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by Sandra Clark | May 5, 2017 | No Category | 0
Dan Collins worked for Alvin Frye for 23 years. “I started in 1994 at Black Oak Amoco,” he said. “Then we went to Fountain City Exxon.” When Frye unexpectedly closed the service station at the corner of Broadway and Essary Road...
Read Moreby Sandra Clark | May 5, 2017 | No Category | 0
Let’s Move! event set for Saturday, May 6, has been cancelled because of weather. Rain is predicted for Saturday morning and fields already are saturated at Victor Ashe Park. City officials said if the event is rescheduled, it...
Read Moreby Sherri Gardner Howell | May 5, 2017 | No Category | 0
“Roots of Wisdom: Native Knowledge. Shared Science.” opens at the Farragut Museum on Thursday, May 25. The exhibit is one of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibitions and focuses on local ecosystems that face serious...
Read Moreby Sandra Clark | May 5, 2017 | No Category | 0
AMBC (Appalachian Mountain Bike Club) will hold its final regular workday of the season 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, May 7, at Haw Ridge Trailhead. Volunteers should bring water and gloves. Lunch and refreshments afterwards...
Read Moreby Sandra Clark | May 4, 2017 | No Category | 0
Glenn Jacobs has been endorsed by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. Jacobs is a candidate for Knox County mayor in 2018. In a press release today, Jacobs says, “I’m extremely proud to be endorsed by Sen. Rand Paul, the most conservative...
Read Moreby Betsy Pickle | May 4, 2017 | No Category | 0
While the federal government is still quibbling over building one wall, the city of Knoxville just cut the ribbon on two walls welcoming people to a South Knoxville landmark. Mayor Madeline Rogero led the official ribbon-cutting...
Read Moreby Sherri Gardner Howell | May 4, 2017 | No Category | 0
East Tennessee has drawn another “tourist” to its mountainous bosom and turned her into a resident. The folks at Frank R. Strang Senior Center are the beneficiaries of Denise Droullard Stocks’ love of Tennessee and seniors....
Read Moreby Sandra Clark | May 4, 2017 | No Category | 0
South-Doyle Middle School will get a $750,000 athletic field upgrade if Mayor Tim Burchett’s budget is adopted by Knox County Commission. A public meeting will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday, June 1, in the SDMS auditorium. The...
Read Moreby Sandra Clark | May 3, 2017 | No Category | 0
“Black Wednesday is so far in the past that it won’t be an issue” in the 2018 races for Knox County mayor and sheriff, said George Korda on April 16 on WATE’s Tennessee This Week. “What most people know, or think they know, is...
Read Moreby Betsy Pickle | May 2, 2017 | No Category | 0
Third time was the charm as the Marble Springs State Historic Site won “the pot” at Knoxville SOUP. Anna Chappelle, executive director of the site, which preserves a chunk of the farmstead of Tennessee’s first governor, John...
Read Moreby Sherri Gardner Howell | May 2, 2017 | No Category | 0
When caps fly through the air at the end of commencement ceremonies for Pellissippi State Community College Friday, May 5, many will signify a promise kept. It has been two years since Tennessee made history as the first state...
Read Moreby Sherri Gardner Howell | May 1, 2017 | No Category | 0
There’s a new judge in town, sort of. Approval of G. Keith Alley as the Municipal Court Judge for the town of Farragut at Thursday’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting was really just a formality. Judge Alley was appointed in...
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