Pat Harmon has such a volunteer heart that she was destined to call Tennessee home.
Her community service has included being a volunteer ombudsman for nursing-home residents, a hospice volunteer, a …
Harmon shows heart for SoKno volunteering
Locked up: 16-year-old jailed after manhunt
The South-Doyle neighbor was sitting on her screened-in porch doing paperwork just after 10 a.m. on the morning of Aug. 25 when the racket started. It was a helicopter, flying …
Baskin finds a way to play despite pandemic obstacles
Sara Baskin loves adventures, and she loves to travel. Both of those activities have been sidelined over the past few months.
“I get to go to Publix every once in a …
The power of STAR
A lot of good ideas are born from the unbridled minds of young people faced with choosing a thesis project for their master’s degrees.
STAR, Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding, in …
Black schism could mean all-white legislative delegation
Harold Middlebrook is worried.
Early voting has begun, and he fears that this election will mark the end of Knox County sending an African American from East Knoxville to represent the …
Retirement keeps South Knox veterinarian busy
Dr. D.J. Krahwinkel is probably the only person in South Knoxville who’s had a hyena named after him, but he thinks that’s a dubious compliment.
“I used to do a lot …
Captain Boatman was KFD mainstay
William A. “Boaty” Boatman’s first nickname was “Chugg.” That’s what the kids in his Lonsdale neighborhood called him, because he ran with a peculiar gait – he was born with …
Captain Hugh Laxton is rescue specialist
Today we meet a man in our town, a 54-year-old who would be the last guy to claim to be a hero. He just does his job day in and …