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  • Knoxville celebrates biscuit fest

    Downtown Knoxville transformed into a southern kitchen Saturday to celebrate the fourth annual biscuit festival. The smell of freshly baked bread filled the air. Thousands of people enjoyed a staple of southern cuisine, sweet and savory biscuits. A wide array of flavored biscuits filled Market Square. Flavors ranged from garlic and cheese "bo-nuts", a biscuit take on doughnuts, and ...

  • Worlds Fair Park hosts reading festival

    The Knox County public library hosted the ninth annual children's festival of reading Saturday. The goal is to get kids interested in reading during the summer months. Some of top children's authors brought their stories to life in World's Fair Park to the open ears and imaginations. There's also a statewide initiative called "Read-20" which encourages kids to ...

  • Maryville College Hosts Highland Games

    East Tennesseans harkened back to their Gaelic roots Saturday at the Smoky Mountain Highland Games at Maryville College. The celebrations started Friday night with a traditional haggis ceremony. On Saturday Celtic bands blasted traditional music and step dancers moved to the beat. Meanwhile competitors participated in events like the caber toss, the Scottish hammer throw and tug-of-war. The ...

  • Michelle Obama gives graduation speech at Nashville HS

    NASHVILLE (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit. Mrs. Obama spoke for 22-minutes to the Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet High School in Nashville in her only high school graduation speech this year. The first lady told the 170 ...

  • Birth announcements for May 19

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Kandahar

With the recent toppling of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, it may be that the central hope of Afghan women as expressed in writer/director Mohsen Makhmalbaf's Kandaharthat they be seenmay become a reality. ...

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  • Greeneville newscaster celebrates 60 years on the air

    Loving her job? That's an understatement for Maxine Humphreys. "I do my best. I put my best foot forward," she said on what was the anniversary of her employment at WGRV-AM Ms. Humphreys has been on the air at the Greeneville radio station since 1953, a time when women in broadcasting was a rarity. "She's just like everyone's neighbor who shares what's going ...

  • Biscuit Fest 2013 takes over downtown Knoxville

    20 local restaurants brought out their best offerings to the tasting area of Biscuit Boulevard, handing out samples and trying to win over even the most discerning of ...

  • Wayne Bledsoe A new grill is a meaty decision

    Every year around this time I get the propane tank filled on the gas grill and give that grill a good looking over. I say "looking over" because I'm not really going to do anything maintenance-wise. What I'm assessing is "Will this grill last another ...

  • Duck Dynasty stars do commercials for Clayton Homes

    Submitted Miss Kay and Phil Robertson, stars of the A&E reality television program ';Duck Dynasty,'; talk about the virtues of Clayton Homes in a commercial they recently did for the ...

  • Pam Reeves Understand the terms when signing a noncompete agreement

    Pamela Reeves is a partner in the Knoxville law firm Reeves, Herbert & Anderson P.A. Because factual situations vary, competent legal counsel should be consulted for individual ...

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