Death penalty is Rotary topic

Tom KingFarragut, Feature

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 …

Knoxville’s Calcutta

Nick Della VolpeFeature

Riding down lower Broadway in Knoxville can transport you to a byway slum in India. The only things missing are the cardboard and tin shacks of those foreign inhabitants. The …

NAACP calls for public hearings on BOE plan

Sandra ClarkFeature

The Knoxville Branch NAACP is calling on the Knox County Board of Education to hold public hearings before adopting its draft strategic plan, developed as a road map for the …

Have a cone on Tim

Sandra ClarkFeature, Northeast Knox

Tim Burchett is celebrating his campaign for Congress with an ice cream social at Cruze Farm. It’s today (7/31) starting at 5:30 p.m. at The White Barn at Cruze Farm, …

Baker makes PGA junior all-star team

Betty BeanFeature

Tylan Baker is a young man with goals, and he’s not one to dillydally while pursuing them. Ask him his age, and he says “12 about to turn 13 in …

From around here

Marvin WestFeature, westwords

Thousands of little boys from around here, blessed with little orange shirts, grew up to be followers of Tennessee football. Some learned from their parents. Some learned listening to the …