Ear to the Ground Archives

Richard Jacobs, trustee candidate, will test Republican loyalties

What looked like a walkover in the Knox County trustee race just a couple of months ago is shaping...

From a very young age, Commissioner Richie Beeler “talked the talk” as a Christian. But he admits...

Six months ago, the Knox County GOP sent an urgent message to voters in the city’s District 1:...

There was enough commotion in the capitol’s Senate chamber last Wednesday to disturb the ghost of...

On Jan. 21, 2010, P.C. (pre-Covid), the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in “Citizens United...

Growing up in North Knox County, I knew little about the south side. South Knox was the mostly...

The writer Joan Didion passed away last month at age 87. At the time I was reading “The Year of...

Soul legend James Brown was said to be the hardest working man in show business; Justin Biggs just...

Three words strike fear in the heart of a Knox County voter: “Jacobs for Governor.” They also stir...