School starts for some 58,000 Knox County children on Monday, Aug. 9, and Superintendent Bob Thomas has decided to make mask-wearing optional. The Covid Delta variant is surging and kids …
City council candidates: KPD funding
Early voting starts next week (Aug. 11-26) for five seats (a majority) on Knoxville City Council. Election day is Tuesday, Aug. 31. The top two vote-getters from each district will …
Heart attack claims Dan Marion
Jeff Daniel Marion, 81, of New Market, died July 29, 2021, of a heart attack. He was fixture at Carson-Newman University, working with writing students and founding the Appalachian Cultural …
Council candidate forum is Saturday
Candidates for Knoxville City Council from Districts 4 and 6 will meet voters in a candidate forum Saturday, Aug. 7, from 10 a.m. until noon. Sponsored by Town Hall East …
Stifflegs boost VMC fundraiser
Cynthia Moxley praises the music at a recent fundraiser for the Volunteer Ministry Center. The band was the Tennessee Stifflegs, named for those “fainting goats.”
Moxley captures the spirit of the …
Ndiaye is KCS ombudsman
Florence Ndiaye has been appointed ombudsman for Knox County Schools, effective August 2021. Ndiaye joined KCS in 2013 as a family resource center coordinator at Whittle Springs Middle School.
She previously …
Hiker gets back on trails with new knees
Kelli McCarter recently hiked some Smoky Mountain trails to see the wildflowers – and to reclaim her life. It was March 2021 and less than a year after double knee …
Services Thursday for Ken McMullen
Services will be Thursday, Aug. 5, for Kenneth E. McMullen, who passed away July 29, 2021. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Powell United …