“Don’t do anything you don’t want the whole world to know about,” Marilyn Kallet’s late Southern mother used to tell her. It’s a line featured in one of the poems …
Local high schools compete in East Tennessee PBS Scholars Bowl
The NCAA has its “Final Four,” the last quartet of teams vying for a basketball championship. The East Tennessee PBS Scholars Bowl has what its producer calls the “Fortuitous Four,” …
Knocking out Alzheimer’s: Walk prep underway
Do your 2018 New Year’s resolutions include exercising more? Giving back to the community? Spending more time with family and friends? Have we got the event for you: Teams have already …
Classically cool: Bearden’s Ice Chalet is going strong
It’s a gray winter morning in Bearden, the sky half-spitting cold rain. But inside the Ice Chalet, all is warm and well. The skating rink’s trademark fireplace is heating up …
Painting home: Kathie Odom exhibits at Bearden gallery
The subjects that artist Kathie Odom captures range from homey churches to equipment-filled farms to spring forest glens. What they all have in common is that when she saw these …
RX for Grinches: Old and new traditions for the holidays
Has your inner Grinch got a hold on you? Here are a few ways to banish the bah-humbug and add some sparkle to the season:
O Tannenbaum: Get yourself an honest-to-goodness …
West Knox churches celebrate the season
Area churches are in the good news business all year ’round, but never do those tidings of joy sing so loudly as at Christmas. Getting ready for the season starts …
Cedar Bluff Middle nabs $2,500 for news
Every school day, Cedar Bluff Middle School library media specialist James “Trent” McLees helps a team of students assemble the day’s news for broadcast. He made school news himself recently …