The availability of legal abortion used to vary from state to state and didn’t come to Tennessee until the U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade in 1973. But that …
City, others sued by person claiming injuries at The Vibe
Shadi Jamal Murfiq has filed a lawsuit against the recently shuttered nightclub, The Vibe, and others seeking $10 million in compensatory and $10 million in punitive damages for injuries he …
Gloria goes back for seconds, clashes with banana Republicans
Gloria Johnson thought she knew what to expect.
It hadn’t been any picnic to be a Democrat serving in a state House when she’d been there the first time. Republicans had …
The business of punishment is book talk topic
This month’s “Books Sandwiched In” – Wednesday, May 22, noon-1 p.m. at the East Tennessee History Center auditorium, 601 S. Gay St. – should be a doozy. Julie Gautreau, a …
The day after (big fire keeps on burning)
The fire was still burning when Scott King and Mandy Mullins went home Thursday.
The air was foul and the streets surrounding 401 East Morelia Ave. were barricaded while firefighters worked …
Jacobs: Three new schools, no tax hike
When Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs announces his first budget next Wednesday (9:30 a.m. May 1 at Central High School), he will propose construction of three new elementary schools with …
Bring Kara home: Lawson should be next Tennessee coach
If ever there was a case of mass love at first sight, it happened when Tennessee fans met Kara Lawson.
It was Nov. 7, 1999, the first exhibition game of the …
Middlebrook heads county Democrats
LaKenya Middlebrook was elected March 30 to chair the Knox County Democratic Party. Read more about her in Betty Bean’s profiles here and here. Her cabinet includes Ed Nelson, vice …