The ruse was pretty elaborate for a 19-year-old kid. On Sunday evening, July 28, 1974, one Bruce Michael Partlow of Akron, Ohio, was singing with the choir of the South …
Bootleggin’ in Lyons Bend
The defendant was hoping to skate on a technicality. The judge was having none of it. It was January 1926, and one Arthur Cox of Lyons Bend was in the …
Sorry, the Blizzard of ’93 was worse
I wasn’t planning to write about the weather again this week (see story here), but Mother Nature hasn’t accomplished much with “the melt” just yet, so here we are. The …
Snow day? How ‘bout a snow week …
The official word came down around lunch time on Monday: Knox County Schools were called out today and tomorrow because of the snow piling up outside and arctic temperatures on …
Grocery empire forged in bankruptcy
There were six brands of flour listed, ranging from $1 to $1.80 for a 24-pound bag. That’s a lot of flour. White Lily, of course, sat at the top of …
The ghosts of Park City
It seems like something that happened in a whole other era. Though I guess by some perspectives, a school closing nearly 42 years ago would be. But back in the …
Fruitless robbery at Holy Ghost in 1931
There was lots of exciting news in Knoxville in the days following Christmas back in 1931. That year, Christmas fell on a Friday. The next Monday’s headlines included a story …
ETHS presents 28 awards, three local
The East Tennessee Historical Society’s (ETHS) annual Awards of Excellence were presented earlier this year at The Foundry, World’s Fair Park in Knoxville. Since 1982, the Society has annually recognized …