August 30, 2026
Education
US school vaccination rates inch down yet again and exemptions reach record high
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high,… Login to continue reading Login…
Picture Day coming up at West
Trojan Talk by Thomas Drinnon Smile! Picture Day for seniors is coming up on Monday, with sophomores, juniors, and freshmen posing up on Tuesday, August… Login to continue reading Login…
Wesley Martin logs 33K Reading Minutes During Summer, Wins Top Award
From Contributed Reports A Hamblen County sixth-grade homeschooler has read more than 33,000 reading minutes this summer to receive the top award in a statewide… Login to continue reading Login…
C-N’s Center Honors Longtime Knoxville Pastor
From Contributed Reports JEFFERSON CITY – A new center at Carson-Newman University is designed to equip and support aspiring and current pastors not only to… Login to continue reading Login…
UTIA Plant Pathologist Selected as Fulbright Distinguished Scholar
Contributed Reports JACKSON — Heather Kelly, field crops pathologist in the University of Tennessee Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, has received a prestigious Fulbright… Login to continue reading Login…
TU, Greeneville Flyboys to Hold Ceremony, Stair Climb to Commemorate 25th Anniversary of 9/11
From Contributed Reports GREENEVILLE – Tusculum University and its Athletic Department are teaming with the Appalachian League’s Greeneville Flyboys to remember the 3,000 lives lost… Login to continue reading Login…
Mountain Movers Leadership Master Class Being Offered at TU
From Contributed Reports GREENEVILLE – A Tusculum University alumnus who has attained success on multiple levels is teaming with an innovative business professor at the… Login to continue reading Login…
Brandon Fordham earns degree from UMGC
ADELPHI, MD — Brandon Fordham of Jefferson City, earned a Bachelor of Science in Management Studies from University of Maryland Global Campus in Spring 2026.… Login to continue reading Login…
Lakeway Area teens invited to be presentees at the 66th Annual Teen Board Presentation Dance
From Staff Reports Several teenagers from the Lakeway Area have been invited to be one of the Presentees at the 66th Annual Teen Board Presentation… Login to continue reading Login…
FUMC Morristown Blesses Backpacks To Start New School Year
Special to Citizen Tribune
The congregation of First United Methodist Church of Morristown blessed backpacks of its congregants’ children who are going back to school this year.