Gov. Bill Lee has named Knoxville business owner Josh Smith as one of five executive team members on criminal justice reform. Smith is founder and owner of Master Service Companies, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Powell’s annual egg scramble
The Powell Easter Egg Hunt became the Powell Easter Carnival as festivities were moved to the gym at First Baptist Powell because of the weather.
Laura Bailey and the Events Committee …
Breaking: Powell Egg Hunt gets new location
Potential bad weather on Saturday has led to a new location for the annual Powell Easter Egg Hunt, originally set for Powell Station Park.
The event will go as scheduled (starting …