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Chattanooga: Stories that shaped a decade

Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009

The Times Free Press was born at the start of a 10-year span brimming with news. A new century dawned, terrorism changed the national mood, and wars and economic turmoil rocked the nation and the region.

Man in charge: Former Church of God executive helping steer American Bible Society in new direction

Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009

Dr. R. Lamar Vest, a former president of Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn., and a former executive with the Cleveland-based Church of God, recently accepted the presidency of the 192-year-old American Bible Society.

Chattanooga: Teachers bond at leadership academy

Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, 18 early childhood educators here have formed a mutual admiration society.

Taking Sides: Southern stereotypes die hard

Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008

CLINT COOPER: If I were king of the forest, I would demand that actors in television, movies and even audio books learn how people talk in the South before they emote.

Make ‘no resolutions’ your only resolution

Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008

Sean Stanfield says folks at The Springs Church want to let go and let God handle things.

Punting the cantata

Area churches find nontraditional ways to tell the Christmas story

Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008

If you’re considering attending a Christmas Eve service Wednesday, there’s a downtown tavern serving one up.

10-4, good buddy

CB craze long gone, but radios still truckers’ best friend

Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008

David Broome of Signal Mountain said he was into citizens band radios before they became a brief national craze in the 1970s.

Urban League executive paints through social work, visual art

Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008

James McKissic of Chattanooga said his mother allowed him and his sister a wall in their Cleveland, Tenn., home as they were growing up for drawing on and posting their artwork.

People to Watch: James McKissic

Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008

Today, he uses the creativity that once flourished on that wall as the chief operating officer of the Urban League of Greater Chattanooga and as an increasingly successful abstract visual artist.

Building readers

GPS teacher turns stories into e-books

Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008

Catherine Bolden is particular about what children have to read. Too often, she said, the language in books is dumbed down. On other occasions, she said, their lessons can be too preachy.