Will we ever decide we’ve heard enough Cas Walker stories? Will we ever tire of hearing about throwing chickens off the roof, taking Dolly on her first visit to Nashville, …
Knox County can’t shake those jailhouse blues
There were no fireworks this week when the consultant Knox County Commission hired to study the issue of jail overcrowding recommended building a 200-bed intake center on the green space …
Bounds leaps and Dunn’s done (in that order)
In Tuesday’s KnoxTnToday, Patti Bounds told the world that she will run in the 2020 Republican Primary for the District 16 state House seat held by 12-term incumbent Bill Dunn.
On …
Remembering an Angel
I never met Angel Juarbe, and by the time I learned about him right after Sept. 11, 2001, he was already dead. But I think of him every year on …
Campaign season begins anew; conversations will be different
Updated 12:31 p.m.
The city’s primary elections are over, but it’s 90 degrees outside and November seems far away. Just below the surface, however, the general election push for mayor and …
Did Rogero put her thumb on the scale?
The tough thing about writing a Friday column after a Tuesday election is finding something to say that hasn’t already been said in somebody else’s postmortem. But Friday morning’s coming …
Knox County’s most progressive officeholder moves on
Mark Stephens is a soft-spoken guy who smiles often and easily. But don’t let that fool you – there’s steel in that backbone sufficient to mold the position to which …
The lawyers Moncier: Walking separate paths together
Over the past 10 years, Adam Moncier has carved out a niche for himself in juvenile court, practicing family law away from his father’s long shadow.
“When he first came over …