Knox County school board should simply leave its bullying and harassment policies alone. Otherwise, it can expect a replay of the September meeting in October as concerned parents and community …
Knox official works to ‘predict’ and ‘prepare’ for emergencies
Colin Ickes’ name isn’t a household word, but he seems OK with being the most important local public official that hardly anybody knows. He’d probably be happy to keep on …
Bruce is back and Powell’s got him
On Saturday morning, Knoxville’s favorite chef, Bruce Bogartz, posted a notice on his Facebook page that he was back in business, this time at Halftime Cajun Smokehouse – formerly Halftime …
Want to preserve history? Bring back Brownlow
Granted, Tennessee’s 17th governor was no Elvis. No objective evaluator would have called Parson Brownlow the least bit handsome, and, adding insult to genetic misfortune, legend has it that his portrait, …
Council picks Tindell; Parker to mount write-in campaign
Maybe it’s time to add another category to the old cliché about “almost” winning only counting in horseshoes and hand grenades.
Minutes after City Council – at a special called meeting …
Election update: Provisional ballot rejected
Updated Thursday, Aug. 31
There’s a growing movement for City Council to decide the race for second place in Tuesday’s District 4 primary by a coin flip. Council members are not …
City Council is tie-breaker in stalemated District 4
Cliff Rodgers could feel it in his bones. With 30 candidates running in a low-turnout City Council election, he had a premonition that one of those contests would end in …
No walk-up voting on property rights
OK, county residents, here’s your chance to vote in a city election – maybe
Knox County residents who live outside the city limits need not show up at a polling place …