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 …
Roy Acuff: Athlete, musician, friend
Sevierville’s got Dolly Parton, but Fountain City and Union County have Roy Acuff, the King of Country Music. And after Roy made some money, playing his fiddle and singing at …