Former chancellor’s law license suspended

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Former Chancellor Clarence E. “Eddie” Pridemore Jr. is no longer an attorney in the state of Tennessee. His law license was suspended December 20, 2023, according to the Board of …

Let’s talk Trump

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Rational people must deal with things as they are, not as they might wish them to be. Knox County supports Donald Trump for president, and enough Republicans like him to …

Let’s talk trees

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The city of Knoxville’s Urban Forest Master Plan is available for public comment. Find the 28-page report here.
A steering committee has worked for a year to produce this report, led …

Jacobs in Iowa: Bits ‘n pieces

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Our Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs swapped the snow here to campaign in Iowa for Donald Trump. He and other celebrities are happy because Trump won the Iowa caucuses on …

Wisdom from MLK: ‘Keep Moving’

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Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, has retired now but still writes a weekly column, Child Watch, for the CDF website. Her post of 1/12/24 is titled …

Bye, bye ’23

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The New Year is a time for optimism. A fresh start. A redo.
For Knox Countians, it’s a year of elections: March 5 – county primary; Aug 1 – county general, …

Who runs Knoxville?

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Who are the most powerful people in Knoxville? A summer Power Poll survey of 400 or so folks produced this response:

Bill Haslam, former governor
Randy Boyd, UT president
Indya Kincannon, Knoxville mayor
James …