The days Powell plays: 7/3 and 8/14

Sandra ClarkOur Town Outdoors

The Powell community has two free events for Independence Day – both on Saturday, July 3.
The Powell Lions Club Parade will step off from Powell Middle School at 11:30 a.m. and march …

Pre-Independence Day fun

Sandra ClarkKnox Notes

Celebrate July 4 early: 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, June 29, at New Harvest Park off Washington Pike just east of Target. Mayor Glenn Jacobs will host two rounds of trivia: the …

Joe Mack to head county parks & rec

Sandra ClarkKnox Notes

Joseph “Joe” Mack has been chosen by Mayor Glenn Jacobs to lead the Knox County Parks and Recreation Department. He will manage the department’s $5.6 million budget, 51 full-time employees …

‘Better than we found it’

Sandra ClarkOur Town Outdoors

The slogan of Legacy Parks Foundation is “Leaving East Tennessee Better Than We Found It.”
That’s certainly happening at the Collier Preserve in Powell.
Legacy Parks has pulled folks who don’t necessarily …

Mercado tabbed for Equal Justice Works

Sandra ClarkKnox Notes

Jocelyn Mercado, a student at LMU Duncan School of Law, has been selected from over 450 law students nationwide to serve in the 2021 class of Rural Summer Legal Corps for Equal Justice …