Feature writer Karen Nazor Hill covers fashion, design, home and gardening, pets, entertainment, human interest features and more. She also is an occasional news reporter and the Town Talk columnist.
She previously worked for the Catholic newspaper Tennessee Register and was a reporter at the Chattanooga Free Press from 1985 to 1999, when the newspaper merged with the Chattanooga Times.
She won a Society of Professional Journalists Golden Press third-place award in feature writing for a series on Alzheimer¹s disease; a Tennessee Press Association second-place award for feature writing; a Chattanooga DAR Media Appreciation Award; and was voted a 2009 Best of the Best columnist.
Karen represented the newspaper as a member of the first adult class to graduate from Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala.
Her hobbies include painting folk art portraits of John Lennon and Chihuahuas.
Contact Karen at 423-757-6396 or khill@timesfreepress.com.
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Shattuck gives back to his high school
The 1953 Soddy-Daisy High School graduate is an active alum at high school
Clarence Shattuck credits his education at Soddy-Daisy High School to landing the job he has today — a Hamilton County Sessions Court judge.
A lot of women are letting a fashion trend go to their heads. Even before Kate Middleton married Prince William last year, her fondness for hats was being copied on this side of the pond.
I am not an artist. The only subjects I can draw are Chihuahuas (I've had them all my life) and John Lennon (I am a Beatles fanatic).
Summer reading programs at the Chattanooga Public Library will encourage children to "Dream Big," teens to "Own the Night" and adults to see what's "Between the Covers."
Reading programs starting Saturday at the Chattanooga Public Library won't leave time for summer boredom. Reading is on your own, but library officials have orchestrated related events to engage children, teens and adults in programs and services the library offers.
The next time you eat lettuce, thank Christopher Columbus. The explorer brought along some of the leafy green vegetable when he arrived in the Americas in 1492, according to fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov.
Modest swimsuits, maxi dresses and sky-high heels were some of the fashions seen on the runway at the StyleWorks fashion show held recently at the Chattanooga Convention Center.
One out of every three pets will go missing during their lifetime, and without identification, 90 percent won't return home, reports the American Humane Association.
Doug Peoples is starting a community garden. He's got the land. He's got the equipment. He's got the know-how. The only thing he doesn't have is gardeners, he said.
