I didn’t know what a frigate was when I was 10, but I was pretty sure the old-timey sailboat atop a bounding wave on the “There is no frigate like …
Justin Biggs: Draws two checks, runs for third
Much as I love a good yarn, I’m going to try to make this as simple as possible: Knox County Trustee Ed Shouse needs to put Justin Biggs on unpaid …
ChainFree ordinance runs into trouble
He guarded his turf in every kind of weather. Chained to a ramshackle doghouse that provided little more than a roof, he barked ferociously when I walked by. He sweltered …
Ward Baker: The man behind the curtain
Last weekend the Glenn Jacobs for Mayor Twitter account shared a photo of Himself shooting a gun, a formidable, flame-spitting AR-esque weapon. Most of Himself’s 47,287 Twitter followers who checked …
The year we didn’t go to the Fair
Next to Christmas, the Fair was my favorite holiday. It wasn’t official, but it was important. Superintendent Doyle would give us a day off school and our grandparents would take …
Chris Holzen: Singing those Moscow blues
The “Will He/Won’t He” game – “he” being Vladimir Putin – isn’t just an abstract foreign policy discussion for Knoxvillians who knew Chris Holzen. The question of when, whether and …
How Fountain City got its swings
(Editor’s Note: Social media exploded Tuesday with unconfirmed rumors that the city of Knoxville might remove the swings in Fountain City Park. The swings that were installed in the late …
Brasfield will not run for sheriff in ’22
Updated 1/28/2022: Attorney Travis L. Brasfield contacted Knox TN Today columnist Betty Bean today to say that after serious consideration he will NOT be a candidate for Knox County sheriff …