Death at A-E is challenge to all

Sandra ClarkUncategorized

There’s a lot we don’t know yet about Monday’s death of an Austin-East student.

We know a high school kid is dead.
We know a KPD or school resource officer is hospitalized …

Spring bees a-buzzin’

Nick Della VolpeUncategorized

Spring – rain and sun, it’s time to mow. As I approached the ditch line on my mower, I noticed what looked like a half box of cereal emptied there …

Zoo Knoxville battles back

Tom KingUncategorized

“Zoo Lights” is a piece of  Zoo Knoxville Director Lisa New’s “Pandemic to Possibility” strategy as this dedicated professional leads our zoo out of the COVID-19 morass. New recently spoke …

Future of the old Holiday Inn site controversial

Nick Della VolpeUncategorized

On Wednesday evening, East Knoxville residents “participated” in a Zoom “meeting” about developer Carl Lansden’s plan to build 110 apartment units of subsidized housing on the back five acres of …

Cal Johnson Rec Center gets a re-do

Paige M. TravisUncategorized

Mayor Indya Kincannon, Knoxville City Council members and community advocates dedicated the rejuvenated Cal Johnson Recreation Center, 507 Hall of Fame Drive, on Sept. 23.
The top-to-bottom inside-and-out transformation of the …

Railroad ties up I-640 repaving

Nick Della VolpeUncategorized

Ever get the feeling you are riding down an old country road, as you rattle down I-640 these days? Eleven miles of potholes, make-shift crack repairs and fractured asphalt give …

Commission District 2: Pepsi vs Coke

Beth KinnaneUncategorized

Knox County Commission races have trended Republican of late, with the Democratic Party holding just one of 11 seats. That margin could change a bit if Courtney Roberts Durrett (D) …