This Friday, the WIVK Christmas Parade steps off for the 48th time. This year’s floats promise to be dazzling affairs with glittery Santas and enthusiastic reindeer eager to deliver toys. …
Ahead at the library
Friends of the Knox County Public Library will hold a series of Used Book Sales at branch libraries around the county. Sales raise money for improvements at branches while offering …
Read City USA aims to improve family literacy
Have the kids signed up for Read City USA’s Tails and Tales program yet? According to the Knox County Public Library, only 40% of Knox County students are reading at …
Patricia Lakin Watson: Outstanding service to Knox County
Many who were students at Smithwood Grammar School in the 1930s and 1940s will remember Mr. Lakin, the tall, kindly, highly effective principal of the school.
Hubert DeKalb Lakin (1906-1979) grew …