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 …
Heartfelt farewell to Fountain City Diner
The Miracle on Broadway: I-640 interchange reduces hazards
Broadway carries nearly 49,000 cars a day in the Fountain City area. Its intersection with I-640 and nearby Tazewell Pike has been a challenge for years.
The interchange originally featured a …
Free eye exams for kids
Fountain City Lions Club will offer free eye exams for children from 4:30-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, in the Lions Club Building at Fountain City Park.
The Lions Club’s August concert …
FC Diner sets closing date
The Fountain City Diner’s last day of business will be Monday, Aug. 19.
Owners Penny and Dennis Wagner were unable to negotiate a new lease after their landlord, Baxter Properties LLC, …
City’s grading plan gets a ‘D’ (for dopey)
City bureaucrats have decided to monitor the inner workings of neighborhood organizations to see whether they are legit. Grades will be issued and prizes awarded.
“Neighborhood organizations will be categorized as …
Pam Neal to lead International Chaplains
Her only nickname is what the five grandkids call her – “Mimi.” Perhaps the moniker “Rev. Go-To” would work in the other worlds she inhabits. She is leaving big footprints …
Fountain City mourns Dr. Tumblin, braces for loss of popular restaurant
Two events drew big crowds in Fountain City on Wednesday.
Dr. John Tumblin’s kinfolks were receiving friends in the chapel at Lynnhurst Cemetery. The well-loved optometrist’s funeral service was scheduled at …
Angela Hunter gives kids with autism, more a place to learn, grow
When Angela Hunter held her first back-to-school disability resource night at Central Baptist Church of Fountain City in 2008, she wanted to use her own experience as the mother of …