Akima Cabaret gets scoop on #HerStory

Betsy PickleOur Town Arts

The Akima Club of Knoxville will celebrate women throughout history – er, #HerStory – with Akima Cabaret 2020.
A wee bit bawdy, heavy on laughs and laced with dazzle, the professionally …

How much is enough for a rainy day?

Frank CagleFrank Talk

When Victor Ashe came into office as mayor in 1988 the city’s rainy day fund was $5 million and the city had to borrow money to meet payroll. When Knoxville’s …

The ‘talk’ has it a three-person race

Frank CagleFrank Talk

Predicting a Knoxville mayoral election is often a slam-dunk. But this time around there are three major candidates, and in the next two months two of them will likely proceed …

Video: A pocket park for Forest Heights

Shannon CareyWest Knoxville

Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero cut the ribbon to the new Forest Heights Pocket Park in West Knoxville along with the children of the neighborhood.
The park’s origin goes back 75 years, …

Winners all

Sandra ClarkUncategorized

Mayor Madeline Rogero was arguably the biggest winner on Tuesday, as five Democrats won election to Knoxville City Council. That leaves George Wallace as the only vocal Republican on the …