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21/02/2024

Here are a few popular destination-wedding venues for Chattanooga couples looking to tie the knot outside of town but somewhere close enough to be an easy drive for guests.

What's better than spending the day celebrating love between two people?

20/02/2024

Chaos, pressure, stress ... it doesn't sound like the ideal recipe for making a life decision, but for Seth Charest, 30, executive chef at the Southside restaurant Number Ten Steakhouse, it was the perfect mix, one that led him to a culinary career.

Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Seth Charest is executive chef at Number Ten Steakhouse. Chaos, pressure, stress ... it doesn't sound like the ideal recipe for making a life decision, but for Seth Charest, 30, executive chef at the Southside restaurant Number Ten Steakhouse, it was the perfect mix, one...

20/02/2024

COLUMN: Haley Graham and her now-husband, Andrew, moved to Chattanooga about a decade ago for one reason: rocks.

More specifically, boulders.

People move to new cities for lots of reasons: jobs, climate, lower taxes. Haley Graham and her now-husband, Andrew, moved to Chattanooga about a decade ago for one reason: rocks.

19/02/2024

How much did a group of Chattanooga business investors pay for the rights to bottle Coca-Cola?

In 1899, when Coca-Cola was sold only as a fountain drink, Benjamin F. Thomas, Joseph B. Whitehead and John T. Lupton bought the bottling rights for Coke.

19/02/2024

Finding a good friend can be as hard to find as a good romantic partner, but these Chattanoogans are putting in the work to go on "friend dates" and find their BFFs.

Every year, Valentine's Day serves as a reminder of love's significance. With stores decked out in pink and red and stocked to the brim with heart-shaped goodies and an array of chocolates, romance and courtship are at the forefront.

18/02/2024

EVENT ROUNDUP: Here's what the Chattanooga area has to offer this week.

Here's what the Chattanooga area has to offer this week.

17/02/2024

Sunday afternoon, the GPS Singers and 13 members of the McCallie Men's Chorus, led by James Harr, will be among a larger chorus performing selections in Carol Barnett's "The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass" at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

When the choral director at Girls Preparatory School met her music students at the beginning of the academic year, she asked if they'd like to perform at Carnegie Hall. They were agreeable, of course, to what they considered a rhetorical question, at best.

17/02/2024

The former Pines Motel on Ringgold Road, shown in this 1953 photo, was typical of roadside motor courts in the '50s; it was situated along a busy highway and anchored by a small restaurant.

Do you remember the motel?

Archive photo from the Chattanooga News-Free Press via ChattanoogaHistory.com / The Pines Motel was a 18-unit motor court on Ringgold Road in the 1950s. Changing traffic patterns led to the demise of many small motels in the 1950s and 1960s. The former Pines Motel on Ringgold Road was typical of roa...

17/02/2024

Less than two years after entering the Chattanooga market as the anchor tenant for one of the biggest new buildings erected on M.L. King Boulevard, Slim & Husky's pizzeria has closed the downtown restaurant.

16/02/2024

Bars have long been a staple — some might say essential element — of wedding receptions. But not everyone wants to serve alcohol on their big day, and many guests love having other options.

Bars have long been a staple -- some might say essential element -- of wedding receptions. But not everyone wants to serve alcohol on their big day, and many guests love having other options. In the past few years, specialty coffee bars have become an increasingly common presence at weddings, keepin...

16/02/2024

One of Chattanooga's oldest diners is closing next week after 65 years of operation on Chattanooga's North Shore.

15/02/2024

I'm an extreme devotee of corn tortillas, and the breakfast burrito at Kenny's Southside Sandwiches is the only thing good enough to sway my devotion toward the flour variety (until I get to the West Coast to try the tacos de costilla at Sonoratown).

Staff photo by Olivia Ross / The breakfast burrito at Kenny's is seen Wednesday. At Tia Sophia's on West San Francisco Street in Sante Fe, New Mexico, you get a choice of what meat you want to accompany your scrambled eggs. Already a subscriber? Log in!

15/02/2024

Staff photographer Olivia Ross captured this image of Sarah Elliot, left, and Ximena Moreno building a bouquet at Joli Jardin on Wednesday. Consumers will be spending a record-breaking $14.2 billion on their significant others this Valentine's Day, according to a retail survey.

14/02/2024

Chattanooga couples that have been married from 30 to 50 years and longer say that there are a few key ways to keep a marriage alive and well for a long time.

Here are their stories:

Some find the person they are going to marry in grammar school. Others meet the person they're going to marry when they're old enough to understand tax forms.

14/02/2024

In the same Shallowford Road storefront where Brandon Ellis served up his spicy Chatter Box barbecue for nearly five years, Jeb Scoggins is preparing to cool things down with shaved ice treats as Scoggins expands his Pelican's SnoBalls franchise.

14/02/2024

The Hamilton County, Catoosa County and Walker County health departments inspect restaurants twice a year and grade businesses on a 100-point scale.

Here are this week's scores:

The Hamilton County, Catoosa County and Walker County health departments inspect restaurants twice a year and grade businesses on a 100-point scale.

14/02/2024

These four Chattanooga-area couples reveal their "meet-cute" stories and how they found romance and each other.

Everyone loves love — we're always looking for it, hoping for it, rooting for it.

14/02/2024

There's no camera crew involved like the one used to produce the recent "The Golden Bachelor" TV show, but golden dating certainly persists in Chattanooga, and it involves a lot more swiping than golden roses.

This past fall, the "Bachelor" franchise took a stab at something new, introducing 72-year-old Gerry Turner as the first "Golden Bachelor."

14/02/2024

There's plenty of things to do to honor Black History Month this weekend, including a Black artists gallery at ClearStory Arts, a film screening at The Chattery and a theater production at UTC. Here's this weekend's chronology.

There's plenty of things to do to honor Black History Month this weekend, including a Black artists gallery at ClearStory Arts, a film screening at The Chattery and a theater production at UTC.

14/02/2024

Chinese restaurants can be found throughout Chattanooga, and most have pretty much the same menus without a whole lot of difference in flavors. That is, until Ernest Chinese joined the pack, writes Anne Braly in her review.

Chinese restaurants can be found throughout Chattanooga, and most have pretty much the same menus without a whole lot of difference in flavors.

13/02/2024

Test your romance movie knowledge ahead of Valentine’s Day.

12/02/2024

Kait Makes and The Chattery hosted A Galentine’s Social at Parkside Hall on Sunday, February 11, with vendors, crafts, food, a photobooth, and more.

Staff photos by Olivia Ross

11/02/2024

The Super Bowl matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs is set for tonight. Here are five things to know about the game, the entertainment and the commercials.

11/02/2024

Bessie Smith Cultural Center hosted a community day to celebrate the opening of their art contest exhibition on Saturday, February 10, 2024. Staff photos by Olivia Ross.

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11/02/2024

WEEKLY PLANNER: Here's what the Chattanooga area has to offer this week.

Here's what the Chattanooga area has to offer this week.

11/02/2024

Usher, who grew up in Chattanooga, has now reached so many cultural peaks, and another approaches with his Super Bowl halftime headline performance set for Sunday evening.

Usher speaks during a news conference ahead of the Super Bowl 58 NFL football game Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Las Vegas. Usher will perform during the Super Bowl halftime show. (AP Photo/John Locher) The Chattanooga of Charlotte Williams' youth was a land of hopscotch, red light, green light and mot...

11/02/2024

KENNEDY: For many of us old-timers, Usher is essentially the keeper of the male R&B flame; unless you count Bruno Mars, who is a master of several musical genres.

Almost everyone in my family identifies as a country music fan. When we go on family vacations, the car radio always gets locked in on a country hits station, and I'm just an innocent bystander who gets slathered in twang.

10/02/2024

The Super Bowl matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs is set for Sunday night.

Here are five things to know about the game, the entertainment and the commercials:

The Super Bowl matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs is set for tonight. Here are five things to know about the game, the entertainment and the commercials.

10/02/2024

How well do you know Super Bowl LVIII halftime show headliner and Chattanooga native Usher?

Test your knowledge in our quiz below:

Test your knowledge of Usher.

10/02/2024

This 1948 photo shows the mobile offices of R.C "Doc" Anderson, a self-described fortune teller and astrologer. Anderson was a recognizable figure in Chattanooga known for offering $2 fortune-telling sessions.

Did you remember Anderson?

Chattanooga News-Free Press archive photo via ChattanoogaHistory.com / This 1948 photo shows the mobile offices of R.C. Anderson, a self-described fortune teller and astrologer. In the mid-20th century, R.C. "Doc" Anderson, a self-described astrologist, was a recognizable figure in Chattanooga known...