Note: I’ve written about education in Knox County for many years and knew Gary Harmon as the president of the Knox County Education Association (“union work,” as he calls it.) …
Talking county government
Knox County Commissioners Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas will leave office Sept. 1, but they’re continuing the constituent meetings they’ve been holding since they came into office in 2014. Here …
Collaborative effort transforms viaduct stairway
For 99 years, the oddly configured – sort of square, sort of spiral – stairway connecting the Gay Street viaduct to the Jackson Avenue railroad yards and Old City down …
Open house Thursday for East Knox ‘maker space’
Knoxville officials plan an open house 6 p.m. Thursday, May 17, at a potential “maker space” in an old warehouse at 1200 McCalla Ave. The event will be co-hosted by …
Carringer pledges ‘no’ vote on Beverly Road project
It was hot and it was heated.
More than 75 North Knoxville/Fountain City residents sweated through an outdoor meeting May 14 to voice their opinions of a proposed residential development on …
Fulton grads take ‘Senior Stroll’ through elementary schools
Project GRAD’s Class of 2018 from Fulton High School visited the six feeder elementary schools Friday for the traditional Senior Stroll. The seniors walked the halls of their old elementary …
City to discuss Magnolia Corridor at Town Hall East
City officials will discuss the Magnolia Corridor and its streetscape plans at the May membership meeting of Town Hall East, set for today (5/14) at 7 p.m. at Eastminster Presbyterian …
Meant to be together: Knoxville and Lori Tucker
It’s been a big year for WATE-TV’s Lori Tucker.
On June 14, her media colleagues will honor her for her professional accomplishments at the Front Page Follies, a 40-year-old annual gala …