The Democratic candidate for the Second Congressional District seat being vacated by Jimmy Duncan has something in common with her Republican opponent:
Duncan doesn’t much like either of them.
Renee Hoyos, the …
Get Out & Play: Float Beaver Creek
Beaver Creek is a tributary of the Clinch River that flows 86.5 miles from Halls through Powell, all the way to Hardin Valley. Until recently, the creek has been mostly unnavigable due to lack of …
Magnolia’s miracle mile
Dozer operators, start your engines!
After nearly a decade of discussion and design work, followed by public meetings, the city of Knoxville is finally ready to launch construction on the long-awaited …
‘Old’ friends connect the dots
My Facebook time has been sparse lately, more because of circumstances than any kind of protest. I was unhappy and concerned with the Facebook data breach, and it did make …
West High alum April Snellings releases first book
The horror bug bit April Snellings before she was a teenager, when she discovered Ray Bradbury.
“He was the first writer I devoured,” she says. She moved from him to Stephen …
Predicting tomorrow’s election
Election day is tomorrow (Thursday), a few predictions:
It is not a foregone conclusion that Randy Boyd will carry Knox County. The key to his victory in the governor’s race is …
Death penalty is Rotary topic
Former Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Gary Wade, now Dean of the Duncan School of Law at Lincoln Memorial University, spent some time discussing the death penalty in front of …
Dashing toward the finish line
Three types of people came out in the rain for free ice cream today. There were the candidates, tired to the bone, who see an end ahead with voting on …