But I think it’s also because reading instruction became lazy and political. “Progressives” at teachers’ colleges pushed a ...

No. 1 Tennessee softball made history Thursday at Draper Diamond, defeating Lipscomb, 12-0, in five innings to set the ...

As Kayla Allmon Lotz battled an aggressive and rare form of cancer, she stamped it with positivity, never asking for pity and sorrow. Even as her time left on this ...

Carpenters Campground Methodist Church, 3538 Best Road, Maryville: A community potluck dinner will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 14. All are welcome. Donations accepted but ...

The candidate filing period for the Aug. 6 election closed on Tuesday, largely setting the field for the federal and state primary races as well as the Alcoa and Maryville ...

4 Chics & a Cat, a nonprofit thrift store with longevity in Blount County, is hosting a fun event that will also serve as reminder it’s still here. Manager Sue Burda is calling the event Coffee and ...

After years of discussion about what to do with the 30-year-old Alcoa Fire Station 3 on Central Park Boulevard, it looks like city officials have settled on a solution: build ...

During my weekly trip to Greeneville, my husband and four crazy dogs were able to join me. It was nice to have company after a few weeks of traveling solo. On the first full day we were there, my ...

Eagleton tacked two more runs in the bottom of the second after Campbell laid down a bunt and reached third on a throwing error before Kyla Long got her home off a triple. Borbeck pushed one more run ...

William Blount won four of six individual matches, but a 3-0 lead after a sweep of the doubles courts boosted Maryville Christian to a 5-4 win over the Governors on ...

Students from Maryville College helped install signs identifying trees in the Downtown Maryville Arboretum Monday. The ...

The Blount County Election Commission approved the proofs of the ballot for the May primary, approved poll worker ...