Nick Della Volpe surely can stir up controversy. Or perhaps Nick just points to controversy that others hope no one will notice. In writing about Knox County Commission’s agenda item …
Kevin Parton: Another crony hire?
The May 16 appointment of Kevin Parton as senior director of the Knox County Health Department looks like another Glenn Jacobs crony hire – the sort of hire that led …
‘Knox County can do better,’ says mayoral candidate Helsley
When Debbie Helsley, the Knox County Democratic Party’s 2022 candidate for county mayor, finished up her senior year at South High School, she had no idea what was about to …
Ward Baker: The man behind the curtain
Last weekend the Glenn Jacobs for Mayor Twitter account shared a photo of Himself shooting a gun, a formidable, flame-spitting AR-esque weapon. Most of Himself’s 47,287 Twitter followers who checked …
Picking the super; update on Midway
I guess 13 days (Feb 9-22) is enough time to evaluate finalists for Knox County’s next superintendent of schools – if you don’t have much else to do. That’s all …
Give me liberty, but keep the Libertarians
Once upon a time when Knoxville was still a two-newspaper town, the Knoxville Journal sent me to Nashville to cover state government. I was expected to produce a couple of …
Collision ahead for Burchett, Jacobs?
Three words strike fear in the heart of a Knox County voter: “Jacobs for Governor.” They also stir angst in the bosom of Tim Burchett, District 2 congressional representative and …
Dashing early to Read City USA finish line
In January 2021, Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs challenged all Knox Countians to read toward a collective goal of one million hours, doubling the reading goal set in 2020. We …