Relax. This does not involve a gun. We are talking lobbying, jawboning and jiggering of statistics to superimpose a progressive vision on heavily traveled Chapman Highway. You know, transform it …
Rick Byrd: Local boy makes good
Nobody from Knoxville has been elected president of the United States. I looked it up.
Nobody from Knoxville has carried the Olympic torch at an opening ceremony.
Only one person from Knoxville …
A Volunteer from Israel lands in Seymour
Yarden Batz is a 20-year-old junior at the University of Tennessee who is busy working toward a degree in biochemistry on an academic scholarship. She is an Israeli, born in …
Visitation Friday for Crow Webb
I did not know Billy Joe “Crow” Webb, but I felt like I did after reading his obituary. At least, I sure wish I had known him.
Mr. Webb ran Crow’s …
Grant to provide ‘connectivity’ on section of Chapman Highway
A city press release about a new multi-use path on Chapman Highway caused some confusion among South Knoxvillians.
In short:
No, Chapman Highway is not being “fixed” – yet.
No, the city is …
Principal: SDMS still gains with BMX loss
Monday’s news that Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs had axed plans for a BMX track at South-Doyle Middle School meant rolling with the flow for Andrew Brown.
In his third year …
South Knoxvillians devastated by decision to kill BMX park
South Knoxville suffered a crushing blow Monday when Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs announced that he was killing the BMX park planned for the campus of South-Doyle Middle School.
Jacobs, who …
Breaking: Knox axes BMX track
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs has axed plans for a county-built BMX track in South Knoxville, while recommitting to renovate and improve the athletic fields at South-Doyle Middle School.
In a …