The New Year is a time for optimism. A fresh start. A redo.
For Knox Countians, it’s a year of elections: March 5 – county primary; Aug 1 – county general, …
Bye, bye ’23
Who runs Knoxville?
Who are the most powerful people in Knoxville? A summer Power Poll survey of 400 or so folks produced this response:
Bill Haslam, former governor
Randy Boyd, UT president
Indya Kincannon, Knoxville mayor
James …
UT education professor, Tom Turner, has died
Retired University of Tennessee professor Thomas Noel Turner, 83, of Knoxville passed away at home on December 21, 2023.
Family will receive friends at Berry’s Funeral Home, 3704 Chapman Highway, Knoxville, …
John Edwin Ripley: United Methodist leader
A well-known United Methodist pastor of the Holston Conference has passed away. John Edwin Ripley will be memorialized at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2, at Church Street United Methodist Church. …
Beck leads celebration of Kwanzaa
The Beck Cultural Exchange Center is leading Knoxville’s celebration of Kwanzaa, a seven-day cultural reaffirmation for African Americans. It was created in 1966 by Maulana Karenga, based on traditions of …
Services Friday for physician, church leader
Dr. Thomas B. Drinnen Jr. compiled a productive career as a physician and a church leader. He died on December 26, 2023, at age 86. From his obituary we learn:
Dr. …
Invest in a green, leafy future
If you are considering a charitable gift before year’s end (5 days from now) you could do worse than the Cortese Urban Forestry Scholarship Endowment at the University of Tennessee …
Christmas comes to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Christmas morning. Family time as excited kids show new presents to grandparents and random aunts and uncles. My dad always cooked a big breakfast with three meats – country ham, …