COMMENTARY NATIONAL (January 11, 2021) – That this should happen at the Capitol, the People’s House, is a grave desecration of our democracy. Many of us know that the Capitol was built…
Citizens should have input on taxpayer subsidies for Private Baseball Stadium in the Old City
(January 9, 2021) – The Knoxville City Council and County Commission has voted to create a Sports Authority, which is the first step to building a publicly-funded Smokies baseball stadium in downtown…
Maryville Huddlers Responds to Seige on the Capitol
MARYVILLE, TN – What a terrible day we witnessed Wednesday, January 7, 2021! Insurgents incited by a sitting president stormed the Capitol to try and prevent the counting of votes cast in…
GOP Elected Officials Complicity in Insurrection
OP-ED Knox County Democratic Party’s Statement on Tennessee and Knox County GOP Elected Officials’ Complicity in Recent Seditious Actions KNOXVILLE (Jan. 6, 2021)— Our local and state Republican Elected Officials are complicit…
BCDP Response to attack on our nations Capitol
Commentary from the Blount County Democratic Party By J. Nathan Higdon, BCDP Acting Chair (January 7, 2021) – “The insurrection and attempted coup through the storming of the United States Capitol building…
Glenda A. Harper (age 79)
KNOXVILLE, TN – Glenda A. Harper, a former resident of Cleveland, Ohio, departed this life on earth on Saturday, January 2, 2021 at Westmoreland Rehabilitation Facility in Knoxville, Tennessee. Prior to her…
Ella B. Martin Hughes
Knoxville – Ella B. Martin Hughes, formerly of Knoxville, passed away, Saturday, January 2, 2021 in San Diego, California. Preceded in death by parents, Emanuel Sr. and Juanita Rogers Martin. She leaves…
Alma Hortense Bibbs (age 100)
KNOXVILLE, TN – Alma (Granny) Hortense Bibbs, age 100, passed away, at her residence, January 1, 2021. She was born October 11, 1920 in Whitesburg, Tennessee. She was a retiree of St….
Angela Marie Walker Prater (age 55)
Angela Marie Walker Prater, “Angie”, passed away Thursday morning on January 7, 2021 at Piedmont Rockdale Hospital Conyers, GA. Angie was born November 27, 1965 in Knoxville TN at UT Hospital. Graduating from…
Harry O. Clemons Upshaw (age 44)
KNOXVILLE, TN – Harry Olando Jermaine Clemons Upshaw, age 44, departed this life on January 6, 2021. He was born December 13, 1976, to Harry Upshaw and Kim Clemons in Knoxville, TN….
Knoxville College has new Interim President, COO
KNOXVILLE, TN (Jan. 7, 2021) – In a Knoxville College Board of Trustees meeting on January 4, 2021, Leonard L. Adams, Jr. was elected…
Henry Frank Nalory
Knoxville – Henry Frank Nalory of Knoxville departed this life on December 31, 2020. He was born to the Late Sylvia Lee Montgomery and Henry Nalory in Lakeland Florida. Henry was a…
Plans for Knoxville HUD Homeless, Affordable Housing funds topic of meeting
KNOXVILLE, TN (January 7, 2021) – The first Annual Action Plan meeting of the City of Knoxville Housing and Neighborhood Development Department will be a virtual public meeting. The meeting will outline…
Julie Ann Crawley
Knoxville – Julie Ann Crawley- age 49 of Knoxville passed away on January 4, 2021. She was preceded in death by parents Raymond and Myra Henderson. She is survived by her husband,…
Nancy Jones (age 73)
KNOXVILLE, TN – Nancy L Jones passed away, December 30, 2020 from complications of pneumonia at the University of Tennessee Hospital. She was born, August 16, 1947, to the late Russell G….
Robert G King (age 87)
Robert G. King passed away January 1, 2021 at UT Medical Center. Arrangements are forthcoming. His remains rest at Patton Funeral Home 1-800-824-8283 or www.pattonfuneralhome1962.com
Recent Tiger Sighting Validated by Local Businessman
In an exclusive statement to the ETEnlightener.com, Beal Bourne submitted a picture as proof that his granddaughter Jayla Bourne found the tiger. KNOXVILLE, TN – In September of this year, an off-duty…
BCDP 2021 INAUGURATION PARTY
BLOUNT COUNTY (January 5, 2021) – It’s been a tough year. We mourn the loss of so many friends and family members to Covid. It’s been agonizing to bear witness to the…
Francene Hester Woods (age 70)
Francene Hester Woods was born and raised in Atlanta, GA August 31, 1951 to Obadiah and Mary Hester. She was the seventh born of eight siblings, reared up at a time when…
Anthony Marcus Rogers
Anthony Marcus Rogers was preceded in death by his beloved parents, Rochelle and Lennie Rogers; grandparents, Lewis and Minnie Rogers, and Ulysses and Kathleen Love; siblings, Robert E. Williams Jr, and Jimmy…
James J Beasley (age 84)
James J Beasley passed away January 1, 2020 at home. Arrangements are forthcoming. His remains rest at Patton Funeral Home 1-800-824-8283 or www.pattonfuneralhome1962.com
Homeless Shelter, Humiliating Experience
OP-ED: By Barbara Bridges I lived for 4-plus months at a Knoxville shelter for women and children when my kids were little. It was during my first year of architecture school. While I…
Affordable Housing Complex Under Construction in East Knoxville
Burlington Commons at 4530 Holston Drive planned to be ready for occupants in the fall of 2021. It is income-based affordable housing with two, three-story buildings with a total of 50 units….
Dennis Bullard
Dennis Bullard passed away peacefully at his home, December 31, 2020, Dennis was born to Sol and Callie Walton Bullard in Elberton, GA. He was the youngest of five children. He moved…
Gun Safety Convention for African-Americans in Atlanta
The National African-American Gun Association to host the first African-American Firearm Convention in U.S. history. The 3-day Inaugural Convention will be August 20 – 22, 2021 in Atlanta, GA. ATLANTA, GA,…