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“Didn’t Handle It The Right Way”: Kim Caldwell Opens Up About Hitting Rock Bottom, Seeks Tennessee Reset
Speed, pressure defense, and team connection defined Kim Caldwell’s teams. At Tennessee, that blueprint became harder to recognize as the 2025–26 season unraveled. Now, her explanation for the collapse begins with the decisions she made and the coaching identity she allowed to slip away. Caldwell discussed that reckoning in a Nov. 12 ESPN feature by Andrea Adelson. The interview followed a 16–14 season that ended with Tennessee’s first-round NCAA Tournament exit. “It is a big job, and there is a steep learning curve, and the world has seen me fail in a very public spotlight,” said Caldwell. “I...
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Grace Baptist Church expands Feeding the 5,000 food drive to three locations
Grace Baptist Church is holding its eighth annual Feeding the 5,000 Thanksgiving meal event. Anyone who comes can get a meal, and he said there are “no strings attached.” Lewis said random drawings will also award $500 food and fuel vouchers to needy families. Any food left over...
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Alcoa commissioners talk landfill, other infrastructure projects
Alcoa commissioners advanced several landfill expansion projects Tuesday aimed at improving efficiency and easing the strain on the more than 50-year-old facility. The Alcoa/Maryville/Blount County Landfill, located off Long Powers Road in Friendsville, accepts household garbage as well as bulkier waste, including old furniture and construction debris. Household garbage must be disposed of in more tightly regulated Class I cells designed to prevent groundwater contamination. Bulkier waste can be placed in less restrictive Class III and IV cells. Plans to expand the Class III and IV cells were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, forcing Alcoa Public Works Department officials to use more expensive Class I space for bulky waste. Permits also began to expire or were voided because of changing conditions at the site, prompting the city to pursue multiple expansion projects simultaneously. “One of the issues we had with one of the original plans was that there have been some changes to (the site) that have forced us to go back through some very, very challenging regulatory work,” City Manager Bruce Applegate said. “That’s why, rather than starting over from scratch each time, we’re trying to get all these other pieces going at the same time so
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Maryville Alcoa Animal Rescue Center Dog of the Week: Sully
Do you remember learning cloud types in school? There are the big, fluffy cumulus clouds. And the feathery cirrus clouds. Or the stratus clouds that blanket the sky. But there was a cloud type they may not have taught: the sullycutenimbus cloud, or Sully for short. The features of a Sully cloud differ a little from other clouds. While they are fluffy, if you squint really hard, you’ll see little strands of fur instead of water vapor! Sully clouds also move really quickly through the sky, sometimes making a full 360 rotation over and over. You can spot the shape of a Sully cloud by looking for the tell-tale wagging tail at the end of the cloud. The other day, a couple was walking in the park when a Sully cloud suddenly moved overhead. All of a sudden, stuffy toys and bouncy balls started to rain down from the sky. “Do you smell Fritos?” the man asked the woman he was walking with. Sully clouds are nice to look at, and mostly like being in the sky, but they get lonely sometimes too. This Sully cloud was ready to find someone to love. So he floated on over to the