Retired radio broadcaster Earl Freudenberg was guest speaker for the November meeting of the Chattanooga Area Historical Association. Hey Earl, as he is known, shared a collection of his short radio programs including Earl Winger who co founded WDOD in 1925. Mr. Winger said the first radio program on WDOD was broadcast on WDOD from the historic First Presbyterian Church on April ... (click for more)

Visitors are invited to join Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park staff as they commemorate the 158th Anniversary of the Battles for Chattanooga through a series of tours and hikes on Saturday, Nov. 20, Sunday, Nov. 21 and on Tuesday, Nov. 23 through Thursday, Nov. 25. There will also be a 158th anniversary Jr. Ranger activity booklet that can be picked up inside ... (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)