Kid A’ Riffic Fun in the Park kicked off last week at Suttree Landing Park and continues every Wednesday at a different park through the end of July. The events …
Read City USA aims to improve family literacy
Have the kids signed up for Read City USA’s Tails and Tales program yet? According to the Knox County Public Library, only 40% of Knox County students are reading at …
Fort Kid contractor OK’d
Knoxville City Council on Tuesday unanimously authorized Mayor Indya Kincannon’s staff to finalize an agreement for up to $450,000 with Great Southern Recreation to design and construct a unique, safe …
West Valley dance team earns top honors
The pandemic may have changed the format, but it couldn’t stop the West Valley Middle School dance team from earning two national championships this spring.
Dancers at West Valley took top …
Bevy of summer camps at Children’s Museum
Art experiences, “ooey gooey” science, fairy tale STEAM and Olympic adventures will be among Imagination Station Summer Camps for rising kindergarten through second graders at the Children’s Museum of Oak …
GEM pledges $1.6 million to youth athletics
GEM Community Development Group has announced an unprecedented investment in city youth baseball and softball.
The more than $1.6 million philanthropic gift contains two key components:
An investment of $1.1 million in …
KAMA donates books to KCS … and then some
It all started five years ago with a trip to a convention, an inspirational speaker, a book club and a commitment to keeping kids off drugs.
That is how this week, …
No-cost school lunches extended
Friday is School Lunch Hero Day, and we want to say a huge “thank you” to the KCS nutrition workers who provide healthy meals to students every day.
We are also …