Sheriff-elect Tom Spangler plans to keep his campaign promises. There’ll be fewer chiefs and more officers in schools, on the road and in the jail in a Spangler administration.
And, in …
Tom Spangler turns the page
Mighty Mud thrives in new Downtown North location
Last summer, Mighty Mud owner Barron Hall moved his East Knoxville pottery and ceramic studio to the former Lusk Body Company, 127 Jennings Ave., just off North Central.
The website describes …
Sudden death of brilliant young lawyer has friends reeling
It was Saturday morning in Memphis, and a big crowd had gathered on the banks of the Mississippi for the May 26 Great American River Run, a half marathon. Someone …
Zoo residents visit Oakwood Lincoln Park
Madeline, Bucky and Charlotte made special guest appearances at the Oakwood Lincoln Park Neighborhood Association’s June meeting.
They were toted in by Zoo Knoxville outreach educator Kara Remington, who introduced them …
Explore Mid Mod Collective
If you’ve always wanted one of those black leather Knoll Barcelona lounge chairs designed by architect Mies van der Rohe, but can’t live with the just-under-$6,000 standard price tag (for …
Love before you look: Teaching behind bars
Note: I’ve written about education in Knox County for many years and knew Gary Harmon as the president of the Knox County Education Association (“union work,” as he calls it.) …
Talking county government
Knox County Commissioners Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas will leave office Sept. 1, but they’re continuing the constituent meetings they’ve been holding since they came into office in 2014. Here …
Collaborative effort transforms viaduct stairway
For 99 years, the oddly configured – sort of square, sort of spiral – stairway connecting the Gay Street viaduct to the Jackson Avenue railroad yards and Old City down …