Beth Kinnane, Author at Knox TN Today

It was a week before Halloween, 1926. Deitch’s department store on Market Square was having its...

Beth Kinnane Oct 27, 2026 0 3 min read

Summer overstayed its welcome last week, with Knoxville setting a new record high of 89 degrees on...

Beth Kinnane Oct 20, 2026 0 3 min read

There’s several possibilities for a hike to the Appalachian Trail out of Elkmont in the Great...

Beth Kinnane Oct 13, 2026 1 5 min read

Two things I can say I have done in my life that most people can’t are performing for a president...

Beth Kinnane Oct 6, 2026 0 4 min read

As you drive down Kingston Pike between Neyland Drive and Cherokee Boulevard, you travel through...

Beth Kinnane Sep 29, 2026 0 3 min read

In late October 14 years ago, I decided to go on a day trip to the other side of the Great Smoky...

Beth Kinnane Sep 22, 2026 0 4 min read

It was the spring of 1990. The previous November, the Berlin Wall had come down. We were still...

Beth Kinnane Sep 15, 2026 2 4 min read

About this time 30 years ago, I was packing up my belongings for a move to Lexington, Kentucky. My...

Beth Kinnane Sep 8, 2026 3 4 min read

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