Dental care is what patients who come to Remote Area Medical’s pop-up clinics need most. They start lining up 24 hours in advance for RAM’s services, which are provided free …
Incumbents taking fire from all sides
Twelve of 13 candidates for Knoxville City Council met with the Fountain City Business and Professional Association Wednesday at Beaver Brook Country Club. (Click here for a list of candidates …
Give me a sign, please
Probably like you, I’m driving a lot more these days than I was around the same time last year.
On the upside, I’ve been able to enjoy our verdant spring and …
Loe down and mean
I knew Lloyd Daugherty. Lloyd Daugherty was a friend of mine.
And Gary Loe, you are no Lloyd Daugherty.
Lloyd died in 2014, and Loe is his successor as chair of the …
Looking for the perfect volume
A friend described me recently as a “word nerd,” and though she meant it as a compliment, the longer I thought about it, the more it bothered me.
Why is it …
Indya and Eddie: Ups and downs
In 2019, I wrote here about the Knoxville election for mayor. Interestingly, and forgotten by most, Eddie Mannis was the people’s choice – at least in the Aug. 27 primary.
Mannis …
Goodbye to a friend who never had a chance
Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone. Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you.
The name’s not right, but it was close enough to keep …
Haslam plays it safe in ‘Presence’
I wanted to write about former Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam’s new book this week. The only problem was, that meant I had to read it.
If you know me even a …