Educators are “doing God’s work – the most important work on earth,” Marian Wright Edelman said in Knoxville last week. The founder of the Children’s Defense Fund brought the Billie …
People protect what they love: Jacques Cousteau
Carol Evans is the only person I know who can get 1,000 people in and out of a 90-minute lunch under a tent in the middle of a pasture down …
Lonsdale youth facility
For the past several months, Emerald Youth Foundation has sought approval from multiple public entities to build a new neighborhood multipurpose complex for youth in the heart of the Lonsdale …
Beaver Creek church has its own book
Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church has a new history book, “Thank you, Lord,” written by a member, Marvin West.
The book traces the beginning of the denomination to a three-man 1810 …
Closings ahead for Gay Street Bridge
Anticipate three closures of the Gay Street Bridge this month and into November: Twice to accommodate one-day special events, followed by a longer-term closure for infrastructure upgrades, per a city …
Handicapping the council races
Knoxville City Council races are more interesting to reporters than voters. We write about them incessantly, while 10 percent or fewer of eligible voters bother to vote. Early voting starts …
Anti-bullying policy remains; Karns CTE class funded retroactively
The school board has kept its bullying and harassment policies intact, declining to remove “actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation” after weeks of protests from students, staff and community members. …
Free program on end-of-life decisions
Knoxville attorney Stacie Miller will present a program on wills and end-of-life decisions at Powell Presbyterian Church 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29. The program is open to the public, and …