News good and bad from Nashville.
Good: State Rep. Eddie Mannis passed his first bill as a member of the Tennessee General Assembly and the House Republican Caucus. House Bill 84 passed …
Eddie Mannis passes first bill
East Knox boom town
Town Hall East is all in for East Knoxville businesses. Formed by homeowners, THE has never projected the anti-development bent that sometimes defines similar groups. “There’s a lot of positive …
Fund allows help for fire victim
Jane Cate, West Knox resident who was hospitalized after fire destroyed her home and belongings, story here, has a GoFundMe account set up by friends. Learn more here.
McFee Park Splash …
Herrera tops Brooks; sun comes up tomorrow
I went to the Knox County Republican convention last Saturday to vote for Harry Brooks for GOP county chair. Brooks lost to an upstart, 28-year-old Daniel A. Herrera. One old-timer …
LMU dean starts national organization
Dr. Stacy Anderson, dean of the LMU College of Veterinary Medicine, is the first president of COWBEL, an international working group founded to provide distributive/community-based learning models in veterinary medicine. …
Blankenships symbolize ‘The Greatest Generation’
William “Bill” Blankenship, 90, of Farragut, died peacefully Nov. 23, 2020, due to complications related to Covid. And nine weeks later, his wife of 67 years, Peggy Blankenship, 88, died …
If I were sheriff
This week one of my oldest allies from the glory days of Sheriff Tim Hutchison showed up on TV asking the Sheriff’s Office Merit Council to reinstate her take-home car …