At its quarterly meeting tomorrow night, Knoxville’s Police Advisory Review Committee is scheduled to make recommendations related to a recent high-profile Knoxville Police Department internal investigation. Police concluded in June …
Pantry for Feeding Pets provides pet food for those in need
Q&A: Ted Hembree, founder For the past 25 years, Ted Hembree has been volunteering at the FISH food pantry. FISH has grown from feeding 20 families a week in 1986 to …
Starlight Farm Animal Sanctuary rescues and rehabilitates “extreme risk” equines
Q&A: Esther Roberts, founder & director In 2003, freshly graduated from the University of Tennessee’s College of Law, Esther Roberts bought 6 acres of farmland off Strawberry Plains Pike. Over the next …
Thank you and goodbye, from the staff of the Knoxville Mercury
We asked our staff members to write whatever they wanted for this final issue of the Knoxville Mercury: memories, theories, parting thoughts. PLUS: Read “The Mercury Meltdown FAQ”—editor Coury Turczyn answers …
The Mercury Meltdown FAQ
With our announcement in the July 6 issue that we would cease publishing the Mercury, many readers asked us questions in emails and social media. Here are some answers. Why …