(Editor’s Note: Dr. Wayne Shearer, 94, is a retired optometrist and retired colonel from the U.S. Air Force Reserve now living in Hixson. In his early 90s, he decided to sit down and write from memory and a few records he still possessed his recollections of going through Army Air Corps pilot ... (click for more)

Chattem over the years has produced a number of familiar over-the-counter drugstore products, such as FlexAll and Gold Bond. But perhaps much less familiar has been the history of the firm and how it ended up being started in Chattanooga. The history comes to mind as parent company ... (click for more)