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Election Post Mortem
The first leg of this election cycle has finished and it had a couple things worth mentioning. First District Congressman David Davis was eliminated by Johnson City, TN. Mayor Phil Roe. Some were surp...
Comcast Does It. Why Can’t The TN GOP?
If found an article at PC Authority tonight that told tales of Comcast checking blogs and Twitter for gripes about their service and Comcast making contact with the person offering support. It’s...
The Fourth Friday is a Day Away
If you’re in East Tennessee, you know how Knoxville’s “Sundown in the City” was become a outdoor premier event everyone looks forward to. The only problem is it’s over fo...
Newport Gets TV Attention
In a story a the Knoxville News Sentinel it’s report that Bobby Brown along with other celebrities are coming to Cocke County’s Christopher Place Inn. Terry Morrow’s story tells that...
Cocke County General Session Judge Asks For Temporary Recusal on Some Criminal Cases
The big news coming out of Newport that Cocke County General Session Judge John Bell was filed an order to remove himself from all criminal cases where probation might be or part of the sentencing wit...
What a One Two Punch East Tennessee Has Been Treated To
Two big events kicked off in Knoxville and East Tennessee in as many days. The first was WBIR updated it’s website with a facelift, added some social networking elements and have it up and runni...
Another Saturday Night Lost in a Google Drift
It really easy for me to start Googling and waste the best part of the evening. The highpoints were: Noe4accountability has the scoop on Hamblen County’s impound go round. She hinted to this in ...
Concessions and Opinions on the Wine Bills
It’s been a hot topic on blogs in Tennessee about two bills regarding the way wine is sold. One person who weighted in was Gov. Phil Bredesen. His idea that it is happening allow the country and...
Soft Lobbying
As proposed laws to sell wine in both grocery stores and over the Internet to Tennesseans are currently in the Tennessee legislature, there is still more controversy growing online. In a story in the ...
Wine Sales Might Be Sweet for Grocers, but Sour Grapes to Package Stores
There is a movement in the Tennessee State Legislature to allow grocery and convenient stores to sell wine. SB3139 and HB3451 (both PDF) have been introduced in the Senate and House. Both have got ver...
Good Reason to Add Toothpaste to Your Shopping List
I’m sure everyone in East Tennessee saw the interesting factoid about last Saturdays’s UT vs. Memphis game at Terry Morrow’s blog. We knew the game would be historic, but I don’...
It Was Great Day to Stay Home
After the weather reports and warnings it came, just after the UT/Vandy game the snow came. The big fluffy flakes catching my attention as they captured all the light the motion sensor deck light had...
There Can Be Only One
It’s official, UT Mens are #1 in the AP and #1 in Coaches polls. Waiting for the poll data was just a formality. The bad part of the rating is the higher on the food chain you are the juicier t...
NASCAR Is Just Getting Started And IRL Will Be Too
Today NASCAR held their first Nationwide Series race in Daytona. You probably know it as the Busch Series, sponsors change every so often. Tony Stewart took the checkered in Saturday’s Camping W...
The Knox County Lottery
Knoxville Talks has the scoop on Cynthia Finch. Ms. Finch is walking away with an extra $14,000 as a parting gift from Knox County. That might not fund the traveling that she’s accustomed to. ...
$10 Million is Waiting for You
The X Prize committee has ten million dollars with your name all over it, if you can build a car that can get 100 mpg. "Popcorn" Sutton has been working on the fuel for these vehicles for decades....