Scenes from Austin-East 50th Anniversary, 2018 Mardi Gras Homecoming Parade

A-E Students Voicing On the Airwaves

By Chuck Williams (KNOXVILLE, TN) “The Mouth” is back on the airwaves for a second season. The show airs from 1-2p.m., summer Mondays on radio station WJBE 99.7fm/1040am. The show is conducted by five students that have participated in the Audio Production class of Charles Lewis at Austin-East High School. The returning cast mates and…

Senior Citizens Earned Bachelor’s Degrees

Eldrea Ann Taylor completed a journey that began over 30 years ago. At 63-years old, she has earned her Bachelor’s in Organizational Management from Nyack College in New York in May. She attended class on the Washington, D.C. campus. She also obtained her Procurement and Public Contracting Certification from the University of the District of Columbia this year.

Dr. Kathrine Jones-Morgan, UT College of Law; and Dr. Shea Kidd-Houze, Dean of Students welcomed students during a reception at the Freizon Black Cultural Center on UT Knoxville campus. Photo: David "Pug" Fuller

UT Students Return Enmass to Knox Village

They’re baaack. The fresh-faced, optimistic, energetic young people have infiltrated the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Some are adults and returning students while others are away from home for the first time. Make an effort to welcome, embrace and show them some love Knoxville. They are going to need their hair and nails did, locs and haircuts maintained,…

Spring Hill (K-5) STEM educator Amanda Mims-Callahan recognized as Teacher of the Month by Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Technology, ORISE.

Spring Hill STEM Teacher Earns Awards

Spring Hill (K-5) STEM educator Amanda Mims-Callahan recognized as Teacher of the Month by Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Technology, ORISE.

The Fort Valley State University Blue Marching Band, an HBCU in Fort Valley, GA will perform in the Austin-East 2018 50th Anniversary Homecoming parade and at half-time.

Austin-East Celebrates 50 Years at Homecoming

Updated 9/28) (KNOXVILLE, TN) The 2018 Austin-East High School Homecoming this Friday, Sept. 28, is also school’s 50th Anniversary. Austin-East is the product of two racially segregated schools. Austin High School was where black students attended and East High was for whites. The two schools were combined in 1968 to form the integrated Austin-East High School that is in…

Central High School Head Coach Bryson Rosser with his wife Brooke. (Photo credit John Valentine)

Knoxville’s Central High Brings Home ‘Golden Football’ Championship

By Angela Dennis The Central High School Bobcats got a taste of sweet hometown pride as their Golden Football gleamed in the city lights down Gay Street during the WIVK Knoxville Christmas Parade last Friday. Thousands of citizens and fans lined the streets and got to savor in the hometown victory. This was the first…

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