KCS feedback session: Whispers, not shouts

Sandra ClarkPowell

Powell and nearby residents must be happy with Knox County Schools. Almost no one showed up at Powell Middle School on Monday (Jan. 22) to discuss the district’s three-year strategic …

Talk back on schools

Sandra ClarkPowell

Knox County Schools leaders will be in Powell 6-8 p.m. today (Jan. 22) at Powell Middle School, 3329 W. Emory Road, to get community feedback on its next strategic plan. …

Services today for Jim Harbin

Sandra ClarkPowell

Funeral services are today (Jan. 20) at Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church for noted Powell business and political leader Jim Harbin. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. at …

Book Lady’s birthday blast

Sandra ClarkPowell

The Powell Branch Library may have seen bigger days, but it’s hard to say when. On Friday, the library blended dozens of little kids and their families for a birthday …

Knox Scots get ready to party

Sandra ClarkPowell

It sounds like fun.
The Scottish Society of Knoxville will celebrate the life and legacy of poet Robert Burns on Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Holiday Inn on Executive Park Drive. …

Huckabee to visit Powell

Sandra ClarkPowell

Author and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will speak in Powell this week. It will be his second visit to the annual Faithful Men’s Banquet at The Crown College.
Dr. Charles …

Aaron Yarnell crusades for cell phone safety

Sandra ClarkHalls, Powell

Halls guy Aaron Yarnell is on a crusade to make social media use safe for teens. Through a website called www.socialsafetypatrol.com, he reviews apps for computers and wireless phones and …