As Project GRAD battles for life in the upcoming school system budget, leaders and donors honored this year’s 99 graduates in ceremonies April 22 at the Knoxville Convention Center.
Project GRAD …
Project GRAD honors 99
Rogero affirms support of Pellissippi State’s Magnolia campus
Mayor Madeline Rogero, an enthusiastic supporter of Pellissippi State Community College’s Magnolia Avenue Campus, was guest of honor at the unveiling of two new academic concentrations that will be available …
Farmers return to New Harvest
Neither a gusting wind nor a gaggle of politicos daunted the crowd that turned out at New Harvest for first day of the 2018 market season.
Some 20 vendors had their …
Steamboat on Central to reopen
Years before North Central became a thing, the Steamboat was selling sandwiches on homemade bread, fresh-squeezed lemonade, house-made cookies and brownies and a welcoming atmosphere. Fancy lawyers, guys with their …
Greenway extended: Fulton High to Edgewood Park
City of Knoxville press release
City of Knoxville officials and community stakeholders cut the ribbon Monday for a new 0.6-mile segment of First Creek Greenway, connecting Fulton High School at Woodland …
Beta Sigma Phi to sell its house
For more than 60 years, the rambling, two-story Eastlake Style house at 1411 Armstrong Avenue has been home to Beta Sigma Phi, the non-academic sorority that has owned and maintained …
Lynn Redmon: The one you wanted on your side
It was a dark and stormy October night in 1997, and wind-driven leaves blew through the door as woman in a trench coat and floppy hat walked into Kinko’s. She …
West High welcomes Dr. Weaver
Last August, millions of StoryCorps listeners were riveted to Dr. William Lynn Weaver’s broadcast about his experiences as one of the 14 African-American students who integrated West High School in …