Joy Lukachick Smith
Times Free Press
Chattanooga, TN, United States
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Rewriting a history, recasting a future
Some argue Chattanooga’s revival was a scheme to benefit the rich. The real story is far more complex. → Read More
Coming Together, Coming Apart
The architects of the Chattanooga Way hoped for more than a new downtown. This is a story about their dreams and despair. → Read More
Chattanooga organization wants to unite public on solutions to inequality
A local coalition is hoping to unite the public around solving Chattanooga's rising inequality problems. → Read More
Chattanooga revamps reading program at recreational centers
A Chattanooga-funded reading initiative is undergoing changes in an effort to align with the Hamilton County school system. → Read More
This unlikely alliance is bridging the divide between the penniless and the prosperous
A model that unites middle class families with their struggling neighbors is proving poverty can be beat. → Read More
Once the backbone of America, working class men have lost their way
Working class men are coming apart, but one Chattanooga tactic is putting many back together. → Read More
Jesus came to restore the weak, and the soul of the church is at stake.
The U.S. church needs a wake up call, experts warn, and atop Lookout Mountain an alarm is sounding. → Read More
Citing insufficient evidence, district attorney closes hospital rape case
Despite signs of trauma noted in both a doctor's exam and a forensic nurse's exam, 10th Judicial District Attorney Steve Crump said the results from a rape kit for a woman who claimed she was raped in a Cleveland, Tenn., hospital came back negative for semen. → Read More
Settlement reached in alleged illegal raid of Hamilton Place Mall pet shop
A four year old lawsuit that claimed Chattanooga and its animal control services illegally raided and took 82 puppies, cats and rodents from a pet store in Hamilton Place Mall was settled out of court today. → Read More
Three children climbed from car wreck car that killed woman
A mother was killed when her car crumpled beneath a tractor-trailer truck on Interstate 24 Monday morning. → Read More
A Night In The Hospital, A Rape Case, A Mystery
Rape is unlike other crimes. It becomes a question of memory, of intention, of what was spoken and unspoken. And the persons who claim to be the victim often finds themselves as scrutinized as the accused. → Read More
A Night In The Hospital, A Rape, A Mystery
Rape is unlike other crimes. It becomes a question of memory, of intention, of what was spoken and unspoken. And the persons who claim to be the victim often finds themselves as scrutinized as the accused. → Read More
Woman indicted for making false rape claims against Cleveland police officer
A 30-year-old woman who reported that she was raped by a Cleveland police officer at a cabin in Gatlinburg has been indicted for making a false report. → Read More
BREAKING: TBI opens case against Cleveland police officer accused of sexual assault
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has opened a case against a Cleveland police officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman with whom he was having an affair. → Read More
Two Cleveland police officers are target of sex investigation
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- In the latest sex scandal to rock the Cleveland Police Department, a woman claims she was part of an alcohol-filled weekend with two married police officers and another woman at a rented cabin in Gatlinburg. → Read More
What's in a name? The absence of terror label after attacks sparks national debate
When a city goes on lockdown and five servicemen are killed and fear ripples across the country, talking about words and definitions seems like semantics. → Read More
Police release video of Chattanooga gunman Mohammad Abdulazeez getting arrested for DUI
A Chattanooga Police officer followed Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez on April 20 as he weaved over the white dotted lines on Market Street. Then the officer flashed his blue lights when the 24-year-old turned onto the Highway 27 on-ramp. → Read More
Homegrown: The new threat to America comes from within
After Ariel Bradley met a Muslim man online and moved to Sweden to marry him, most of her friends stopped hearing from her. → Read More
FBI: Mohammad Abdulazeez a homegrown violent extremist
The FBI is not calling Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez a terrorist -- not yet, at least. → Read More
Answers elusive as different sides of Mohammad Abdulazeez's life emerge
The windy road to Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez's Hixson home is peppered with churches and subdivisions. → Read More