2024

Honoring one of the best— a true and giving friend He grew up on the south side of Chickamauga Avenue in north Knoxville. I lived on the north side at the foot of Sharp’s ridge. We walked the same streets, played ball on the same soil,…
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How our favorite Vol song got its start and found its way to our beloved team In 1945, a 19-year-old Sicilian woman by the name of Matilda Scaduto worked as a lift elevator operator at the Schroeder Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When…
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More families across the country have switched to homeschooling since the pandemic—and East Tennessee is no exception. The U.S. census estimates that around 5.4% of Tennessee families homeschooled in the spring of 2020 with this increasing…
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Moving from your dream home can be a challenge, but a good home builder makes it a breeze. When Deb and Mike Held moved from Colorado to Rarity Bay, they didn’t expect to be moving out anytime soon. Yet less than half a decade after…
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Girls in the end zone Move over boys. This fall, females will be on the field, too. Flag football for high school girls is now an officially sanctioned sport in Knox County Schools, complete with designated flag football coaches —…
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September 15 begins a month of celebration of East Tennessee’s Hispanic and Latinx community In a few short weeks, it’ll be that time of year again – a time to celebrate the myriad of Hispanic and Latinx cultures and communities that…
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East Tennessee’s paddlers find triumph and community in the water This August saw several dozen boats enter the water for the Three Rivers Regatta. As the name suggests, this paddling competition takes place on three rivers in East…
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There’s a time in my life that’s been coming to mind recently. I was 35. I had lost pretty much everything I had. I was forced to sell my home, lost my business, had a failed relationship. I was in the dumps. As I listened to a self-help…
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Three weekends in October will bring the community together to showcase and celebrate the building industry in East Tennessee What do you get when an aerospace engineer marries the sales and marketing director of a large regional…
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There’s a lot more to Italian cuisine than pasta—but there’s also the pasta. Growing up, a night out at a nice restaurant with the family almost always meant Italian. Perhaps it’s just that my parents found that spaghetti was a safe…
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