The Fountain City Art Center is a gem in the heart of its community and has had just one executive director in its 14-year existence. So, the business of looking …
Home sweet Old Knoxville High
Students at Old Knoxville High School weathered two world wars, the Great Depression and some bare-knuckle rivalry games against Central. Opened in 1910, the once-grand three-story landmark ceased to be …
Clock ticks on AJ sale
This month, Knox County Commission will consider a resolution to reaffirm its commitment to a $6 million agreement to sell the Andrew Johnson building, now occupied primarily by Knox County …
‘One-of-a-kind’ UT law grad honored with memorial scholarship fund
Everyone knew Spenser Powell was brilliant: as valedictorian of the University of Tennessee College of Law’s Class of 2017 he piled up more academic honors than can be listed on …
Do church well: Pastor reaches out to neighborhood
The future didn’t look bright for Churchwell Avenue Baptist Church when the Rev. Ken Link arrived two years ago.
“There were 15 people there. They were discouraged,” said Link, a Carson-Newman …
Called to service: LaKenya Middlebrook continues family tradition
Knoxville lawyer LaKenya Middlebrook is busy this summer running gubernatorial candidate Craig Fitzhugh’s East Tennessee operation. There are lots of things she likes about the Democratic state legislator from rural …
Could Renee Hoyos catch a wave?
News that a 28-year-old first-time candidate knocked off a 10-term incumbent in New York’s 14th Congressional District Democratic Primary this week caused national shock waves. It wasn’t even close. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez …
Beverly Road developer withdraws rezoning request
The aspiring developer of a controversial Beverly Road subdivision got his sector plan amendment request approved at Knox County Commission Monday but withdrew his rezoning request before Commissioner John Schoonmaker’s …