Dragon Lights, Knoxville’s first-ever Chinese lantern festival, will take place in the Midway at Chilhowee Park from March 16 to April 22. Featuring 40 larger-than-life lantern displays with thousands of …
Colquitts to buy The Swag
David and Annie Colquitt are purchasing The Swag, a popular mountain retreat near Waynesville, North Carolina.
The Swag is located on 250 acres abutting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Its …
Sergent is First Tenn executive
First Tennessee has named John Sergent as retail banking executive for its East Tennessee market. Sergent has worked in the financial services industry since 2003 and holds bachelor’s and master’s …
Classy lady, dear friend Nancy Siler is gone
This is not easy – unless you smile.
Telling you about the life and death of Nancy Siler, 94, is too much like saying goodbye to your mother. She wasn’t old …
Old Vol Buddy Cruze dead at 84
Kyle “Buddy” Cruze, one of Knoxville’s greatest-ever athletes, is dead. He was 84.
Cruze was a football, basketball and track star at Knoxville High in the closing year of the school, …
Adrian Burnett Elementary: 40 years of ‘temporary’
Almost everyone involved with Adrian Burnett Elementary School, from school board chair Patti Bounds to principal Michelle Wolfenbarger, to faculty, staff and parents, will tell you that the trouble with …
Knoxville educator helps deaf of Puerto Rico
It’s back to Carolina, Puerto Rico, for Knoxvillian Dr. Diane Robinette as she continues her work to begin classes for students at the faith-based Emmanuel Academy for the Deaf.
She returns …
Tipton Station Road closure
As part of the South Knoxville Natural Gas Gate Station and Main Relocation Project, KUB contractor crews will close a section of Tipton Station Road to through traffic through 6 …