Betty Bean

It’s usually unalloyed good news when Tennessee industrial recruiters sweet-talk a baron of industry into relocating to the Volunteer State, but it’s tough to find any Tennessean who’s ready to roll out the welcome mat for Don Blankenship. The former ...

The saga of Henry Granju’s death last year has been the subject of ongoing attention, due in no small part to the social-media skills of his mother (and former Metro Pulse contributor) Katie Granju. In the last few weeks, she ...

Eighth District school board politics can be brutal. There is finger-pointing and discontent in the wake of former school board member Bill Phillips, who was pressured into resigning earlier this year after pleading guilty to a domestic violence incident involving ...

School board races are non-partisan, and having four strong candidates in the field meant that no one was able to get the 50 percent of the vote (plus one) that would enable the frontrunner to win the race outright in ...

At Cardin’s Drive-In on Asheville Highway, Betty Bean finds that some things never change: the peanut butter milkshakes, the carhop service, and the big crowds.

Three years ago, a voice called to Rick Roach as he walked across the bridge over Williams Creek at the intersection of Chestnut and Biddle. “It came from deep inside me and it said ‘You remember what made you happy. ...

The short-form version of Babs Headrick’s story is Sharpied onto a big glass jar next to the cash register on the restaurant’s front counter. One side says, “Mrs. Goodstuff has had a stroke and has no insurance.” The other side ...

It’s been many years since Simon Property Group attempted to rebrand East Towne Mall by changing its name to Knoxville Center, but it’s still “East Towne” to residents of the surrounding neighborhoods. They’re not scared to use the “E” word. ...

Nick Della Volpe didn’t get the memo that neophytes are supposed to be seen and not heard.

Troy Whiteside cut an imposing figure in a custom-made suit, gold watch, and French cuffs when he appeared at the January meeting of the Metropolitan Planning Commission last Thursday to ask for a rezoning that would allow him to put ...