Holiday offerings wrap up the season

Beth KinnaneOur Town Arts

Dec. 24 – Jan. 1
The Clayton Center for the Arts and The WordPlayers staged reading of A Christmas Carol is available for streaming beginning at 1 p.m. Dec. 24 through …

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 …

Jacobs proposes loan to Zoo Knoxville

Sandra ClarkFeature

Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs has announced a plan to loan $500,000 to Zoo Knoxville to help overcome operating shortfalls during the facility’s COVID-19 closure. The loan will be made …

Hungry friends at the zoo

Tina RolenFeature

Zoo Knoxville is losing an average of $22,500 a day while it remains closed in response to the COVID-19 virus. Some 86 percent of the zoo’s operating funds come from …