I will never understand how anyone can eat steamed broccoli. Everything about it makes me nauseous, and the thought of having to eat a bite of it – even drenched …
Coleman, father of Blount Emergency Management director, dies
Former Tennessean Donald Francis Coleman, 85, died early in the morning on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, at home in Bryan, Texas, after a six-year battle with cancer. His elder son, …
July 31 deadline for PSCC’s 22-month nursing program
Apply by July 31 to start Pellissippi State’s nursing program in January
Nurses were, without a doubt, among the breakout heroes of the Covid-19 pandemic. Do you have what it takes to …
Changing times in a changeless place
As a good Southern woman, I treasure traditions, and change can be difficult for me.
Still, the world turns, and life sometimes demands change. If last year taught me anything, it was …
‘Angel’ Gallow prevents a suicide
He had his loaded .38 pushed hard into his sternum. It was cocked and his thumb was on the trigger. Suicide was his plan, sitting on the back porch of …
Your package has arrived …
I’m so old that I remember when getting a package delivered to your doorstep was a really, really big deal.
Today? Not so much.
Both the UPS and FedEx delivery people know …
Cicadas and the sounds of silence
One of the things I enjoy in every season except winter is listening to the sounds of our backyard. We are blessed with about 100 yards of “woods” behind our …
Is Hasty a hero? This veteran says ‘no’
Mark Hasty is an interesting and humble chap, a firefighter who has saved lives in his native Maryville and again during the deadly and devastating Gatlinburg Fire. Heroes save lives. …