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.

NEARLY 2,000 people attended the Austin symphonic pipe organ concert at Memorial Auditorium. The event, featuring Robert McDonald of New York City and Fort Worth, was free, thanks to the Chattanooga Music Club.

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).

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.

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.

Watching them carve graceful, intertwining arcs around each other on their boards, you might think Daniel Shartle, 34, and Brent Sanders, 37, are about as close as Chattanooga is going to get to local surfers ... until you look down.

At the request of a reader, this week we watched Discovery Channel’s “Dirty Jobs.”

The Nintendo Wii may be hard to find, but now there are even better add-ons to improve play on the elusive game system.

“I love to dress. Appearance and the way you present yourself are very important."

Jan Burger said her family “lives on the water,” spending as much time on their boat as they can. Her house on Elder Mountain overlooks the Tennessee River Gorge, so she regularly gets to take in its beauty.

“She stole my jeans, and she never gave them back.”