James Anthony “Jim” Ridley III passed away on October 12, 2021, at age 79. His passing leaves one less good guy in town. I met Jim in 1970, as a …
Services today for Giovana Kingsberry
Services are set for noon today (10/21) at Greater Warner Tabernacle AME Zion Church, 3800 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., for a remarkable woman – educator, entertainer, world traveler and …
Phil Leadbetter: Local musician with international reputation
Phil Leadbetter died October 14, 2021. He was just 59. He grew up in the Gibbs community, graduating from Gibbs High School. He was a world-renowned resonator guitar player. He …
Knox baseball: Get the ‘wonderfulness’ in writing
Seema Singh has called out developer Randy Boyd on a labor agreement for the proposed downtown baseball/multi-use stadium.
Boyd has said construction wages will be at least $15.50 per hour, but …
Knoxville civic leader has died
Knoxville gained a sterling asset when Elizabeth Margriet Koester and her husband, Rudolf Koester Ph.D., relocated here following his retirement in 2001 as a professor of German at the University …
Garrett Asher was Oak Ridge leader
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, for Anderson County business and civic leader Garrett Bruce Asher, who died Oct. 12, 2021, at age 79. He graduated …
Covid challenges downtown congregation
Back in early July 2021, Bill Dockery posted this photo and caption: The Beta Class at Central UMC share a prayerful moment in the service today. The service marked their …
Services Monday for retired audiologist
Doctor of Audiology, Knox County Commissioner, longtime member of Church Street United Methodist Church and Master Mason. James R. “Jim” Carroll Jr. wore many hats. Many were saddened to learn …