In a way, the Dr. Paul L. Kelley Volunteer Academy’s move into the old Lincoln Park Elementary School building at 535 Chicamauga Ave. was like coming home.
Founded in 2010 by …
Mental illness builds wall between homeless, home
This is my third column in four weeks about Debra Bailey (Dec. 28 here; Jan. 4 here.) That’s a lot, considering I met her only once and cannot claim to have known her. I …
North Central stakeholders air landscaping concerns
Pittman Properties probably owns more rental homes in the neighborhoods surrounding the Downtown North Central Corridor than any other landlord, so it was no surprise that CEO Bill Pittman was among …
Oakwood Lincoln Park accepts ‘Healthier’ challenge
Oakwood Lincoln Park activists Molly Conaway and Nolan Wildfire are working on plans to get their neighborhood healthier.
Healthy OLP is a part of Healthier Tennessee, an initiative sponsored by the …
Goodbye to all of that
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and …
Tennova doesn’t deserve $16 million tax break
Anybody who thinks Tennova deserves a $16 million tax break for selling St. Mary’s to the city for $1 as a place to relocate police and fire departments should talk …
For Charlotte Davis, St. Mary’s ties run deep
Charlotte Davis isn’t normally an angry person, but she’s still simmering about the demise of St. Mary’s Hospital.
“It didn’t have to happen,” she said. “And it makes me so cotton-picking …
A bag full of rain: mental health care in Tennessee
All she left behind was a bag full of rain.
Her name was Deborah Bailey, and she was killed while trying to navigate North Broadway on foot on the dark, rainy …