Nevaeh Phelan is usually dizzy when she steps off of the “spinner,” a new piece of playground equipment at Lonsdale Elementary.
But the fifth-grader said she likes the apparatus – a …
Lonsdale students celebrate new playground
Resolution 908: a reason to smile
Ed White hadn’t heard about Resolution 908, so it took him a few minutes to pull up the Community TV website and watch the video of Knox County Commission’s June …
Ailing but optimistic, Strickland works on another comeback
Tank Strickland was moving slowly when he walked through the doorway at Jackie’s Dream to attend a reception for Charles Lomax, a young African-American minister who is running for an …
Rob Voigt: Young man in a hurry
Knox County’s District 6 has been represented since 2008 by Brad Anders, a Knoxville Police Department lieutenant who ran a close race for Knox County mayor in 2018. Anders is …
Dailey ‘bears’ with knee issues, itches to get back to his people
Since he took office in 2016, Carson Dailey, the Knox County commissioner representing District 9, has been Johnny-on-the-spot, taking care of his constituents and vigorously attending government and community meetings …
County Commission looks for way out of pension stalemate
Knox County Commission is scheduled to meet in special session at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, to consider a joint proposal from Mayor Glenn Jacobs and Sheriff Tom Spangler to …
Commission names Nystrom chair
How do you run for an office you can’t campaign for?
Specifically, since elected officials aren’t allowed to lobby their colleagues on issues coming up for a vote (and county commissioners …
Signs, signs, signs
Just when I stopped to photograph a gaggle of unsightly political signs, a car slowed down and out stepped Ronnie Rochelle. He had come to place a sign on the …