Here’s the thing about Knoxville SOUP. You think it’s going to be the same thing every time: a festively decorated venue, well-intentioned amateurs pitching their ideas about what they want …
SOUP highlights neighbors helping neighbors
The four projects vying for the pot at Knoxville SOUP on Tuesday, April 30, are small in focus but epic in thoughtfulness.
One provides free lawn-care services in lower-income/impoverished and middle-income …
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 …
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 …
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 …
South Knox gets watershed grant
Knox County Stormwater has received a $115,000 grant to improve water quality in Stock Creek in South Knox County, according to Mayor Glenn Jacobs. The grant came through the Tennessee …