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If you travel northeast from Knoxville, through Maynardville and into the rolling pastureland of Union County, you may just stumble upon something that takes you back to another time. It's the Helm's ferry boat and it's one of the last working car ferries in Tennessee. The Union County Road Department has operated the ferry for more than 20 years at no cost to its riders. WUOT's Matt Shafer Powell recently spent some time on the ferry with one of its captains...
Residents of some East Tennessee communities will bid goodbye this week to some rather loud--and some say obnoxious--visitors. Three species of the 17-year cicada have spent the last month or so eating leaves, flying around, mating, and making a general racket. This week, most of these cicadas will die off. And we won't see them again until the year 2025. WUOT's Matt Shafer Powell recently joined a cicada expert on a trip to one noisy Oak Ridge neighborhood..
Bonnaroo is the largest rock music festival in the world. The bands, comedy club, shopping bazaar and specialty shows attract fans from all over the globe. But for the disabled, it can present a real challenge. The 700 acre farm is riddled with ruts and holes. When it rains, the ground fills with sticky mud and boggy swaths. This past weekend WUOT's Ann Lloyd attempted to look at Bonnaroo through the eyes of the disabled...
Today, Knox County Commissioners decide how to divide nearly two million dollars in Community Grant Funds. Volunteer citizen panels were recruited to review over 100 non-profit group grant applications. Their recommendations include slashing or removing county support for a number of arts and cultural organizations. But commissioners may toss out those decisions and start the process over. WUOT's Ann Lloyd has more...
Ashleigh Huffman and Sarah Hillyer study Sport Sociology at the University of Tennessee. That's how sport influences society and culture. Sarah and Ashleigh founded Sport 4 Peace, an organization working toward sport opportunities for girls and women around the world. Sarah tells WUOT's Chrissy Keuper it came about in 2005 when they were in Israel developing the national women's softball team...
If you've read an intriguing story about a crime or a trial in East Tennessee over the past few years, chances are good that Jamie Satterfield wrote it. Jamie has been the crime and courts reporter for the Knoxville News Sentinel for fourteen years. In that time, she's seen it all--- from the absurd to the horrifying. Jamie Satterfield is Matt Shafer Powell's guest on this segment of Dialogue...