A resolution expressing “concern” that gun shows may be conducted within city facilities won supermajority approval, 8-1, at Knoxville City Council Tuesday night. The resolution, a “sense of the council” …
It came from outer space! (But forgot its clothes)
When the phenomenon known as “streaking” burst into the open (pun absolutely intended) in the winter of 1973 and spring of 1974 Knoxville was not shielded from the fad. Cumberland …
The city’s race to convert a park to homeless housing
Let’s face it. The mayor wants what she wants … public be damned. At least in this one instance.
The city is proposing to convert a parcel in Caswell Park along …
The Blue Streak talks sports
Cynthia Moxley has a neat treat for basketball fans as she recaps coach Kellie Harper’s recent talk to the Executive Women’s Association at the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. Read …
Knox County can’t shake those jailhouse blues
There were no fireworks this week when the consultant Knox County Commission hired to study the issue of jail overcrowding recommended building a 200-bed intake center on the green space …
Lauren Rider: City council’s energizer bunny
Lauren Rider is the energizer bunny of the city council and she’s fully charged. Put it down to the happy transition from living two miles down a dirt road in …
‘Red Summer’ is this week at the Bijou
Carpetbag Theatre is marking its 50th anniversary with a series of special productions – the highlight of which is “Red Summer,” scheduled for this week at the Bijou Theatre. “We …
KAT tales: Our hometown mass transit
Let’s talk mass transit. It is a useful way to move people in a large city. Especially in cities with a large population and congested auto traffic. It is somewhat …