A new restaurant, Real Good Smokehouse, will be opening at 221 Market St. by Tim Hennen and Shannon Johnson. Mr. Johnson described it as a traditional but updated smokehouse serving ribs, brisket, ... (click for more)

Growing up in Chattanooga in the 1950s, I ate at many local restaurants because my mom didn’t like to cook. One of my first experiences began with the S&W Cafeteria. It was part of a chain ... (click for more)

TailGate Brewery is set to open its first taproom outside the Nashville area, and fourth overall, on Thursday. TailGate Brewery Chattanooga will open to the public at 3 p.m., and the brewery ... (click for more)

A new restaurant, Real Good Smokehouse, will be opening at 221 Market St. by Tim Hennen and Shannon Johnson. Mr. Johnson described it as a traditional but updated smokehouse serving ribs, brisket, pulled pork and chicken. The restaurant received a beer license from the city beer board that will allow them to sell both consumer and carry-out beer. Ruby Falls has just undergone ... (click for more)

Growing up in Chattanooga in the 1950s, I ate at many local restaurants because my mom didn’t like to cook. One of my first experiences began with the S&W Cafeteria. It was part of a chain of family style cafeterias based in Charlotte, NC. Opening in 1932, our local S&W had one serving line and an entry on Market Street. By the early 1950s they had two serving lines ... (click for more)

A Chattanooga police officer was struck by a fleeing vehicle in the 700 block of North Germantown Road on Friday and during the course of the incident, shots were fired. The officer struck by the vehicle was transported to a local hospital with what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries. Preliminary information indicates that despite shots being fired, no one was ... (click for more)

Chattanooga Police said the first call they got on possible trouble outside Mary's Bar on McCallie Avenue on June 5 was at 2:17 a.m. Owners of the bar told members of the City Beer Board on Thursday they had called in about large crowds outside at 1:35 a.m. and 1:45 a.m. Three people died when a barrage of shots rang out on the street near the bar. There were 14 people shot ... (click for more)

US Army Lt. General Don Rodgers (ret.) was laid to rest in his home town of Cookeville, Tn. Thursday, June 16, 2022. As has been eloquently posted on this page, he was truly an American Patriot and an extraordinary leader who chose to live his last thirty or so years in Chattanooga. For many years, I have told his wife June (Scobee-Rodgers) that the two of them together were ... (click for more)

I just invented a car that runs on herbs… I think I invented thyme travel. I may be old, but I still have a memory like an elevator. My boss texts me: "Send me one of those funny Father's Day jokes." Me: "I can't. I'm busy working." Boss: "That's hilarious! Send me another one!" Swimming with sharks is so expensive. It cost me an arm and a leg! Policeman knocks on the ... (click for more)