Cool off with Daytime Docs
There’s nothing quite like escaping into a good movie in a cool room on a hot summer afternoon....
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Category: Our Town Stories
The Sherrods: They settled near the Holston
As we continue to move toward our nation’s semiquincentennial, I’m still focusing on elements of...
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A long ago tragedy in Farragut
The Knoxville Fair (early in its association with the Tennessee Valley Authority) was in full...
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The Book Whisperer shares her 2026 Summer Reading recommendations
Are you overwhelmed by the sheer number of new releases? Roughly 4 million books are published...
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Mordecai Lewis: He helped to establish Sevierville
As we continue to move toward our nation’s semiquincentennial, I’m still focusing on elements of...
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A place called Lonsdale
What’s in a name? In the case of the historic neighborhood of Lonsdale, it was a case of doing a...
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Samuel McSpadden: He made gunpowder
As we celebrate our nation’s semiquincentennial, I continue to focus on the related contributions...
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From Decoration Day to Memorial Day
President Calvin Coolidge stood at the marble rostrum in the amphitheater at Arlington Cemetery to...
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John Alexander: He was a Continental soldier
As we celebrate our nation’s semiquincentennial, I continue to focus on the related contributions...
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Do not forsake Alex Haley
My mother wasn’t one to over-police the time my siblings and I spent in front of a television....
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Farragut Museum opens new temporary exhibit
The Farragut Museum opened a new temporary exhibit, “Cornerstones of Community: Churches of...
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Veterans in two cemeteries honored
October is designated as the Jimmy Carter Month of Service and as that time approached in the fall...
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