The Tennessee Bar Association has awarded the Justice Joseph W. Henry Award to Knoxville attorney, Monica J. Franklin, C.E.L.A., for her article Saving Momma's Home, published in the February 2006 Tennessee Bar Journal. This award, established...
June 12, 2007 9:54 pm / no comments
The North Knob Creek Association has received their paperwork back from the state of Tennessee. The NKCA formed as a result of several issues. The group is currently interviewing lawyers and plans on setting another meeting once an attorney...
June 12, 2007 6:45 pm / no comments
The proposed sports complex on North Knob Creek Road has been dealt another blow in a series of controversies surrounding the Optimist Club's attempt to build baseball fields in a residential area.
In a letter dated May 21, 2007, the...
June 12, 2007 6:22 pm / no comments
County Commissioner Jim Keener and his wife Marjorie filed for Chapter 13 Bankruptcy February 9th of this year.
In that filing, Keener listed four companies that were secured and 33 companies that were unsecured.
The total amount of money relating...
June 12, 2007 6:13 pm / no comments
The new International House of Pancakes is nearly complete on Chapman Highway. It is in the final stages of completion.
IHOP, the restauraunt that claims to sell 700 million pancakes per year will open soon to a hungry group of people.
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June 12, 2007 5:44 pm / no comments
Sonics is under construction next to Starbucks on Chapman Highway, which is also under construction.
SONIC®, America's Drive-In (NASDAQ: SONC) is the nation's largest chain of drive-in restaurants, 3,200 plus. SONIC started as a hamburger...
June 12, 2007 3:56 pm / no comments
All the hoop-la in South Knox is all over a new Senior Center that has been anticipated for a while now. June 12th at around 1:30 p.m. Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale, and Ninth District Commissioners Paul Pinkston and Tim Greene gathered...
June 12, 2007 2:45 pm / no comments
In possibly the most hypocritical statement of principle ever issued, Yahoo has criticized the Chinese government for imprisoning people for expressing anti-government views online.
Yahoo glosses over the fact that they're being sued by...
June 12, 2007 11:49 am / no comments
Knoxville natives Paul Carney and Ousby Brewington were first place finishers, respectively, in the Trophy Division and the Foot Brake Division Saturday at Seymour’s 411 Dragway.
In his 1983 Mustang, Carney took top honors in the Trophy Division...
June 12, 2007 11:45 am / no comments
411 Motor Speedway will make the switch from a Tuesday night racing program to a Saturday night program beginning June 16th, according to track officials.
The Seymour track has seen a lot of changes since opening the gates in April 2007. The...
June 12, 2007 11:43 am / no comments
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is making an effort to bring lake sturgeon back into Tennessee waters.
In recent months the TWRA has released these prehistoric fish at designated sites in an effort to replenish Tennessee lakes and return...
June 12, 2007 10:57 am / no comments
Two Blount County men have plead guilty to TennCare fraud related to selling prescription pain killers obtained through TennCare benefits.
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) today announced the conviction of Robert Eric Stine, 30, and a plea...
June 12, 2007 10:24 am / no comments
Saturday was the designated state-wide “Free Fishing Day” for children in the state of Tennessee.
The banks of local fishing holes were packed Saturday from sun-up to sun-down as scores of youngsters took advantage of what is now called...
June 12, 2007 10:10 am / no comments
Fishing on Cherokee is good this week as the warm weather pushes fish into deeper water. The water temperature is a constant 82 degrees at the surface.
The location of choice for anglers this week is around rock banks and rocky points in 10...
June 12, 2007 9:33 am / no comments
Ray Mears, the winningest coach in University of Tennessee basketball history, passed away at 1:15 p.m. Monday at NHC Health Care Center in Knoxville.
Born Nov. 8, 1926, Mears was 80 years old. Arrangements are pending and will be announced...
June 12, 2007 9:14 am / no comments
One day unique event at Tennessee Martial Arts University in Seymour
An all-day martial arts event on grounds that can only be duplicated in Florida, California, Hawaii or Asia will take place in Seymour this Saturday at the Tennessee Martial...
June 12, 2007 9:13 am / no comments
Fathers Day – are you sure
What do fathers want to do on Father's Day? Many probably didn't even remember that June 17th is Father's Day.
Most would be happy to spend the day with their family doing family type things.
Did...
June 12, 2007 8:08 am / no comments
How would you feel if you threw a party and two of the three guests of honor declined to attend?
That's the scenario facing Major League Baseball as Barry Bonds closes in on one of sports' most revered records, the career home run...
June 12, 2007 7:40 am / no comments
Herman Flynn, of Seymour showed off his '57 Pontiac Chiefton and '71 LaMans Sports at the recent Pontiacs in Pigeon Forge.There were many various models of Pontics displayed at the event two weeks ago.The restored cars looked in better...
June 11, 2007 5:50 pm / no comments
Seymour Branch Library
?Summer Reading Program: FLUMPA Live!?
The Seymour Branch Library invites children in preschool through sixth grade to enjoy the FLUMPA Live! program on Monday, June 18 at 11:00am. FLUMPA Live! is a high-intensity program...
June 11, 2007 5:32 pm / no comments