Tragedy on a mountainside

Beth KinnaneBlount

It was June 12, 1946. World War II was over, and East Tennessee along with the rest of the country was getting itself back to normal. The fledgling Great Smoky …

Barbara Gamble’s 17 Summers

Sandra ClarkBlount

Barbara Gamble was shocked into action. Her pastor once estimated he had about 17 more summers to get things done. “Yikes,” thought Barbara. “He’s younger than I am!” She had …

Services Saturday for Jerry Chevallier

Sandra ClarkBlount, Obits

Mrs. Jerry L. Chevallier, 88, of Maryville, Tennessee, passed away on March 20, 2024. She was a woman of high achievement.
She graduated from Louisiana College in 1957 where she was …

Charlotte Bollschweiller is Poetry Out Loud winner

Susan EspirituBlount

Charlotte Bollschweiller, a senior at Maryville’s Clayton-Bradley Academy, won the 2024 Tennessee Poetry Out Loud contest held in Nashville on March 2.
Held at Nashville Children’s Theatre, the competition featured 18 …