City of Knoxville offices, including the Office of Neighborhoods, will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 28 and Friday, Nov. 29. Garbage and recycling pickups will be on regular schedule Monday, Nov. 25-Wednesday, Nov. 27. There will be NO household garbage or recycling collection on Thursday, Nov. 28. Waste Connections will run Thursday routes on Friday […]
Parkinson Support Group of North Knoxville will hold its monthly meeting at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 21st at Christ United Methodist Church (in Halls Crossroads) 7535 Maynardville Hwy., Knoxville, TN 37938. The program will be: “Tips for the Caregiver” by Pat Green, Social Worker at UT Hospice who has been in the field for […]
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m a fan of many types of music. And I’m not alone in this appreciation which can at times be almost visceral. In fact, “music,” in the form of beating, drumming or rhythmic sounds predates human speech. The first sounds heard are those of a mother’s heartbeat, imprinted upon the soul […]
By Mike Steely I took my wife and grandson to East Towne Mall recently, just after the owners announced it was closing at the end of January. Belk, the only big-box store left there, had announced it is closing this month and that store was packed with shoppers taking advantage of 85% off most […]
By Steve Williams A Tennessee football team that got off to one of the worse starts in school history now has a chance to have the best finish ever. From 0-2 and 1-4, including the embarrassing loss to Georgia State in the season opener, to a 5-5 record, that’s how far the Vols had come […]
By Joe Rector I’m not about to enter an argument about the benefits of technology in our lives. That argument would be voided by the fact that I’m using the thing about which I rail to write my rant. So, instead of downing these wonders of modern life, I’ll recall how we managed to live […]
By Rosie Moore In 1886, thirty-four yeas before women in the U.S. earned the right to vote, Avon’s founder, David H. McConnell, helped give them the chance to earn an independent income. He didn’t set out to create a beauty company. In fact, McConnell was a traveling book salesperson who offered fragrance samples as […]
By Jedidiah McKeehan When individuals or business come to me and state that they want to sue someone for money they are owed, one of the topics I always cover with them is, does this person have any money? Or another way to put it, if we go to trial and win a big judgment […]
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, by Deed of Trust dated May 30, 2013, recorded in Instrument#: 201305310078660 of the Deed of Trust Records of Knox County, Tennessee, AHB ENTERPRISES, INC, conveyed to Steven J. Greene, as Trustee, the property situated in Knox County, Tennessee, to wit: SITUATED IN DISTRICT NO. NINE (9) OF […]
Clayton Science Center plans to be presented By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The proposed Knoxville Science Museum for the grounds of the Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum was contingent on the city acquiring another location for the police department. The current police headquarters sits atop the hill above the auditorium and, as it looks […]