Donning waders and work gloves, garbage bags in hand, about a dozen volunteers from the Rotary Club of Bearden tackled the cleanup of Fourth Creek in West Knoxville Sept. 8. …
Zombie 8k fights childhood tumors
Knoxville residents came dressed in their best zombie attire to participate in the Zombies Like Brains Walk and 8k run on Sept. 8. The event was held by the Julia …
Northshore neighbors to battle Tooles Bend development
A groundswell of concerned residents will be back in front of the Metropolitan Planning Commission on Thursday, Sept. 13, as the MPC considers the concept plan / use on review …
Myers builds positivity as Bearden High principal
It’s one kind of challenge to take a failing school and turn it around. It’s another kind of challenge altogether to take a school that’s one of the best in …
Short plays zoom from laughs to familiarity
There’s a moment in Staci Swedeen’s short, one-act play “The Pennysaver,” part of Flying Anvil Theatre’s one-act play festival “8×10,” which closes this Sunday, that has flashed across the minds …
Elyse Wilde boutique opens in Bearden’s Vertex center
Having launched her boutique, Elyse Wilde, online last March, Knox native Chelsea Brooks just held the grand opening of a brick-and-mortar storefront at The Vertex, the much-anticipated shopping center in …
Full circle at Ridgedale School
Things, and people, come full circle more than we know.
Ridgedale School, which some people call Ridgedale Alternative School, has its first-ever assistant principal. Her name is Kristi Phillips, a native …
Northshore neighbors sound alarm on Tooles Bend development
No one expected the Bailey Farm to stay undeveloped forever. The 415-acre property, off Tooles Bend Road and Tedford Lane in Southwest Knox County, is a pristine lakefront jewel. It …