District 4 school board candidate Katherine “Kat” Bike has maybe one-tenth the campaign kitty that her opponent has amassed, but she’s banking on fighting the money gap with what appears …
Vivian Shipe picks purple, a hybrid color, like America
Four years ago, the leading contenders for the Knox County Commission District 11, at-large, faced off in the Republican Primary. Justin Biggs, a young county employee who pitted his sparse …
Doug Jones: ‘You can’t just wish for change’
Asking former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones to be the keynote speaker at this year’s Truman Day Dinner is paying off for Knox County Democratic Party chair Matt Shears. Not only …
‘Knox County can do better,’ says mayoral candidate Helsley
When Debbie Helsley, the Knox County Democratic Party’s 2022 candidate for county mayor, finished up her senior year at South High School, she had no idea what was about to …
Gloria Johnson collapses in store; bystanders come to her rescue
Michael Knott says his wife Mandy noticed her first. Mandy said that something wasn’t right with the woman who’d just walked through the front door at TJ Maxx at 8:30 …
Just don’t trickle down my leg
(An essay in which we consider Trickle-Down Housing Theory)
Everybody knows we are in a housing crisis. We see heartbreaking stories about families sleeping in their car because they cannot afford …
Who pays the price when lawmakers play God?
She was 33 when they married. He was 38. They are thoughtful, high-achieving people, and they wanted to start a family right away. And because she was approaching the age …
Kim Frazier: It’s not about the Benjamins
Before the most recent county election, most of the guys I talk to about local politics – Republicans and Democrats alike – were confident that Devin Driscoll would win the …