Chattanooga Times Free Press

timesfreepress.com — July: $1.8 million loss August: $2 million profit September: $906,000 loss October: $730,000 profit November: $726,527 profit December: $1.1 million loss January: $541,232 profit February: $2.5 million loss March: $4.9 million loss April: $249,000 loss Erlanger Health System found better financial footing in April than it did in months prior, but the hospital still fell short of its budget - reporting a $249,000 loss at its monthly budget and finance committee meeting Monday.

timesfreepress.com — A time lapse photo puts bright colors from the ferris wheel spinning behind the Planet Roo statue during the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn., on June 9, 2012. This year's 12th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is estimated to generate more than $51 million for Manchester, Tenn., Coffee County and the state, according to a study based on the 2012 festival's impact.

timesfreepress.com — Chattanooga's bucking another trend. A comprehensive study released Monday by the Brookings Institution showed that while poverty is increasing nationwide, it has hit suburbs harder than cities in the last dozen years. Brookings researchers used census and other federal data to show that the number of people living in poverty in the suburbs rose by 64 percent nationwide between 2000 and 2011.

timesfreepress.com — Blockbuster to close Chattanooga store Blockbuster will close its last remaining store in Chattanooga next month, but the movie rental chain will continue to operate stores in Cleveland and Athens, Tenn. Blockbuster is selling its inventory of DVDs, games and videos at its Highway 58 store and will shutter the store on June 13, marking the end of its presence in metro Chattanooga.

m.timesfreepress.com — By: Patrick Brown | May 21, 2013 Photo University of Tennessee football coach Butch Jones talks about spring practice plans during a press conference. KINGSPORT, Tenn. - Butch Jones soon will turn his first Tennessee football team over to his strength and conditioning staff. The Volunteers are going into very familiar hands from his standpoint.