One thing noticeably missing from the downtown Knoxville skyscape this fall is Daniel Watson jumping off a tall building. He has participated in the Over the Edge rappelling challenge for …
Breast Connect: You’ve got a friend
This plea appeared on Facebook in early July: “Local breast cancer patient needs a translator. She is from Guatemala and speaks Q’anjob’al. Can anyone help?” The post originated from a …
Pandemic increases work for Farragut-based business
After two months, Jennifer Dancu started to feel the creeping panic set in. The COVID-19 pandemic brought her business to a screeching halt. The thought occurred to her that she …
Beaetta Prater: Love thy neighbor
Most people call her Miss Bea. However you address longtime Five Points resident Beaetta Prater, the first things to understand about her are her faith in God and her commitment …
Meghan O’Brien: Back home again
It took a few years before a young Meghan O’Brien landed in a place she could call “home.” Her itinerant childhood with her U. S. Air Force colonel father eventually …
Kevin Jeske-Polyak: The long strange trip
When Kevin Jeske-Polyak moved to South Knoxville, he didn’t have a neighborhood. So, he created one and the Southside Waterfront Association (SWFT) to go with it. The neighborhood is comprised …
Pandemic prescription: Laughing through
In a blink, September has arrived, and the end of a challenging 2020 looms ahead. It also means Halloween is just around the corner, which weighs heavily on Jeff Johnson, …
Little Oaks Academy copes with COVID-19
One phoenix has risen from the ashes of what used to be Tennova/St. Mary’s Hospital. What was known in its later years as Tennova Childcare on Oak Hill Drive started …