Sometime back in 1987, I went on a hiking excursion to the Alum Cave Bluffs trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with a friend. I had climbed the trail before, but this time we had an ...

As we continue to move toward our nation’s semiquincentennial, I am focusing on the Revolutionary War effort of attaining independence and the related contributions and connections from folks of the ...

The successful life and good times of former Vol Stan Trott will be celebrated Sunday from 3-5 at Sinclair’s East restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama. He died August 20, 2025, at age 75. Trott was a ...

Readers should engage critically with the headlines by querying the search engine of choice (ex: Google, Bing, Yahoo, ...

What an interesting toolbox, Trooper Christopher Best takes to work. This is not about his Glock handgun or taser. Or pepper spray. Or the expandable baton. Or the shotgun and AR-15. Plus, handcuffs.

Just two weeks ago, the American Heart Association updated its definition of hypertension and recommendations for treatment. That’s important because high blood pressure remains one of the leading ...

Last week, the YWCA Knoxville and Tennessee Valley’s Oak Ridge Victim Services Team participated in the Red Sand Event to raise awareness about human trafficking. The Red Sand Event at the Anderson ...

Instead of telling you how little I know about East Tennessee State, I have decided to jump to a conclusion. I’ll tell you what I think of Josh Heupel. He’s pretty good at what he does. He can coach.

The Food Bank of East Tennessee’s 4th annual Hunger Action Month Kick-Off Breakfast was held on Thursday, August 28, 2025, hosted by Chambers of Commerce from Farragut/ West Knox, Blount County and ...

Week One of high school football was an exciting one with some unusual results. We will look at the results from some ...

In Week 4 of the August Read-a-Romance Book, it is time to provide details about the steaminess of the novel. Readers of ...

The phrase “National parks are America’s best idea” is attributed to Wallace Stegner, a writer and conservationist, and boy ...