Go ‘VOLS’

Go ‘VOLS’ By Ralphine Major The four letters became important years ago.  They are still important today.  VOLS, which is short for Volunteers, has long been identified with The University of Tennessee (UT).  I do not remember the vantage point where I was standing...

Q&A with Webb football coach Dave Meske

Q&A with Webb football coach Dave Meske By Mark Nagi Long-time Webb School of Knoxville football coach Dave Meske has announced that this will be his final season on the Spartans sidelines. Meske has been at Webb for 40 years and the last 38 as head football...

A Significant Swagger

A Significant Swagger By Tom Mattingly This is one of my favorite Neyland Stadium pictures, an aerial shot from the 1966 Ole Miss game. It was Homecoming Day in Knoxville, and a near-capacity crowd of 55,206 (57, 122) found its way into the stadium. Here’s the context...

Engage Your Neighbors Through Traffic Calming

~ from the City of Knoxville’s Office of Neighborhood Empowerment This year, the City installed speed humps in several neighborhoods as the result of their completion of the Neighborhood Traffic Safety Program (NTSP). The program’s goal is to identify the best ways to...