The Bethlehem Center to tackle food insecurity with $425,000 grant
The Bethlehem Center recently received $425,000 from the Chattanooga Area Food Bank as part of a pass-through grant from Feeding America's Food Security Equity…
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Opinion: Teaching civics to students can also educate their parents
Perhaps at no moment in recent American memory has a widespread understanding of civics been more crucial. Yet the portents are ominous.
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Local history: Dedicating the Chief John Ross Bridge
The need for a second bridge across the Tennessee River in Chattanooga was discussed for almost a decade. Legislation had been introduced and approved in the U…
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Parking hikes dissuade visitors
So the street parking downtown will now be $1.50 an hour?
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Mail theft prevention begins with secure deliveries
We read the recent Times Free Press article headlined "Hamilton County residents asked to help fight mail theft" with great interest — and from a victim's pers…
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Opinion: The power of being there
I want to begin this column by sharing with you one of the worst things I ever did. I was only 18 years old, but that was no excuse. Late one night I got a cal…
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The Rant
"Gentrification" is the wrong way to describe CHA's approach to Westside residents trapped in surrounding redevelopment. Conscious-less, paramilitary and heavy…
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Opinion: Government shutdowns are not disastrous. Overspending is
As I have said over the years, I am not at all concerned about a federal government shutdown. My worry is that it might open back up again.
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Opinion: Mark your calendar for sacred times
Calendars marking sacred days, weeks, months and years have been part of cultures around the world for thousands of years.
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Kennedy: Brainerd couple say God told them to start homeless outreach
Wyndi White, a 63-year-old ordained minister, said she has frequent conversations with God.
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Kennedy: 15 hours in the Erlanger hospital emergency room
If you read the headline on this column expecting a rant, please back up.
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Opinon: Money, not standards, determines education quality
When I was assigned to be a Washington correspondent in 1994, I chose to move my young family to the northern Virginia suburb of Fairfax for a single reason: I…
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Opinion: The ancients knew how to educate children; why don’t today’s ‘educators’?
It's understandable that many parents are upset about what is being taught in their schools.
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Opinion: Saving Medicare will never be easier than it is right now
Despite a robust economy, the U.S. budget deficit is poised to double over the next year — to an eye-watering $2 trillion.
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Local history: Building the Chief John Ross Bridge
Thousands drive across the Market Street bridge each morning, most without any thought of its history.
