Wrapped up inside the heart and passions of Trevor Pickel are his family, his faith, his profession, those he helps in a variety of roles, his love of country and …
Young trooper talks Gatlinburg fires, Chapman Highway
He’s 30 – only 12 years removed from Gibbs High School, and several times a night his Ford Explorer SUV may hit 120 mph. He’s calm in times of stress, …
Services today for Gibbs leader Rusty Carpenter
Services are today for Glenn “Rusty” Carpenter, 90, who died April 10 at home. Mr. Carpenter was a charter member of the Gibbs Ruritan Club, according to his obituary, and …
Serving the community is Ed Rose’s life
Claude Edward Rose Jr. – just call him Ed – is the epitome of public service to his community. Hands down. For almost 40 years this man has given his …
Raw sewage awaits next rain on banks of Loves Creek
There was a hint of spring in the air as a man unloaded plastic jugs from a minivan and lined them up on the little wall at the artesian well …
Valliant: a colorful career in politics, land development
Knoxville attorney John Valliant Jr.’s parents migrated south from Canada and wound up in Oak Ridge in 1943. His father worked on the super-secret classified Manhattan Project “and he was …
Goodbye to all of that
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and …
ET native Wilson is happy to explain it all to you
As a youth, Henry Wilson says, he was kind of a know-it-all. So it only makes sense that as he has matured, he has become a teach-it-all.
Wilson, a retired college …