Jennifer Bardoner

With new found time on my hands as a result of working from home for the past nine months, I’ve taken the opportunity to try new things.

According to research published in the American Medical Association’s journal, JAMA, hospital stays often leave older adults worse off than when they went in.

Last February, the 6th Cavalry Museum partnered with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to host a screening of “The Six Triple Eight,” a documentary about the only all-Black, all-female unit to deploy overseas during World War II.

In the mornings, Lisa Lemza’s yard takes on an ethereal glow.

“I learned to swim here!”

Girls Inc. of Chattanooga CEO; Girls Inc. National Region Program Manager of the Year (2015); Leadership Chattanooga graduate; United Way of Chattanooga Emerging Leaders vice president of impact; Mu Zeta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. member

Azurae Johnson Redmond’s new nonprofit is an uncanny culmination of her experiences thus far: the mentor mindset she developed through volunteering with Big Brothers Big Sisters; the research she performed as a volunteer caseworker for the Red Cross; the sense of drowning she felt after losing her husband when she was just 27.

Mushrooms are having a moment. From runways to hit TV shows and restaurant menus to home furnishings, they are popping up everywhere, while news articles and research papers begin digging into their many potential uses.

Big red letters on The Chattanooga Toy Buyer’s website admonish visitors that, “I don’t buy or know about Beanie Babies!” Still, Brad Putt, aka The Chattanooga Toy Buyer, says he gets two to three calls a day from someone looking to sell their Beanie Baby “collectibles,” which he literally can’t even give away.

Back in 2003, some wild-brained beverage executives decided to pour espresso on pumpkin pie, and it became the recipe for a cultural phenomenon now known simply as “PSL.”