Organized by City Councilman Nick Della Volpe, this summit is to include business owners, entrepreneurs, and area residents to talk about the area’s retail prospects: what residents want and what businesses need. Come voice your thoughts at roundtable groups: Lower Broadway and Central Street, Upper Broadway and Fountain City, Magnolia Avenue and Burlington, Knoxville Center […]
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley announces participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Meals will be provided at no separate charge to eligible children served at the following site(s): Halls/Powell Club 1819 Dry Gap Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918 Phone (865) 232-1218; Fax (865) 232-1219 Lenoir City Club 201 […]
This year, Mobile Meals is celebrating 45 years of bringing food and hope to the homebound seniors of Knox County. The second annual Power of the Purse is scheduled for Thursday, September 22, 2016. The event includes a purse sale, Celebrity Corner (purses donated by local celebrities), luncheon, and silent auction. The fun begins with […]
The French Broad Preservation Association will host its annual Pickle Fest on Sunday, Sept. 25. Festivities will take place at Riverdale School, located at 7009 Thorn Grove Pike in East Knox County, from noon-5 p.m. with a Pickling Competition sponsored by Green River Picklers as the main event. Contestants can compete among three contest categories of Cucumbers, Non-Cucumbers […]
Knoxville State Senators Becky Duncan Massey and Richard Briggs have announced that a bridge naming ceremony will be held on Wednesday to honor fallen Knoxville veteran, 1st Lieutenant Robert W. Saunders. The bridge spans State Route 162 on Dutchtown Road in Knoxville. Lt. Saunders, a United States Marine, made the ultimate sacrifice on June […]
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated June 21, 2012, executed by DANIELLE M. REECE, JASON A. REECE, conveying certain real property therein described to GLENN BALLETTO, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the […]
By Joe Rector Ah, the return to the classroom brings about both good and bad memories. It recalls some of the same questions I posed so many years ago. I hope I find answers to them before my time on this earth is done. First, I still wonder what is the reason for demanding 4 […]
By Ralphine Major Sixty-five years is a major milestone for any occasion! Emerson and Cecil (Welch) Mynatt of Halls were married in 1951. On Labor Day Weekend, their family surprised them with an anniversary celebration at the Chop House in Fountain City. These days, it is quite an ordeal to get the family all together. […]
By Steve Williams Many Tennessee football fans including myself weren’t sure what to expect from the Vols when they went into Saturday’s game against Ohio. After the struggle to get past Appalachian State in the opener and the slow start before pulling away from Virginia Tech in the Battle at Bristol, we were still scratching […]
By Rosie Moore On television, and on Facebook, I saw a picture of a little boy with a bloodied face, cuts and bruises on his body. His family was killed by terrorists. His little eyes looked out at the world as if to say, “Why did this happen? What will happen to me now?” And […]