It probably started with a view from his window in his family’s downtown homes, first on East Clinch Avenue, then on Hill Avenue. Out there, 40 miles south of the …
Remembering Bobcat legend Johnny Payne
During my junior year at Central High School, our wonderful A.P. English teacher, Edith Wiles, was reading the A.E. Housman poem To an Athlete Dying Young aloud to the class. …
Take me back to the Blue Circle
All of my earliest memories, outside of my home and those of my family, involve some place in Fountain City, many of them now gone. Beyond the park and the …
Forever dreaming of a white Christmas
The young and young at heart are all a-gaggle with the weather forecast for later this week. The holiday travelers and shopping procrastinators are, no doubt, starting to pucker up …
Friday bird watch
Back in June, Knox County celebrated its 230th birthday and the state of Tennessee its 226th. We started this month celebrating the United States’ 246th. This week we celebrate a …
Take a second look at Pratt’s Country Market
As our readers are now sadly aware, we lost our colleague, Dr. Jim Tumblin, a little over two weeks ago. This will shuffle the deck of our history features, so …
Changing of the guard at Sports Treasures
This past week, Eddie Barkley was busy setting up some new social media accounts. On Saturday, he was tidying up prior commitments by manning a table at the Sports Animal …
Saying goodbye to Dr. Jim
There is no other way to say it: Fountain City has a lost a treasure, and we here at Knox TN Today have lost a beloved and respected colleague and …