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Sammy L. Davis served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. In 1968, he received the Medal of Honor. During the last week of this March, he came to Chattanooga - and visited the Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center.

Filing taxes can be complicated to do yourself - or expensive if you use special software or an accountant. But now, there’s another option: Tennessee is one of twelve states that provides free software for easy tax preparation. The story from Ian-Alijah Bey of Chattamatters.

“Out at Sea” is the final production of this season from UTC Theatre Co. here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The absurdist play runs Tuesday, April 9th through Saturday, April 13th at the Dorothy Hackett Ward Theatre stage at UTC’s Fine Arts Center.

Each month, SoundCorps - the music nonprofit here in Chattanooga - showcases five locally-produced songs in “SoundBites,” which supports our own musicians. Stratton Tingle - executive director of SoundCorps - shares the latest SoundBites with us.

Echoes of factories past in Chattanooga’s ballpark future. A flock of student films for this year’s Roosties at UTC. At Sculpture Fields, kites will fly for Sculptures in the Sky. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

The new multipurpose stadium for the Chattanooga Lookouts will be built within the U.S. Pipe / Wheland Foundry site between Broad Street and Interstate 24 - and the ballpark will stand on nine acres of the 120-acre site, now owned by Perimeter Properties.

Student storytellers here on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - create in more than one kind of media. The Roost is a filmmaking club for UTC students - and on Monday, April 22nd, it will host the Roosties, starting at 7 PM in the University Center Auditorium.

Thirty years ago this month, the Master Gardeners of Hamilton County began. Ever since, the nonprofit has educated a few generations of gardeners in this area - including at its annual Master Your Garden Expo, which returns this weekend to Camp Jordan in East Ridge.

This year’s Sculptures in the Sky - the annual kite festival at Sculpture Fields in Montague Park here in Chattanooga - is Saturday, April 20th from Noon to 5 PM. Chuck Jones owns River City Kites, which is partnering with Sculpture Fields for the event - free for the public.

For this episode, we speak with Mandy Cowley, executive director of A Step Ahead Chattanooga - and Cassie Nice, community investments manager at United Way of Greater Chattanooga.