Family and friends will celebrate the life of former Karns High School math teacher Peggy Marie Gregg at 6 p.m. today (4/12/21) at Rose Mortuary, Mann Chapel. The family will …
Deals for Days
Regular customers know about Food City’s program called Deals for Days. It’s an ideal promotion for weekend shoppers to find low prices on a variety of brand-name items. There are …
We’re open!
It was almost daylight (7:45 a.m.) when a huge group of Karns-area residents gathered to celebrate the opening of the new Food City on Schaad Road. UT cheerleaders and Smokey …
Armand Mendez: A KCR man of all trades
Last Tuesday, from 1 p.m. to around 2:35 p.m., Armand Mendez was talking with me about his 26 years with Knox County Rescue (KCR). About 90 minutes later he was …
Karns Democrats liven up library grounds
The Karns Democratic Party gardening committee met to add some holiday greenery to the Karns Library grounds.
The group has designed and maintained the flower garden for 11 years. Two large …
Cleanup on Beaver Ridge Road
The 6th District of the Knox County Democratic Party held its Adopt-a-Road cleanup of Beaver Ridge Road in Karns for the 19th time beginning in 2011.
Wearing masks and at a …
New elementary school on track in NW Knox County
Progress is being made on the as yet unnamed new elementary school slated for northwest Knox County. The Board of Education approved the purchase of 29 acres on Coward Mill …
Roy Arthur: Knox County’s ‘best man’
Roy Arthur’s got it going. He’s hard-working, smart, honest, dependable and visionary. So, it wasn’t a surprise when a hundred or so of his friends and co-workers showed up recently …