When January blew in a polar blast that hung around for days, Vivian Shipe was one of the principal volunteers who helped former state Rep. Gloria Johnson turn the Knox …
Hitler, hysteria and the South Knox school board race
One of the big political kerfuffles of 2014 started with a YouTube parody.
A clip from the German movie “Downfall” that depicts the moment down in the bunker when Hitler realizes …
Tramel shakes the money tree while deputies line up behind Spangler
Last summer, Lee Tramel needed 53 pages to list the donors who’d ponied up $173,215 for his campaign for sheriff, much of it in four-figure contributions. The Knox County Sheriff’s …
R.I.P. Edith Williams
Update: Edith Williams died at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, at Shannondale Nursing Home. Receiving of Friends will be 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, Lighthouse Christian Church, 8015 Facade Lane, Powell. A …
New friend for Yusif
Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and Gibbs Elementary School fourth grader Yusif Mahmudov pose for a selfie. Burchett had lunch with Yusif at school Wednesday.
Put down party and take up Jesus
Here in the Bible Belt we know there is power in the word. And Charles Foster Johnson is the kind of preacher who can make you want to holler.
The guest …
Smith v Johnson, Round Three – and maybe something more?
Republican Eddie Smith has scored two narrow wins in the past four years for the 13th District state House seat over Democrat Gloria Johnson, and the two of them are ready …
New council to face old fight in Oakwood/Lincoln Park
Oakwood/Lincoln Park, home to nearly 3,000 households, a wide variety of housing stock and a rejuvenated neighborhood association determined to preserve it, is one of the city’s biggest neighborhoods. One …