The Big Read is On!
The second annual Big Read kicked off on October 1 with John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. More than 100 copies of the book were handed out to attendees at the Market Square noontime event. Knox County Public Library Director Larry Frank joined YWCA Executive Director Marigail Mullin and Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam to encourage citizens across the County to read Steinbeck's classic. During the month of October. The Big Read is the largest reading program in American history...
Hola Festival Celebrates Cultural Diversity
Some 10,000 East Tennesseans celebrated at the Hola Festival on Saturday. The day-long event provided a celebration of diversity of cultures in the East Tennessee community. Market Square was alive with Salsa and Merengue music, the popular sounds of the Mariachi and music of the Andes. The Andes music from Vientos del Pueblo was made possible by a grant from the Southern Arts Federation, partnering with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Tennessee Arts Commission...
County's Bond Rating Upgraded by Standard & Poor's
County Mayor Mike Ragsdale and Chief Financial Officer John Troyer were advised today that the bond rating agency Standard and Poor's will issue a AA+ rating for Knox County. The AA+ rating is an upgrade from the county's previous rating of AA and represents the highest rating in the history of the county...
KCHD Kicks Off 2008 FluMist Campaign
The Knox County Health Department (KCHD) kicked off their 2008 School FluMist Vaccination Program with Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale; Lori Patterson, Director of Infectious Disease at East Tennessee Health Department; and Martha Buchanan, KCHD Public Health Officer this week at the Pride and Joy Children’s Academy...
Superintendent to conduct public forums
The Superintendent of Knox County Schools will conduct two public forums in September and October as part of his formal entry plan.
Dr. Jim McIntyre will host a forum at Holston Middle School September 25, and a forum at Bearden Middle School October 14. Both sessions will begin at 6:00 p.m. and are open to residents across Knox County...
Knox County's Imagination Library give's away its 500,000th Book!
Knox County's Imagination Library gave away its 500,000th book last week at a special storytelling event on Market Square. Since January 2005, the County has put half a million books in the hands of Knox County children...
Knox County Public Library announces the 2008 line up for Movies on the Town
Knox County Public Library is pleased to announce the line up of its 2008 outdoor movie series. Based on a public vote, the movies range from children's to adventure films, with some classic blockbusters in between...
County financial report cited for excellence 12 years running
The Knox County Finance Department has received its 12th consecutive Award of Excellence for the comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) notified John Troyer, County Senior Director of Finance, of the award last week...
Read With Me Program needs 500 volunteers
Bill and Wanda Williams are heading up this year's volunteer recruitment effort to put readers in all Knox County 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classes. For the seventh year, Read With Me program volunteers will go into classrooms once a week to support reading programs. serving as our spokespersons for this year's recruitment drive. Both of the Williams have been Read With me volunteers for several years...
Mayor's Statement of Condolences on shooting at Central High School
Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale issued the following statement on the shooting at Central High School this morning (August 21, 2008):
"This morning, our community was shattered and our hearts broken...
Knox County expands "Green" efforts launched in 2005
Knox County is expanding its study of the energy efficiency it began in 2005 when the County issued an extensive contract to Trane. The contract tasked Trane with analyzing each of the County's facilities over time and to make real property improvements that would completely self-fund the work through utility cost savings the improvements would generate...
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