Breaking: Senate passes voucher bill

Sandra ClarkGossip and Lies

Gov. Bill Lee’s Education Savings Account (voucher) bill has passed the state Senate, 20–13. Knox area legislators split, with Sens. Becky Massey, Richard Briggs and Frank Niceley voting no, while …

Danger ahead for Marshall Stair

Sandra ClarkGossip and Lies

Mayor Madeline Rogero has lobbed a grenade at Mayor-wannabe Marshall Stair. Rogero is pushing ahead with a vote on rezoning every parcel of land in the city – a proposal …

Before there was Dolly …

Sandra ClarkGossip and Lies

There was wisdom in Loretta Lynn’s songs. Remember this one?
They say to have her hair done, Liz flies all the way to France
And Jackie’s seen in a Discothèque doin’ a …

Can Bounds bounce Dunn?

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There’s a storm a’coming if school board member Patti Bounds takes on state Rep. Bill Dunn in the Republican Primary of 2020. Dunn, 57, was elected in 1994.
Bounds and others …

Lost in the fifties

Sandra ClarkGossip and Lies, N/E Knox County

Sometimes my van has a mind of its own. That’s my only excuse for the weird “shortcuts” I take to get around town.
Juana Barker, as a kid learning English, called …