The public is invited to experience two spectacular private gardens this weekend only at the Dogwood Arts Spring Featured Gardens event. These remarkable properties exhibit the best that spring has …
Tuning up at Ijams
On Sunday, April 18, bluegrass returns to Ijams Nature Center with the East Tennessee Bluegrass Association’s jam at Mead’s Quarry. The free event will occur every third Sunday through October …
Services today for South Knox native
Lt. Col. Bobby L. Coleman, U. S. Marine Corps (Ret.), of South Knoxville, passed away Feb. 21, 2021, at age 83. Mr. Coleman served 25 years in the Marine Corps, …
Services Tuesday for John H. Coleman
John H. Coleman’s name is on a fleet of service vehicles and a building on Jackson Avenue. But how many of today’s readers remember the man? Mr. Coleman passed away …
Hastie’s legacy is one of inspiration
Knoxville has produced a number of notable figures throughout its 200-year-plus history. South Knoxville has had its share. But one of its most outstanding native sons is probably known the …
Service Wednesday for academic pioneer
Lida Kittrell Barrett, 93, of Knoxville, passed away Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, at Shannondale Health Care Center, shortly after last rites were administered by the Episcopal Church of the Ascension.
Dr. …
Josh Ellis: ‘He worked hard and got his life back’
Despite regular physical activity, Josh Ellis has struggled his whole life to find and maintain a healthy body weight. Ellis lives in South Knoxville with his wife and two daughters, …
A life devoted to family, business
A well-known South Knox and Sevier County businesswoman has been taken by COVID-19. Doris Jean McKee McMahan, 77, died Jan. 8. She was born on Dec. 5, 1943, in Maryville.
She …