Batter up!
The Knox County Parks and Recreation Department will host an MLB-sponsored Jr. Home Run Derby at 6 p.m. today (May 20).
The grassroots program offers both baseball and softball players …
Home Run Derby is tonight
Ex-exchange student, children relocating from Ukraine
Julie (Yuliia) Tryukhan and her two children, still in Zilina, Slovakia, after fleeing war-torn Ukraine, have been approved and authorized to travel to the United States under the Uniting for …
Operation Inasmuch to send 250,000 meals to Ukraine
There is a big project in Knoxville set for Saturday, June 11, when a hoped-for volunteer army of 1,100 comes together to pack 250,000 meals for relief aid in Ukraine. …
A brave pioneer, a fox den, a crippled mule and a $49 house on the prairie
Ann Elizabeth Smith (1833-1914) was the daughter of David Russell Smith (1805-1847) and Mary Ann Galbreath 1 (1810-1895). She was the sister of my great-grandfather Alexander Mathias Smith (1841-1907) and …
Big changes on the horizon at FHS
Last Friday, the atmosphere at Farragut High School was festive as students signed yearbooks and anticipated summer vacation. While the 2022-2023 school year couldn’t have been further from their minds, …
40-plus Farragut vols plant Girls Inc.’s trees
Kirby Deal made the ask. Scott Bertini said “we’ll be there” and proceeded to assemble a team of approximately 40 volunteers from the Rotary Club of Farragut and the Pellissippi …
Big changes coming to Biddle Farms
All you can see right now at the new Biddle Farms development is a lone Aldi store. But there’s much more to come, and no one’s more excited about the …
Benji Bash: A proud, tough Marine survives
It was 57 days ago when Lance Corporal Benji Bash went airborne off of his Yamaha R1 Super Star motorcycle on a dark rural road near Camp Lejeune. He landed …