Powell High School is slated for a $3 million upgrade that will create a new entrance and administrative offices while demolishing existing offices to create a commons area for additional …
Powell tourism ramps up as Crown College to bring youth from 30 states
For 26 years, teenagers from the greater Knoxville area have assembled along with hundreds of other young people from across the country for the annual Youth Congress sponsored by The …
Powell History group meets today; will honor veterans
The Powell Station History Society will meet at 7 p.m. today, May 27 (Memorial Day), at the Powell Community Center. The theme for this month’s meeting is to identify Powell …
Road upgrades ahead for Powell; I-75 fix could cost $95 million
The I-75 interchange at Emory Road is getting a makeover and the interstate will be six-laned from Emory to the Raccoon Valley interchange.
TDOT engineer and project manager Andrew Padgett previewed …
Round ’n’ round with roundabouts
Is a roundabout ahead for Powell?
Both the current and proposed county budgets include $750,000 for a roundabout at the intersection of Brickyard Road and West Beaver Creek Drive.
Jim Snowden, senior …
Bounds edges closer to Dunn challenge
Patti Bounds is back from Nashville and she’s mad.
In a blog post Sunday, the Knox County school board member wrote, “I have worked tirelessly to defeat the Charter Authorization bill …
Tennessee Milk launched at Weigel’s
Powell-based Weigel’s is leading the way in support of area dairy farmers by pledging to use milk produced exclusively in Tennessee.
Bill Weigel said it’s crucial to support local farmers. “If …
Growing up halfway to Heiskell
Hillary said it takes a village.
Where I grew up, halfway between Powell and Heiskell, on Old Clinton Pike in the Bells Bridge community, it took a grandmother.
Ella Bishop coaxed me …