Third time was charm for would-be subdivision developer Randy Guignard, who secured a positive vote from Knox County Commission 6-3-2 on Feb. 22 to build up to 2.51 dwelling units …
City investing $1.6 M to build Old Broadway sidewalks
The city of Knoxville is building or improving 3,800 linear feet of sidewalk on Old Broadway – a $1.6 million investment that will provide pedestrians and bicyclists a safe detour …
Exploring the Elm Grove Cemetery
Some eight or 10 four-drawer file cabinets at the McClung Historical Collection contain many precious so-called “vertical files” with newspaper clippings and other documents assembled under Librarian/Archivist Ted Baehr’s careful …
Zombie Heights: Developer makes third try for zoning
Twice before, Randy Guignard has asked Knox County Commission to let him build a subdivision on the side of a steep ridge near Fountain City. The land is bounded on …
Nan Dickinson: Great things start with brunch
It started simply enough. A lousy weather forecast was threatening to rain all over the 2014 Fountain City Christmas Parade. Nan Dickinson and her close-knit group of friends decided to …
One ringy dingy…
Vintage. Old school. Retro. Landline.
Whew, I had not really thought about the evolution of the telephone until taking on this piece. Surveying items with a classic style to try a …
Stride Rites on a hot tin roof
My first memory of going to buy shoes was at the Coffin Shoe Store in Fountain City. Without fail, every year my mother took me to get a new pair …
Todd Helton belongs in the Hall of Fame
Tennessee football was just plain bad. Basketball is suddenly stuck in reverse. Let’s talk baseball.
Sometime after 6 tomorrow evening we will again be told that Todd Helton did not get …