Ryan Siebe is no longer the principal at Farragut High School, and the news took attorney Herb Moncier by surprise. And he’s not the only one, since new principals are …
FC Diner sets closing date
The Fountain City Diner’s last day of business will be Monday, Aug. 19.
Owners Penny and Dennis Wagner were unable to negotiate a new lease after their landlord, Baxter Properties LLC, …
Fighting for (and sometimes with) Mechanicsville: Bentley Marlow builds
Ten years ago, a young Mechanicsville resident sent an op-ed column to the News Sentinel refuting the claim that Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation had transformed public housing by replacing College …
City’s grading plan gets a ‘D’ (for dopey)
City bureaucrats have decided to monitor the inner workings of neighborhood organizations to see whether they are legit. Grades will be issued and prizes awarded.
“Neighborhood organizations will be categorized as …
Nearing 100 for Chesney
Virginia Chesney’s 100th birthday isn’t until November, but the former telephone operators’ annual reunion is always in July, so she and her old colleagues celebrated a little early.
Chesney, who retired …
Fountain City mourns Dr. Tumblin, braces for loss of popular restaurant
Two events drew big crowds in Fountain City on Wednesday.
Dr. John Tumblin’s kinfolks were receiving friends in the chapel at Lynnhurst Cemetery. The well-loved optometrist’s funeral service was scheduled at …
In it to win it, David Hayes says it’s not about the hair
A few weeks ago, I got hammered by Facebook messages, emails and face-to-face questions from friends of Knoxville City Council candidate David Hayes – at least a dozen of them, …
Resolution 908: a reason to smile
Ed White hadn’t heard about Resolution 908, so it took him a few minutes to pull up the Community TV website and watch the video of Knox County Commission’s June …