Wed
Aug 20 2025
06:29 am
Doors open at 5:30 PM and presentations start at 6:00. Mark your calendars and come hear about projects in our community. $5 (suggested donation) gets you Soup, Salad, and a VOTE!
Kerbela Temple is located at 315 Kerbela Ave in SoKno.
Do you have a project that needs funding? Submit a proposal! Deadline is September 14th. Selected presenters will be notified by September 17th.
Do you want to support this project with your time? We need volunteers! Sign Up.
Do you want to promote your business? We are looking for raffle items and food donations. Send us an email for more information.
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Discussing:
- Open AI escapes, hacks competitor (1 reply)
- Tennessee paying $637 million over 5 years for voucher software program (3 replies)
- Confusion at the Alcoa South Plant (3 replies)
- The Odyssey (1 reply)
- Tennessee: great for business, not so great place to live (1 reply)
- Marsha & China (4 replies)
- AI bubble burst? (2 replies)
- UT paying $2 million to fired professor? (2 replies)
- A bear in Alcoa (1 reply)
- Here are some good Presidents (1 reply)
- Alcoa Hwy construction to extend to 2030 (3 replies)
- Happy 250th, pfft (2 replies)
TN Progressive
- Alcoa property taxes will probably not go up (BlountViews)
- Smith & Wesson not a good fit for Blount County (BlountViews)
- Pellissippi Parkway extension delayed again (BlountViews)
- Blount County early voting record turnout (BlountViews)
- WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
- America As It Is Right Now (RoaneViews)
- A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
- The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
- Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
- (Whitescreek Journal)
- My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
- July 4, 2024 - aka The Twilight Zone (Joe Powell)
TN Politics
- Flood of poll watchers, observers, monitors to descend on midterm voters (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee’s biggest drag show is the 6th District Republican primary (TN Lookout)
- Stockard on the Stump: Congressional candidate says he’ll drop Chinese military stocks (TN Lookout)
- Vance Boelter sentenced to two life terms plus 40 years in killing of Hortmans (TN Lookout)
- Federal court denies restraining order in ACLU lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s new congressional map (TN Lookout)
- US House and Senate split on ending Trump’s war in Iran, as gas prices rise (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Sunday Conversation (Knox TN Today)
- Community Snapshot (Knox TN Today)
- Avery Mills prepares for comeback after knee surgery (Knox TN Today)
- Daily Connections: Your East Tennessee Guide | July 24-26 (Knox TN Today)
- Something new is coming this weekend (Knox TN Today)
- BattleField Farm + One Five grocery + Bobwhite banded + Hummingbird Festival ++ (Knox TN Today)
- Approximately 20 Vols football players to meet fans at Knoxville Food City (Knox TN Today)
- Close to Home, Far from Ordinary: Summer swimming holes (Knox TN Today)
- Healthy planet, healthy people (Knox TN Today)
- Weekend Scene: Maker Exchange to Blues Cruise (Knox TN Today)
- Zoo Knoxville: Where every visit supports wildlife (Knox TN Today)
- Hiking with Harrington: Summer’s quiet side on Lower Mount Cammerer Trail (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- 'Homes Not Hedge Funds' Knox County to consider ordinance after state law fails (WATE)
- Knoxville Weather: Storm potential Sunday night with better chances Tuesday (WATE)
- One airlifted after motorcycle crash in Loudon County (WATE)
- Claiborne County mourns Mayor Joe Brooks after fatal motorcycle crash (WATE)
- Knoxville Weather: Scattered showers and storms Saturday night (WATE)
- Grainger County Mayor declares state of emergency after flooding (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- US and Iran pause their attacks after days of escalation - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Annual Prep Tour kicks off countdown to season’s kickoff - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- ‘Very frustrating’: Salaries frozen as Chattanooga holds up pay increases for region’s 911 operators - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Remember When, Chattanooga? Leo Smith was driving force behind Medal of Honor museum - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- ‘Pure chaos’: Mass shooting at Seattle Center leaves 2 dead, 5 wounded - The Seattle Times (US News)
- Appeals Court Upholds Blocks on Trump Order Restricting Mail Voting - The New York Times (US News)
- Shein swings to a loss as Donald Trump's trade rules hit sales - BBC (Business)
- KCCI Investigates: Iowa Cyclospora cases likely may be part of national outbreak - KCCI (Business)
- Stock futures climb, oil prices fall as U.S. and Iran pause attacks: Live updates - CNBC (Business)
- Netanyahu accuses NYC Mayor Mamdani of 'fomenting hate' after arrest threat - BBC (US News)
- Chipmaker CXMT vaults to top of China's valuation with 470% Shanghai debut surge - Reuters (Business)
- Would you choose £50,000 over the chance of £1m? - BBC (Business)
- Sweltering heat wave grips central and southern US for a second straight day - AP News (US News)
- U.S. troops killed recently were moved from the Iran war death toll to 'overseas operations' - Fortune (US News)
- ICE prepares major operation targeting Haitians losing TPS after Supreme Court ruling - Fox News (US News)
- Wildfire updates: Emergency Conflagrations invoked for Beachcomb & Bench fires and 2nd Flat Fire - 9th & 10th this year - KPTV (US News)
- Fed Faces Growing Pressure to Hike Rates as Price Risks Rebound - Bloomberg.com (Business)
- 'Skynet Day' is now shorthand for OpenAI's agent going rogue and hacking into a startup - Fortune (Business)
- Sam Altman says we are in the singularity: 'This is the moment' - Business Insider (Business)
Local Media
Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid/TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding. (Source)
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Thank you Knox Views for
Thank you Knox Views for promoting our event!! For those who have been to a previous dinner, you know how special these are - for those who have never been, hope you can come enjoy a truly community engaging event. I will post the proposals as soon as they have been selected.