It may be fitting that the word “seersucker” derives from the Persian words “shir o shakar,” meaning “milk and sugar.”

Serra Club installed new officers during its annual installation banquet at the Chattanooga Choo Choo.

Ellen Geeslin of Red Bank has been married for 21 years, but she has been carrying on a love affair for much longer.

Scooter popularity is soaring. But scooters are not kid stuff, local enthusiasts said.

When writer and minister Keith B. was growing up, his family didn’t have much.

East Ridge resident Wayne Kelton remembers sitting in the passenger side of his dad’s Ford F-150 pickup, waiting in line for an hour or more to get a tank of gas.

While one Georgia school district is moving to reinstate use of corporal punishment, officials with most Northwest Georgia systems said — although paddling is allowed — it is not common.

Casey Phillips: Wow. Since I first saw “The Dark Knight” trailer last year, I assumed it was going to be a phenomenal follow-up to “Batman Begins,” which was arguably the best comic-book movie ever (sorry “Spider-Man” fans, but it’s true).

AS MOST CHATTANOO-GANS, I was thrilled to hear of Volkswagen’s decision to build its assembly plant in Chattanooga, and it got me thinking.

Tossing a half-gallon of ice cream into the shopping cart may be convenient, but readers who remember hand-cranked ice-cream freezers say these nifty machines cranked out more than just ice cream.