Richard E. Tumblin is all about staying active. “I think people die because they quit,” he says.
Richard and I caught up at Litton’s this week – our first time to …
Richard Tumblin says ‘never quit’
Postponed: Baxter Properties delays vote
Jennifer Baxter Reynolds of Baxter Properties has postponed a request for a One Year Plan Amendment to rezone property at the intersection of Adair Drive and Sanders Road. The application …
Kelly Litton keeps good company in NYC
Kelly Litton didn’t exactly take a break on her fall break. She took a trip to New York and did some cooking.
At the James Beard House.
The occasion was Nathalie Dupree’s …
Gresham students pursue mosquito research
On a recent morning at Gresham Middle School, students in Nicole Resmondo’s class were getting ready for “Trap Tuesday.”
Before leading them out a back door, the sixth-grade science teacher highlighted …
John H. Newman and the development of Hotel Avenue
Long before the Fountain City A&P, well before the White Store (now Food City) and many decades before Kroger, there was J.H. Newman and Sons Grocery Store. Photographic records indicate …
City returns to treat Fountain City Lake
City of Knoxville employees will be back in Fountain City Lake starting today (8/27) to remove invasive plant species. They will be assisted by volunteer inmates from the Knox County …
Meet Fountain City’s pioneer businesswoman and unofficial ‘mayor’
Some important Fountain City history was made on March 30, 1903, when a transaction was recorded on the Knox County deed books. Col. J.C. and Nannie J. Woodward and Sol …
Heartfelt farewell to Fountain City Diner
Editor’s note: This is reprinted with permission from writer Shannon Kelley. Fountain City Diner closed for good on Aug. 19, 2019.
Fountain City Diner:
I’ve been wanting to write something about this …