Tennessee quarterback competition owns the spotlight. Thousands, maybe a million, anxiously await the outcome.
Off stage, the irony of ironies is unfolding. Phillip Fulmer and Jeremy Pruitt are joined at the …
Joined at the hip
Your vote could help local nonprofits win grants
The good news is, 77 Knoxville area organizations (52 from Knox County alone) are vying for $250,000 in grants from the First Tennessee Foundation.
The, um, challenging news is, they’re in …
Trump Twitter tirades target Oak Ridge man; old friends shocked
Over the past few days, President Donald Trump has been training his sights – or at least his Twitter thumbs – on Bruce Ohr, a formerly obscure assistant director at …
Paul Naumoff dies
Updated 5 p.m. 8/18
Paul Naumoff, one of the legendary hitters in Tennessee football history, has died at age 73.
The all-American linebacker, longtime resident of Lenoir City, was famous for an …
Free family concert in Oak Ridge
Spectra Tech Inc. is sponsoring a free family concert featuring the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra to open the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association’s 74th season at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, at Oak …
Gillette plans Mechanicsville Homecoming (among other things)
David Gillette was sitting in the front room of Unchained Bail Bonding talking about the Mechanicsville Homecoming. He kept being interrupted by a ringing telephone.
One call he took was from …
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 …
A tourist in LA LA Land
It wasn’t on the bucket list, but I have now seen Los Angeles.
I don’t really have a bucket list. When I tried to make one, everyone said I didn’t really …