Seema Singh-Perez was one of four women elected to City Council last year – a record for Knoxville. She stood out because she is one of two women of color …
City shutters Fort Kid after safety complaints
Kids wanting to play at Fort Kid during their Thanksgiving holiday break were surprised and disappointed to be shooed out by a security guard who explained to their parents that …
House newbie Burchett uses humor as his calling card
The first week of freshman orientation, a couple of newly elected members-to-be of the U.S. House of Representatives – a Republican and a Democrat – were walking out of an ethics …
Guild show features amazing art, gifts
The “Watcher” stands appropriately close to the front door of the Fountain City Art Center. He’s a big, cheerful rooster with a pitchfork tail created by sculptor Frank Harvey, one …
Persistence, positivity and principle propel Johnson win
One thing we’ve learned about politics over the past 40 years is that negative campaigning works – Willie Horton, Swiftboating, Lock Her Up.
That stuff works here at home, too. Remember …
#Team14: Fourth-grader’s generosity boosts school fund drive
An effort led by two fourth-grade teachers to raise money to give a group of Christenberry Elementary School kids a long weekend in the Smokies next spring has gotten a …
Friends remember Ben Atchley
The death of former state Sen. Ben Atchley sent a lot of folks wandering down memory lane Thursday.
In October 1998, for example, Sens. Ben Atchley, Randy McNally and Bud Gilbert …
A consequential man: Brown Ayres remembers
The first time I interviewed Brown Ayres, he showed up with a couple of leafy celery sticks in his blazer pocket. It was some 25 years ago and we were …