KCHD’s Service Spotlight: Community Health  

This week’s spotlight highlights KCHD’s Healthy Weight program and Diabetes Management classes    The Knox County Health Department’s (KCHD) Healthy Weight team works to prevent diabetes while also helping ensure people living with the disease have access to diabetes...

(More or less) True stories from an old journalist

By Mike Steely I’ve covered thousands of stories in my many years as a reporter. Some I never wrote about because the facts were too unbelievable. I’d like to share a few with you.   The Bootlegger Winked at Me I got a call one afternoon that a raid on a local...

Pace yourself

  By Joe Rector Last Memorial Day, the nation was closed down tightly as Covid-19 ravaged even the smallest towns. This year, things were much different. Responsible folks chose to get vaccinations, and enough have done so that we can cautiously come out for the...

Home Can Be a Time Capsule

  By Mark Nagi Recently I had the opportunity to make the drive to upstate New York to visit my Mom for the first time in nearly a year and a half. She’s vaccinated. I’m vaccinated. So, the risk that I could get her sick from the pandemic is significantly lower...