The first mailer from a pro-voucher “outside” group this season landed in the mailboxes of likely Republican District 16 state House voters last week. It was not friendly to career …
On the wrong side of history then and now, Forrest heads for museum
By the time you read this, the State Capitol Commission will probably have voted to comply with Gov. Bill Lee’s request to remove the bust of Confederate General Nathan Bedford …
Just wear the damn mask
The Knox County Board of Health took over Knox County’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic from the health department on Wednesday, and served notice that it’s not playing politics by …
Captain Boatman was KFD mainstay
William A. “Boaty” Boatman’s first nickname was “Chugg.” That’s what the kids in his Lonsdale neighborhood called him, because he ran with a peculiar gait – he was born with …
Armed deputies raid house; family mulls legal action
Mike Reynolds has a home maintenance business and his clientele include 160 homeowners in his North Knox County Sterchi Hills neighborhood and Sterchi Village. He and his wife, Tonya, a …
Tennessee, we’ve got a lot to answer for
If we had any sense, we’d be embarrassed.
That’s rhetorical, of course. The assortment of bigots, self-dealers and Bible-bangers we send to Nashville to represent us in the House of Representatives …
Knoxville’s ‘I can’t breathe’ case: 22 years ago
Knoxville – Jan. 9, 1998 – It was going on midnight when my phone rang. I’d already gone to bed, but lost interest in sleep when I saw the name …
John Majors: Off the field
Brian Griffin is a poet, not a jock. But he’s a native Tennessean, so of course he knew who Johnny Majors was before he happened to bump into him in …