I read an article recently, Interesting Facts: Ravens/Crows that grabbed my attention. It triggered a memory of my husband’s cousin Will Banister, who has a pet crow! So, I asked …
tnAchieves gets $200K boost
SouthEast Bank announced last week a $200,000 investment in tnAchieves, an education non-profit which has impacted more than 630,000 college students across 83 Tennessee counties, seeing significant improvement in first-year …
The Akima Club Cabaret is coming
Akima is a Native American term for leader. In 1951, a group of Knoxville women named their community service group The Akima Club of Knoxville to match their mission: To …
Show me the money!
Like many of us, I have seen the plugs on social media on “How to get your missing money!” After seeing a recent media report where there is over $1.2 …
Invest in a green, leafy future
If you are considering a charitable gift before year’s end (5 days from now) you could do worse than the Cortese Urban Forestry Scholarship Endowment at the University of Tennessee …
Hall Has It again! Rural Metro station wins contest
Four stations participated in the great Rural Metro Fire Station decoration contest and with over 1000 ballots cast and 100,000 views on the Rural Metro webpage, the winner is…… HALLS …
German response to local story
When I asked for readers to share stories, I didn’t expect to get one from Germany. Last week, I wrote about Tom Riesing and Marcia Goldenstein. This week I received …
Contest creates cute cards
Hillcrest Healthcare held the 2023 Holiday Art Contest, which Lavonda Cantrell called “truly one of my favorite activities we do each year. It has become a Hillcrest tradition and the …