Kelly Ellenburg, board chair of Fountain City Town Hall, has announced two more awards to be presented at Honor Fountain City Day, set for Memorial Day, May 28, in Fountain …
Brickey-McCloud library named for Norman
Brickey-McCloud Elementary School’s PTO and student council surprised principal Robbie Norman with a special honor this week. Norman is retiring at the end of this school year after 42 years …
Have you seen my sanity?
I just had a birthday. Not a big one, meaning not one that ends in zero or five, but another year older nonetheless.
I usually let these in-between birthdays pass without …
Haney wants pay raise for teachers, deputies
The Democratic Party’s 2018 nominee for Knox County mayor got her first glimpse of Knoxville from the back of a motorcycle more than 25 years ago.
Linda Haney and her husband, …
McAlister’s wins Fountain City commercial restoration award
Fountain City residents remember with excitement when work started at the former CiCi’s Pizza building across from Party City. The building sat vacant for years before Peak Restaurants started renovating …
Open Streets heats up Sevier Avenue
You couldn’t call Sunday’s Open Streets event on Sevier Avenue the polar opposite of last October’s version in the same location. It was more like the equatorial opposite.
Organizer Bike Walk …
Pelot makes the case for Mobile Meals
Judith Pelot can be very persuasive. A few weeks ago she spent 30 minutes talking about Meals on Wheels, also known as Mobile Meals. Fellow Farragut Rotarians and I listened …
Beverly Road rezoning postponed until June commission meeting
A controversial rezoning vote on an 88-acre parcel on Beverly Road scheduled to be heard at next Tuesday’s county commission meeting will be postponed until June.
The matter was originally on …