On a rainy night in a quiet Corryton subdivision half a world away from the turmoil in the Middle East, Feride Zekeryayeva and Rashad Makmudov welcomed guests for dinner.
Feride had …
Turkish turmoil haunts Corryton couple
‘Nothing Too Fancy’ mural wins improvement award
The Broadway Corridor Task Force has awarded its 2017 Community Improvement Award to the “Greetings from Knoxville” mural at Nothing Too Fancy’s silkscreen workshop, 1143 N. Broadway. It was painted …
Developer Scott Davis takes aim at MPC with lawsuit, planned legislation
Scott Davis, president of Eagle Bend Development and a former Knox County commissioner, fired the first shot in a two-front assault on the Metropolitan Planning Commission this week with a …
UT dumps redacted documents on Owen after weeks of stalling
The day before Halloween, District 2 school board member Jennifer Owen made an open records request to the University of Tennessee for financial information about UT’s Leadership Academy and Center for …
Bounds, Rountree seek second terms
School board chair Patti Bounds and vice chair Amber Rountree both announced that they will run for re-election on Friday, the day qualifying petitions became available.
Lunch with Rick
State Rep. Rick Staples offered five city council members-elect a piece of advice when he hosted them for lunch at Jackie’s Dream on Friday: “Don’t be a blurter,” he said, …
Here come the school board candidates: meet Jaggers and Satterfield
With Gwen McKenzie’s win, East Knoxvillians finally reached the other side of a hard-fought District 6 city council race – but political season never really ends, and it’s time to …
Dee White’s big adventure
On a recent October morning, Dee White piled into her car with a Masai warrior and took off for the beach.
“It struck me, here was a 70-year-old woman driving across …