Harned touts Jacobs at Powell GOP

Sandra ClarkPowell

Glenn Jacobs is “a good and decent man” who deserves consideration as Knox County’s next mayor. That’s the message from Dean Harned, community outreach director for the Jacobs campaign. He …

Campaigning for City Council

Sandra ClarkFountain City

Everybody talked but the candidates when the city-sponsored Go Vote! roadshow rolled into the Milton Roberts Recreation Center at the edge of District 4 last night.
Gary Loe asked Mayor Madeline …

Wildfire Survivors seek answers, get happy talk

Betty BeanUncategorized

Members of the Gatlinburg Wildfire Survivors group planned ahead for the first City Commission meeting after Resolution 939 took effect. So, evidently, did members of city government.
Resolution 939 requires anyone …

Pratt is ‘Hometown Hero’

Sandra ClarkFountain City

Perry Pratt of Pratt’s Country Store in Fountain City was honored today by Modern Woodmen Financial. Pratt received the local group’s annual Hometown Heroes award and a $100 donation to …

Alisha Hinton returns to Sequoyah

Sandra ClarkWest Knoxville

Alisha Hinton has been appointed principal of Sequoyah Elementary School effective July 2017. Hinton returns to Knox County Schools and to Sequoyah Elementary, where she served for three years as …

Ed & Bob feel the love at SoKno Taco

Betsy PickleSouth Knox

The latest Ed & Bob Night Out drew at-large County Commissioners Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas across the river for a convivial gathering at SoKno Taco Cantina, 3701 Sevierville Pike.
Brantley …

07/21/17

Sandra ClarkKnox Notes

South Knox residents who got caught in a traffic slowdown Thursday night were encountering scheduled KUB work on the electric distribution system on Chapman Highway at its intersection with Boyds …