Grand Ole Opry member and country music artist Stonewall Jackson passed away Saturday morning after a long battle with vascular dementia. He was born in Tabor City, N.C. on Nov. 6, 1932. Mr. Jackson joined the Grand Ole Opry on Nov. 3, 1956, longer ago than any other current Opry member. Over the course of his decades-long career, Mr. Jackson’s traditional country sound landed ... (click for more)

Demand is so high for the Chattanooga Theatre Centre's production of A Charlie Brown Christmas that two more matinee performances have been added to the run before it has even opened. The new shows are Dec. 11 and 18 at 4:30 p.m., and tickets for them are already going fast. Review for A Charlie Brown Christmas: From a sad, droopy Christmas tree to a dancing dog atop a ... (click for more)

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 1 returned to operation on Saturday, after completing a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage, and is again producing reliable, carbon-free energy. At its full generating capacity, the unit creates enough energy to power 650,000 homes. “Throughout the outage, our employees and contract partners maintained their ... (click for more)

A home was destroyed Saturday evening in the Birchwood area. At 7:25 pm, the Highway 58 Volunteer Fire Department responded to a residential fire at 11306 Birchwood Pike. The first engine on the scene reported a fully involved residential fire. Once firefighters confirmed everyone was out of the house, they conducted a defensive attack to contain the fire to the one structure. ... (click for more)

I work very closely with the homeless population in our Chattanooga area. My son and I take around 50 meals a week to our friends living in the tent cities. On Wednesday at 9 a.m. I witnessed first hand the Tennessee Department of Transportation destroying everything - my friends' homes and all of their possessions. My friends in the tent cities have always told me that TDOT ... (click for more)

I never got to know Mitch Albom back in my sports writer days. We covered some of the same events but other than an occasional “How ya doin’?” the only thing we had in common was he worked at the Detroit Free Press and I was at the Chattanooga News-Free Press. Then Mitch entered our hearts in 1967 with the wonderful book, “Tuesdays with Morrie,” and, man, he was off to the races. ... (click for more)