When the Gondolier Restaurant opened in Halls, customers overwhelmed the parking lot. Kroger, a considerable distance from Gondolier, nevertheless had cars towed if a Gondolier customer parked on Kroger land.
It …
The land endures
Halls Crossroads Museum: Watch it happen
Most communities began around a creek or river, with a fort or a church campground. Halls Crossroads, my hometown, was named for the family of land grant holder Thomas Hall …
Enjoy a stroll through Clayton Park
According to Carol Evans, executive director of the Legacy Parks Foundation, Clayton Park is on the list as a potential Beaver Creek put-in for kayaks and canoes on the developing …
Brenda Gratz: Bringing good things to Halls
The Halls Crossroads Women’s League is ready to get back to business following a year of altered or cancelled plans due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Brenda Gratz had just begun …
Thomas Hall Cemetery echoes community’s history
A stately red maple stands sentry over the Thomas Hall Cemetery on Rifle Range Road where it intersects with Maynardville Pike. Aged cedars guard this square of a graveyard, bounded …
Cox has book launch on Sunday
Local author Brooke Cox is having a book launch this Sunday, April 25, at 2 p.m. in the fellowship hall at Beaver Dam Baptist Church.
Cox was a finalist for a …
Big D’s faces beer license revocation
Spring: The birds are chirping, the teens are promming and the beer inspectors are inspecting. It happens every year.
Convenience markets are prime targets as the Sheriff’s Office sends in cadets …
Calvin Dykes: Archery is for everyone
It all started with a daughter who wanted nothing but a bow for Christmas. And not the kind to tie up a bun or a pony tail. But that one …