Mr. Jim Cummings

By Ray Hill “Live so that when you die, even the undertaker will be sorry.” Sign that hung in the business office of Jim Cummings. James H. Cummings is likely a name unfamiliar to most readers, but during his time he was a power and a man to be reckoned with. When he...

Fair and Brown ‘serve’ TSD well

Longtime coaches combine for 76 years By Steve Williams Jeanne Fair and Sharon Brown have coached everything but football at Tennessee School for the Deaf. And after a combined 76 years, the two are still at it and having fun. Fair is in her 44th year coaching at TSD....

Ground Game Propels Vols To 24-0 Win Over UTEP

~ from UTAD KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Sophomore running back Ty Chandler rushed 12 times for a career-best 158 yards and a touchdown as Tennessee recorded its first shutout since 2016 in a 24-0 victory over UTEP on Saturday afternoon at Neyland Stadium. A crowd of 87,074 was...

Knox County Mayor sponsors Veterans’ Breakfast

Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs sponsored the monthly free Veterans’ breakfast on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at the Community Center in Powell. There is a FREE Veteran’s breakfast the 3rd Saturday of each month. Mayor Jacobs has stated that he is a friend of veterans...