Ethan Turbyfill of Maryville has won the Musical Theatre Initiative competition for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival’s Region 4 and is headed to the National Festival this summer …
Blount United Way salutes First Horizon
United Way of Blount County has recognized First Horizon as one of the county’s “Top 50 Most Generous Workplaces.”
In a letter, the United Way thanked the bank for “joining our …
Blount County physician dies at 98
Norman A. McKinnon Jr., M.D., died March 15 at age 98. He was a retired Maryville obstetrician-gynecologist who practiced at Blount Memorial Hospital for 40 years.
Along the way, Dr. McKinnon …
Nonsense from my muddled mind
I have no idea what they teach in journalism these days, but, back in the day, two of the things we learned involving ledes – the opening sentence of a …
They’re thin, they’re rich and they’re baaaack!
Last March, I claimed altruism.
In the past, I have claimed nostalgia, gluttony and a weak will.
This year, I am once again searching for my own rationalization on why-oh-why-oh-why I cannot …
Gigi and Minecraft battle again
Minecraft has come back into my life, thanks to my 6-year-old grandson, King.
It has been a while. My last experience with the video game experience was one of both awe …
What are you doing for Lent?
Conversations this week in my circle of friends have usually included naming what he or she is “giving up for Lent.” The Lent season started last week on Feb. 17, …
Lament for snow days
I remember the spring of 1977 after graduating from the University of Tennessee the year before. I was a full-fledged member of the Knoxville News-Sentinel Women’s Department, writing wedding, engagement …