One of South Knoxville’s most prominent landmarks is the vacant, forlorn-looking former Parkway Hotel. Nestled between Chapman Highway and Martin Mill Pike, across from Berry Funeral Home, it’s a white, …
Ellen Grigsby Boring: An orphan’s legacy
It could be said that if it wasn’t for Divine Providence, the well-known Boring family of the Concord/Farragut community would not be here today. And because of that providence, Ellen …
Burchett builds a wall
U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett has unique artifacts from the Museum of Appalachia on display in his Washington office. Since 2003, these items have been on loan to U.S. Sen. Lamar …
Pat Summitt gets a star
Bruce Pearl listened quietly as Pat Summitt was heaped with praise during the invocation at the Big Orange Tip Off Club luncheon last week.
What? It was just 10 years ago, …
Elizabeth Deyoung: A life filled with love
(Written by Jake Mabe on Jan. 3, 2011)
Ask Elizabeth Deyoung how she’s lived a happy, long life and she’ll smile and tell you, “Maybe because I loved everybody. I love …
Powell Station’s Christmas of ’66
It’s said that reporters write the first rough draft of history. That’s why this writer got a great gift when Polly Morris gave me the earliest editions of The Powell …
Cedarcroft: Lucy Templeton’s muse shaped ‘A Country Calendar’
For more than 50 of her 57 years at the Knoxville News Sentinel, Lucy Curtis Templeton penned her column, “The Country Calendar.” The column was mostly about the birds and …
Beloved sign of season returns to First Baptist
There are plenty of secular harbingers for the holiday season in Knoxville. Not all of them were able to make an appearance this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. But …