The Girl Scouts’ highest and most prestigious honor is the Gold Award earned by high schoolers who address issues they’re passionate about by planning and implementing a project that produces lasting change …
Chilhowee Park, dynamite and Louis Armstrong
The cutline for the accompanying photo read “and the band played on.” No, this wasn’t the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The headline read “Explosion Rocks Park Concert by Satchmo.”
For …
Basket exhibit celebrates Cherokee, Southern Appalachian artists
Cherokee basketry and Southern Appalachian basket styles are on display now at Pellissippi State Community College’s Strawberry Plains Campus.
The “All the Eggs in One Basket” exhibit curated by Art Professor Jeffrey …
Zebra dies from twisted bowel
Zoo Knoxville has announced the death of Die Toekoms, an 8-year-old Hartmann’s mountain zebra, due to complications from a torsion or twisting of the small intestine.
Caretakers noticed Die Toekoms was …
Services today for Dr. Robert Kirk
Dr. Robert H. Kirk, 92, passed away September 25, 2023, in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Dr. Kirk joined the faculty at University of Tennessee in 1967 as an associate professor, and he later …
SMG uses House System to teach life skills
As a former Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy principal, one of my favorite memories is the students’ embrace of motivational systems that recognize their achievements and relational improvements.
SMG Magnet Academy …
What the heck is missing middle housing?
The city of Knoxville has an initiative to encourage building “middle housing” as a financially attractive infill option for inner city neighborhoods which have a traditional grid street layout and …
Bud Ries gives Ritta community something to remember
This breathtaking mural at Ritta Elementary was designed by the K-5th grade students and painted by their art teacher, Bud Ries, as a gift to the Ritta community!
On Instagram, Ries …