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 …
New Math: 23 (mental health counselors) = 36?
There’s never a good time to cut back on support services for kids, but given that today’s students are under more pressure to perform than ever before, news of reductions …
Farragut principal’s sudden promotion raises questions; parents, friends of student suicide victim want answers
Ryan Siebe is no longer the principal at Farragut High School, and the news took attorney Herb Moncier by surprise. And he’s not the only one, since new principals are …
Fighting for (and sometimes with) Mechanicsville: Bentley Marlow builds
Ten years ago, a young Mechanicsville resident sent an op-ed column to the News Sentinel refuting the claim that Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation had transformed public housing by replacing College …