7+ hour, 29+ min ago   (254+ words) I have decided to retire in October when I turn 65 and will need to enroll in Medicare Parts A and B. My husband, Paul, is 76 and was enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B on March 1, 2011, when he qualified for Social…...

16+ hour, 39+ min ago   (612+ words) Lately, one word has been following me around: dignity. First Things First is preparing to open and operate Provident Place, a family homeless shelter, in the next year or so. As we make decisions about blueprints, furniture, food, programming, pathways…...

17+ hour, 39+ min ago   (285+ words) Editor's note: final in a series of four. A major feature of the idea would include the preservation of lands in the "toe of Moccasin Bend." Nolen's plan noted that the new bridge (the Chief John Ross structure, also called…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (17+ words) timesfreepress.com...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (544+ words) Sen. Marsha Blackburn, the Republican nominee for governor of Tennessee, wants to expedite executions and "bring back the electric chair," if elected. But while Blackburn's "tough-on-crime" messaging likely indicates more punitive policies under her potential administration, the governor's office does…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (211+ words) Chattanooga Times Free Press Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for Sept. 11, 2026. The son of a career army officer, Bennett led a nomadic life, attending ten different schools before graduating in 1980 from the University of North Alabama with degrees in Art and…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (397+ words) Capitalizing on the WNBA's inability (or unwillingness) to define what the "W" means in its name, several ex-NBA players have declared for the WNBA draft. I like that. Could men in the WNBA be the final frontier of diversity, equity…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (17+ words) Ken Smith reelected Hamilton County Commission chair Chattanooga Times Free Press September 9, 2026 8:50 p.m....

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (385+ words) In a 6-5 vote Thursday, the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners reelected Ken Smith, R-Hixson, as chair for a second one-year term. The vote was split among party lines, with Katherlyn Geter, a Democrat from the Talley Center neighborhood, finishing second....

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (606+ words) President Donald Trump has renamed the lake formerly known as Ontario as Lake America. He's also renamed the Gulf of Mexico and has posted about renaming the Strait of Hormuz as Trump Strait. He's even mused aloud about renaming one…...