Update: Parade has been canceled
2020 has been an exceptional year with a raging pandemic disrupting normal life. Businesses large and small have been challenged as never before. Events like the …
Halls for the holidays: Parade Saturday
Knox County pushes Halls project
Knox County is seeking a $950,000 state grant to continue work to connect the greenway system in Halls. The county’s match would be $50,000 and future upkeep. The full proposal …
Dunn reflects on legislative service
Bill Dunn took a seat in the state legislature in 1994, replacing the retiring Charlie Severance. He spent 26 years without a primary opponent, making him the longest serving House …
Services Saturday for Ernest Moore
A well-known Halls entrepreneur has died. Ernest B. Moore, 93, passed away Oct. 27, 2020, at UT Medical Center after battling COVID-19. He and his wife, Margaret, developed Royal Springs …
Lt. Heather Reyda is big in the drug business
It all began when Heather Patton Reyda was a teenager at Bearden High School in the early 1980s. Friends were using and overdosing on crack cocaine. The cocaine epidemic was …
Stormwater team scores national praise
Natalie Landry is on the cover of the October 2020 edition of Municipal Sewer and Water. The magazine featured the stormwater management team of Knox County’s Engineering and Public Works …
Parkview North brings 101 senior living apartments
Parkview Senior Living invited the neighbors to the grand opening of Parkview North on Oct. 2. The new facility at 975 E. Emory Road joins Parkview West on Broome Road …
SCAN founder has died
Berle L. Arnold, 87, of Halls, died Sept. 27, 2020, after a lifetime of service to his country and community.
He was preceded in death by his wife of over 60 …