For seven decades, the municipal Rose Garden at Warner Park near downtown Chattanooga was a city treasure.
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Kennedy: Trenton, Georgia, man pulls out all the stops to make world-class pipe organs
One day 20 years ago, Andy Wishart, of Leeds, England, stood atop Lookout Mountain and contemplated the city of Chattanooga down below.
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Kennedy: The slow, sudden death of the Chattanooga work commute
My friend, business editor Dave Flessner, had a report in the paper last week that gave an update on the changing landscape of office work in Chattanooga.
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Remember When, Chattanooga? National Shirt Shops sold $1 ties
Chattanoogans of a certain age may remember the National Shirt Shops location at 718 Market St.
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Ooltewah photographer says her inner ‘horse girl’ never left
At age 49, Betsy Bird still considers herself a "horse girl" at heart.
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Kennedy: Chattanooga shelter dog saves new owner’s life
Sixty-two-year-old Don Bickford has had a difficult year.
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Kennedy: Jason Aldean’s courthouse is home base for me
My first hint that something was brewing in my hometown came in an email from columnist Ron Hart.
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Remember When, Chattanooga? Ron-Mar Tower Apartments graced Cameron Hill
In 1951, a former city of Chattanooga fire hall was converted into an apartment complex on Cameron Hill near downtown.
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Kennedy: Chattanooga mom says jail time helped turn her life around
Working at an addiction treatment facility, Katie Streber sees clients every day who have hit bottom while battling substance abuse.
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Subscriber ExclusiveKennedy: Naked bike riding, and other city rankings
Once or twice a year, one of our sons will ask, "Dad, is Chattanooga growing?"
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Subscriber ExclusiveRemember When, Chattanooga? Vaudeville shows played at the Airdome
In the early years of the 20th century, Chattanooga's live entertainment scene included a vaudeville theater called the Airdome.
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Kennedy: Porsche enthusiast preparing user’s guide to one-day car trips from Chattanooga
Pied piper. Tour guide. Leader of the pack. Pick your description — Eddie Rahm fits them all.
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Kennedy: I’ll take Amy M. over AI every time
Have you ever typed your name into the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT?
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Subscriber ExclusiveRemember When, Chattanooga? Did you ride the Warner Park tour train?
One of the family-friendly rides at Warner Park during the 1960s and 1970s was built by an EPB employee named James Walker.
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Kennedy: Black portrait photographer featured at Ruby Falls
Historian Stefanie Haire remembers the moment that sparked her doctoral thesis.
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Kennedy: Why we spend $1,000 a year on frozen pizza
Often, you'll see a news report about the absurdly high cost of rearing children in America.
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Subscriber ExclusiveRemember When, Chattanooga? Area’s first McDonald’s opened in East Ridge in 1963
Sixty years ago this summer, the first Chattanooga-area McDonald's restaurant opened on Ringgold Road in East Ridge.
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WWII pilot celebrates 100th birthday with airplane ride, KFC
William Hartshorn, of Signal Mountain, is having a memorable 100th birthday season.
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Kennedy: When your kids are harder-working than you are
There's an observation floating around the internet.
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Positive growth in metro Chattanooga is best achieved through careful planning and preservation, Thrive Regional Partnership marketing head says
A lot of people claim to be results-oriented people, but 31-year-old Alexa Williams has the resume to prove she can deliver.
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Chattanoogan Dakota Brown creates new comic books for laughs
One of comic-book creator Dakota Brown's earliest memories involves a Marvel comic book from the 1980s that he read so often as a preschooler that the cover fe…
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Remember when, Chattanooga? Miniskirt marchers took to the streets
In the summer of 1970, the miniskirt fashion trend hit Chattanooga in full stride.
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Kennedy: Four generations of “Estelles”
Estelle Harris, 88, was in a KFC restaurant on East Brainerd Road one day waiting for her order when the cashier called out her name.
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Kennedy: Where did the lunch crowds go?
One day last month, I decided to take a walk. I strolled from the Times Free Press offices on East 11th Street over to Ankar's Downtown sandwich shop in the 50…
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Subscriber Exclusive“Remember When, Chattanooga?” Can you name this local school?
In this 1960s photo, the then-new Red Bank Junior High School on Morrison Springs Road looks a bit unfinished, surrounded by tall grass and unpaved driveway.
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Rhea County EMT says college program is helping her seek dream job
Krystal Enlow, a 27-year-old critical care paramedic in Rhea County, was volunteering off-campus with some of her college classmates in April when her medical …
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Kennedy: Why Gen Z hates phone calls
"Digital natives." That's what they call Gen Z.
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Remember When, Chattanooga? Check Grandma’s attic for valuable envelopes like this one
Remember that time your great-grandmother showed you a box of old letters from the 1800s?
