Charlie Nix, a Powell High School graduate who died in military service in South Korea, was remembered May 31 at the Powell’s Station History Society. It was the group’s second …
Knoxville has always been a baseball town
The baseball Vols just clinched the SEC championship. The team is now taking its 57-3 record as the No. 1 seed into the College World Series. With home games sold …
A brave pioneer, a fox den, a crippled mule and a $49 house on the prairie
Ann Elizabeth Smith (1833-1914) was the daughter of David Russell Smith (1805-1847) and Mary Ann Galbreath 1 (1810-1895). She was the sister of my great-grandfather Alexander Mathias Smith (1841-1907) and …
Flatwater Tales Storytelling Festival is back and live
The Flatwater Tales Storytelling Festival, featuring three nationally renowned storytellers, is back with in-person performances June 3 and 4. Early bird ticket prices are available through May 15. This popular …
Need inspiration? Look to Lizzie Crozier French
As women’s rights increasingly come under attack throughout the United States, it’s important for East Tennessee women to remember that one of the most inspirational figures in the nation’s suffrage …
The Dixie-Lee Drive-In: Fond memories in Farragut
Not a word had been said, but the signs were right! It had been a beautiful summer day without a raincloud in sight. Everyone had been fed an early supper, …
Foolish Pleasure: When Knoxville won the roses
A touch over 50 years ago on a farm down in Williston, Florida, a plain bay thoroughbred colt was born on March 23, 1972. Nobody around here (or anywhere for …
Mickey Mantle: ‘The beginning of the end’
Sixty years ago, there wasn’t as much going on as today. Spring and summer meant baseball. And baseball meant Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese on TV, broadcasting the game …