Carroll Smith, long-ago basketball coach at Holston High School, was almost a legend.
He said the best game he ever coached was against Alcoa in the 1967 state championship finals. Holston …
Property transfers rise again
The buyer’s market showed improvements last week as we crossed through the middle of June and stepped into summer. Two hundred ninety-five warranty deeds were recorded valued at $76.1 million. …
Gibbs schools create safety concerns on Tazewell Pike
Gibbs has benefited from insistent efforts over time to get a new elementary school and a community middle school. Both have been built and opened, and now there’s another need.
“We …
Harrison Cassel is Merit finalist
Berean Christian School senior Harrison Cassel was named a 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program finalist earlier this year and is the first in the day-school’s history. He is one of …
Oakes Farm sets daylily drop-in
Oakes Daylilies had a solid spring despite the coronavirus pandemic that caused cancellation of the 2020 Daylily Festival.
Ken Oakes, co-owner of the family-run business, said it would have been the …
A ‘good cop’ story: KCSO’s DeAndre Jones
Into today’s maelstrom of “bad cop” news, rioting and looting steps a young Knoxville man named Elijah McGinnis and his story about DeAndre Jones. If you’re not interested in some …
Pellissippi State creates protective face shields
Pellissippi State Community College has produced its first 200 transparent plastic face shields for Covenant Health, building on an earlier project that provided personal protective equipment to health care facilities throughout Tennessee.
“Once we …
Services Tuesday for retired KFD captain
Retired Knoxville Fire Department Captain Jerry Edward Galbraith has died.
Captain Galbraith, 80, of Kodak, served for 39 years and continued to enjoy breakfasts with other retires. He was a member …