Knox Heritage Offers Gap Funding

Knox Heritage, with funding from the City of Knoxville’s Preservation Fund, is offering limited “gap funding” to eligible homeowners residing within one of the City of Knoxville’s H-1 Historic Overlay districts. Knox Heritage will begin accepting applications on July...

Deputy Chief Whited to speak to FCBPA tomorrow

The Fountain City Business and Professional Association meeting is coming up on Wednesday, June 12th. Special Notice: For the month of June (only) we will be meeting in the “Ministry Center” room. There will be signs and help to get to the Ministry Center...

City Council Rep Singh Organizes Recode Workshop

Seema Singh, City Council Representative for District 3, has organized a workshop on Recode.   The workshop will be held on Tuesday, June 11, at the Knoxville Expo Center on Clinton Hwy beginning at 5 p.m. All District 3 residents are welcome.   Residents...

Character Witnesses

By Jedidiah McKeehan Occasionally when I meet with clients and we are discussing our upcoming trial, I will run through with them who we want to call as witnesses at trial.  When they mention someone, I will ask them, “What are they going to testify about?”  Sometimes...

Verbicide

By Dr. Jim Ferguson As my readers know, I am a stickler for words. After all, words are the only tools beyond body language we have to communicate our thoughts and feelings. Mr. Webster advertises nearly a half million words in his on-line English dictionary, and I...

New names

By Joe Rector It’s for sure that I’m too old to deal with high school students. Nothing could make me go back to work a five-day week teaching them; about all I can take is three days of substituting. By the end of the third day, I’m exhausted, and my patience has...