Thomas Pruden of Park Place
An old African proverb states that when an elder passes, it’s as if a library was burnt to the...
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Category: Our Town Stories
Glorious history in Hampton TN
There once was a time, outside the Prohibition Era, of course, that it was illegal to sell beer,...
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Kimberly Kennard: Educator and artist
Educator and artist Kimberly Kennard has become an expert at finding her passions and turning them...
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We’re all just people
Around two weeks ago Dan and I attended a luncheon featuring Pulitzer Prize winner novelist Tracey...
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History lost: Knoxville College building destroyed in fire
The story I planned for today changed when social media erupted last night with photos and videos...
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Ron Warwick: Life behind the camera
Ron Warwick owned the wedding photography game in the 1980s. There was always a certain, personal...
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Let’s improve the world from our corner
‘How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world’...
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Stink bugs and how I lost my Zen
If you live out in the country, you become friends with the local “varmits.” On my daily walk...
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Sayonara to the Coward Mill Dam
Mrs. Leo E. Coling and Miss Olga Peterson were in high dungeon. And rightfully so. It was 1963,...
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Truck Yard is great for UT fans, kids, dogs
If you’re ever in Fort Worth, Texas, for a sporting event, make sure to check out the Truck Yard,...
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Davy Crockett’s birthplace destroyed by Helene
Those of us of a certain vintage have childhood memories of Davy Crockett: King of the Wild...
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