Knox County voters who choose to vote early may do so starting Wednesday, October 16. Early voting ends October 31 and the ...

While the scores of Isabella Coughlin and Alexis Fishel earned the state title at the Sevierville Golf Club last Tuesday, ...

Elmarie Hall Carter celebrated her 95th birthday last week on October 9. She is one of the oldest Thomas Hall Family ...

The people of Idaho had their own in Glen H. Taylor. Taylor was a controversial figure in his state, being farther to the ...

Members of the Knoxville Songwriters Association will perform a free concert Oct. 15 at their 12th annual “Fountain City ...

At its annual Awards Banquet, held April 8 in Knoxville, the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame honored long-time Knoxville journalist Marvin West with its “Lifetime Achievement Award” honoring his ...

Margaret “Peggy” Timberlake Eaton has been the subject of books and even one Hollywood film (The Gorgeous Hussy) and is oftentimes portrayed as the vixen who nearly caused the collapse of President ...

One of the most colorful and powerful Speakers of the U. S. House of Representatives was Joseph Gurney Cannon of Illinois. Deeply conservative and thoroughly autocratic, “ Uncle Joe” Cannon ruled the ...

“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt – Ruth Bryan Owen lived a truly remarkable life; at various times she was an author, filmmaker, lecturer, diplomat and ...

With his grandfather being the church choir director and his father the piano player, it was no surprise that music came naturally to Cooter Daniel. Saved at age 13, Cooter has always had a feeling ...

Imagine you are traveling by horse, carriage or stage in the early 1800s. You’ve come from North Carolina headed into East Tennessee and you come to the Holston River. How will you cross the water?

We are lucky to have a good local radio station like 98.7 WOKI with its all-star roster of outstanding hosts. Its host and co-hosts seem to care about East Tennessee and its people, and they help keep ...