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Jerri Green is what the suffragettes dreamed of | Opinion
Market Street in Knoxville is unique with statues celebrating women's suffrage. Men didn't want women voting - much less in politics. Many men identify with politicians who are aggressive, loud-speaking jerks. Most women don't identify with jerks and tend to vote for kinder and more intelligent candidates - and women have changed politics. The Republican Party hasn't caught up with women. Republicans tend to choose puffed up little men as their leaders. Newt Gingrich shut down the country because President Clinton didn't invite him back for a chat on an airplane trip. Donald Trump wouldn't allow a ship holding 21 COVID patients into the United States because they would have increased “my number” of COVID patients (we ended up killing 1,200,000). Cameron Sexton wanted to be House speaker. Gloria Johnson alone voted against him and the puffed up little man exposed himself by assigning her to a tiny office . And gerrymandered Gloria's district; look up the maps. Our current senator will be tough on “big tech." She doesn't advertise how she changed the law to allow "big pharma" to flood the country with opioids (we ended up killing 500,000 ). It was “unintended” but forewarned! But “big pharma” donated
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One of the last flying WWII-era B-29 bombers stops in Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — One of the last two flying B-29 bombers from the World War II era is in the Knoxville area this weekend, providing a chance for history enthusiasts to experience a legendary aircraft firsthand. On Wednesday, the B-29 “Doc” landed at McGhee Tyson Airport. Out of 3,970 B-29s built, “Doc,” based out […]
The Oak Ridger
Historian to reveal hidden Revolutionary War failures at Oak Ridge talk
Local historian David Adkins will speak at noon Tuesday, Nov. 3, in Oak Ridge on “ Benedict Arnold , Thomas Conway and Horatio Gates – the breakdown of Colonial leadership during the Revolutionary War.” The League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge invites the public to attend the “Lunch with the League” lecture by Adkins between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, 809 Oak Ridge Turnpike. All are welcome to bring their lunch or purchase a boxed lunch for a nominal fee. Coffee and tea will be served. The presentation at noon will end after an hour with questions and answers. In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, the Lunch with the League Lecture Series has been devoting most of the League’s fall season to talks by local historians on early American history. Adkins , a former adjunct professor of history at Roane State Community College, now teaches at Pellissippi and Walters State community colleges. He regularly teaches for the Oak Ridge Institute for Continued Learning (ORICL), which voted him Instructor of the Year in 2025. At the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, he earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees
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RealtyLink eyes rental model for Alcoa's Mills Street homes
Developer RealtyLink may have just poured cold water on a part of the City of Alcoa’s vision for the northern edge of the Springbrook Farm downtown center. At a planning commission meeting on Oct. 15, RealtyLink Development Senior Development Manager Judd Nash and Director of Multifamily Development Blake Muldrow confirmed that they were planning to rent most, if not all, of the over 100 single-family and multifamily units planned along the Mills Street corridor. “Right now, we’re leaning towards rental with this. We’re dealing with a lot of different things. Site work costs were over $8 million... and we’re in an environment where rental makes sense. You divide ($8 million) by 147 units that’s $55,000 per unit, and if you can’t phase it, you have to do the site work all at once and then phase the homes, we just don’t think that’s viable,” said Muldrow. This news came alongside a revised concept plan that also made changes to the total number and type of units planned for the corridor — going from 94 detached units and 35 attached units approved back in 2023, to 57 attached units and only 90 detached ones, and bringing the grand total to its
The Oak Ridger
Oak Ridge gym closing for floor maintenance
The Oak Ridge Recreation Center gymnasium will undergo some updates beginning in few days and will have a brief closure while work takes place. Beginning Monday, Nov. 2, the gym will be closed for maintenance. Crews will re-sand, re-stripe, and refinish the floor, according to a city news release . The updated gymnasium is expected to reopen on Monday, Nov. 16. The rest of the Recreation Center building and Conference Center will be operating as usual during the gym updates. For more information, call the Recreation Center at (865) 425-3450. This article originally appeared on Oakridger: Oak Ridge gym closing for floor maintenance
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First centrifuge shipment from Centrus in Oak Ridge heads to Ohio