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Knoxville Is No Fun
At least, according to an article at Portfolio.com seemingly designed to generate web traffic from local news stories and blog posts just like this one. Portfolio used...Read More Published 04/27/2010 at 12:59 PM 0 comments -
Tea Party Convention Coming to a Burg Near You
That's right, folks, the Tennessee Tea Party Coalition has chosen our own Gatlinburg as the location of its May 22-23 state meeting, so for all...Read More Published 04/27/2010 at 11:25 AM 0 comments -
Bookstore Coming to North Central
This has been in the works for a while, but John Coleman made it official on Friday by publicly announcing a new bookstore in the old Corner...Read More Published 04/24/2010 at 3:40 PM 0 comments -
Palin, Heels and Hair Gel
Because we're lazy tired of hearing about her working hard on very important matters of great public significance, Metro Pulse did not join the mad...Read More Published 04/23/2010 at 2:05 PM 0 comments -
Rocky Hill Restaurant Wars!
Bruce Bogartz, two-time winner of "Best Chef" in our Best of Knoxville readers poll, just opened his latest venture in Rocky Hill, RouXbarbeque. According to...Read More Published 04/23/2010 at 1:38 PM 0 comments -
Sundown Kicks Off Another Year
Sundown in the City got underway last night with performances by Trombone Shorty and Superdrag. I personally felt Trombone Shorty was more enjoyable and better-suited...Read More Published 04/23/2010 at 12:18 PM 0 comments -
Wamp & Rich
Calling all UT Conservatives! That's what the flier says. Goobernatorial candidate Zach Wamp wants to party with you. And he's bringing Muzik Mafioso John Rich along...Read More Published 04/22/2010 at 5:24 PM 0 comments -
Eric Berry Draft Day Tweets
This is the big day for University of Tennessee safety Eric Berry--NFL draft. He will definitely end up with pots and pots of money, and...Read More Published 04/22/2010 at 11:00 AM 0 comments -
The Continuing Adventures of Stacey Campfield
Our favorite state representative has come up with a novel legal defense in his ongoing libel case: OK, sure, what he said was false... but he thought it...Read More Published 04/20/2010 at 11:15 AM 0 comments -
Endorsements from a Well-Connected PAC
A slate of county election endorsements arrived Friday from the Public Trust PAC, a self-styled good-government group that picked a lot of local winners in 2008, and...Read More Published 04/16/2010 at 4:37 PM 0 comments -
Duncan Steps Down as TVA Chairman
Today TVA Chairman Mike Duncan announced he is resigning from his leadership post on the board in order to concentrate on fundraising for American Crossroads,...Read More Published 04/16/2010 at 11:38 AM 0 comments -
Break the Silence Today at 5:30
Two years ago, we wrote a brief, and occasionally poignant, wrap up of Breaking the Silence observation as part of a story on LGBT teens...Read More Published 04/16/2010 at 11:11 AM 0 comments -
Lost in the Maize
After our friend and colleague Betty Bean noted over on KnoxViews that the campaign website for county mayoral candidate Rev. Ezra Maize appeared to have expired, we...Read More Published 04/16/2010 at 10:06 AM 0 comments -
East TN Priest Admits to Sex Abuse
Today's big headline in the News-Sentinel is that Father Bill Casey, a priest who has served in East Tennessee for over 40 years, has admitted...Read More Published 04/16/2010 at 8:54 AM 2 comments -
First Look: The Men Behind Marble City Brewing Co.
Today Adam Palmer and Johnathan Borsodi, co-founders of Marble City Brewing Company, Knoxville's soon-to-be newest brewery and bottling operation, gave me a tour of their...Read More Published 04/15/2010 at 4:15 PM 0 comments -
We've Been Facebooked by Facebook
As much as we like Midpoint, we thought it was a bit unusual when Stephanie Piper's latest column got bombarded with page views within hours...Read More Published 04/15/2010 at 2:27 PM 0 comments -
PEP! Up With Our Health & Fitness Guide
This week's issue of Metro Pulse features a healthy double-feature: A cover story on the cultural reasons behind Knoxville's ever-expanding waistline (plus an interview with Biggest...Read More Published 04/15/2010 at 10:18 AM 1 comments -
Slideshow: New Allegations Against Knoxville Priest
AUDIO SLIDESHOW:On Wednesday Warren Tucker, 44, stood outside the Knoxville Diocese and accused a now-retired priest living in East Tennessee of sexually abusing him from...Read More Published 04/14/2010 at 5:59 PM 1 comments -
A Boot in the Fed is the Tennessee Way
Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, debuted his first campaign ad today. The spot, which the campaign plans to...Read More Published 04/14/2010 at 11:29 AM 0 comments -
Knoxville's Getting a New Brewery: Marble City Brewing
Local aficionados of craft beers have long lamented the demise of the New Knoxville Brewing Co. several years ago, the city's lone bottling brewery. But...Read More Published 04/13/2010 at 5:35 PM 1 comments -
A Frussie's Revival
It was just last fall that I made a tearful adieu to Frussie's Deli, closed due to owner/chef James Dicks' battle with cancer. In my...Read More Published 04/13/2010 at 4:59 PM 1 comments -
What We're Famous For Today
Sigh... at least they don't say anything about Appalachia, right?...Read More Published 04/12/2010 at 3:22 PM 0 comments -
99 Problems But County Mayor Race Ain't One
Last week Democratic Mayoral Candidate Michael McBath released a remix of Jay-Z's "99 Problems" called "99 Problems Mayor Remix," in which he lays out his...Read More Published 04/12/2010 at 3:07 PM 0 comments -
Slideshow: Priest Sex Abuse Hits Home
On Friday the Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, held a small protest in front of the Knoxville Diocese on Northshore Drive...Read More Published 04/12/2010 at 11:35 AM 0 comments -
Former MP Scalawag Charles Maldonado Appears Topless in Latest Nashville Scene Story
Charles Maldonado did plenty of participatory journalism while he was a staff writer for Metro Pulse. He chronicled summer in the South with no air...Read More Published 04/08/2010 at 2:24 PM 0 comments -
Anti-Textbook Dad Makes Fox News
And awaaaaaaay we go...I guess Big Ears couldn't remain Knoxville's best claim on national media attention for long.(Also, who you callin' "small town," Fox? Estimated Knox...Read More Published 04/08/2010 at 12:33 PM 0 comments -
Librarian Karyn Brinks: Censoring School Books a Slippery Slope
If that woman standing pretty much alone to speak to the school board in favor of keeping a controversial AP biology book in the system...Read More Published 04/08/2010 at 11:21 AM 0 comments -
Bill Lockett Pleads Guilty, Resigns
Knox County Law Director Bill Lockett pleaded guilty this morning to embezzlement charges and will resign from his post. ...Read More Published 04/08/2010 at 9:43 AM 0 comments -
Knox Chamber Opposes English-Only Bill
Knoxville Chamber of Commerce CEO Mike Edwards has signed a letter sent to members of the state legislature asking that they vote down a bill...Read More Published 04/08/2010 at 9:14 AM 10 comments -
School Board Punts on Creationist Controversy
Several members of the Knox County school board expressed sympathy Wednesday night for the concerns of a Farragut father about anti-Christian "bias" in an honors biology...Read More Published 04/07/2010 at 7:53 PM 1 comments -
Campfield Whiffs
Stacey Campfield's so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill is dead again, this time for good--or at least, for this year. This despite support from fellow Knox Rep....Read More Published 04/07/2010 at 1:49 PM 0 comments -
A Textbook Case
So with the Knox County school board scheduled to consider tonight an appeal from a Farragut parent about an honors biology textbook's treatment of Christian creationism,...Read More Published 04/07/2010 at 10:00 AM 5 comments -
Ties, Lies, and Taxes
A debate Tuesday morning at the Magnolia Avenue campus of Pellissippi State among some of the candidates for Knox County mayor was sort of an...Read More Published 04/06/2010 at 3:16 PM 0 comments -
EPA Restricts Mountaintop Removal
Last week through some procedural tomfoolery, Rep. Joe McCord of Maryville managed to adjourn the House Environment Subcommittee for the year without voting on the...Read More Published 04/05/2010 at 2:49 PM 0 comments -
'Don't Say Gay' Bill Still Flailing Around
Rep. Stacey Campfield is still at it, trying to put restrictions in the state curriculum on any discussion of sexuality other than hetero- in grades...Read More Published 04/05/2010 at 1:35 PM 0 comments -
Looking to Torture Someone This Spring?
Forget waterboarding -- here's a much more efficient replacement:...Read More Published 04/02/2010 at 4:56 PM 0 comments -
Bredesen Threatened by Anti-Govt. Group
Gov. Phil Bredesen has received a letter from an anti-government organization warning him to leave office in three days or be removed. The letter, sent...Read More Published 04/02/2010 at 12:06 PM 0 comments -
Update: TVA Chairman Behind New GOP PAC
This week it was announced that Mike Duncan, now chairman of the board of TVA, is behind American Crossroads, a GOP political action committee pledging...Read More Published 04/02/2010 at 9:50 AM 0 comments -
Wamp and Shuler Slapped with Ethics Complaint
A non-partisan watchdog group has filed an ethics complaint against U.S. Reps. Zach Wamp and Heath Shuler for receiving below-market rent at the C-Street House,...Read More Published 04/01/2010 at 3:05 PM 0 comments -
UT Athletics: We've Been Burned Before
The details of UT's prenuptial contract with head football coach Derek Dooley were released yesterday and revealed that the Vols are leery of another handsome,...Read More Published 04/01/2010 at 9:40 AM 0 comments
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