As other medical facilities expand in size to provide more services, the University of Tennessee Medical Center is attempting to bring new cutting edge services while avoiding urban sprawl. In the Spring of 2003 Knoxville will become the first city in the United States to offer hydroponic baby facilities. Babies removed from the female host…
Leaflet envoy departs for Iraq
A leaflet envoy, organized by Knoxville area Jehovah’s Witnesses, has left for Iraq as of late yesterday afternoon. The group boarded a plane at McGhee Tyson Airport on their way to Turkey, where they will board a double decker bus and enter Iraq. The bus will take them first to Baghdad, where they will take…
Parade of Homes: A celebration of Urban Sprawl and those of us that love it
I love to walk around in new houses. I also love to watch houses being built, and walk through the construction site at various stages. Since I no longer install alarms or high-end audio/video systems in people’s homes, most of the houses I get to walk through are ones that I could afford. Sometimes I…
New public transportation to debut
Grumman International Metropolitan Planning (GIMP), a publicly traded company working toward the advancement of pristine urban environments around the world, has decided to debut its newest offering in Knoxville late next year. GIMP is known around the world for its innovative approaches to refining urban environments, aiding the environment, reducing costs, and adding a splash…
Employee to get business cards
An employee of MacGruder, MacFly, & MacNally, Associates, is to receive a set of her own business cards next week. The cards are at the printer now and should be ready for her by Tuesday or Wednesday. Mary MacIntyre, who will be receiving the cards, said she expects them to increase her determination to do…
Man injured in shopping cart incident
A man was injured in the Walker Springs Wal-Mart when he was hit by a shopping cart. The man, Mike Johnson, was reported to be reaching for a can of discount tuna when a cart operated by Myrtle Beeler hit him from behind and knocked him down. According to eye witness John Patterson, Beeler appeared…
Record cold kills six
Record cold temperatures in East Tennessee have been wreaking havoc all across the region. From frozen water pipes to thick ice on windshields to puppies refusing to pee, the effects have been devastating. According to Martha Stalwart, a local elderly woman living on Nubbin Ridge Road and her meager pension checks, the cold has claimed…
Pirate’s treasure discovered in Fort Loudon lake
During the monthly dragging of Fort Loudon lake for bodies, the Knox County Rescue Squad has found the treasure of one of East Tennessee’s few pirates. The main tributaries of Fort Loudon lake are the Holston River, French Broad River, and Little Tennessee River. Until July 8, 1940 when construction began on the Fort Loudon…
The Bay City Rollers to open Downtown Knoxville dance club
The original Boy Band, The Bay City Rollers, have announced plans to open a skating rink/dance club in Downtown Knoxville. Decked out in their trademark tartan gear, they still have the ability to regain teen-idol status. Much like the 1978 Sid and Marty Krofft television series, The Bay City Rollers will participate in club events…
Record UNO game held in Bearden
Sven Petersen, the regional reigning UNO champion, recently staged the world’s largest UNO game at his Bearden home. Combining his son’s Simpsons and Harry Potter Editions plus six other packs of UNO cards, including his own prized Star Trek Edition, into one game was almost as difficult as getting 80 people together in his small…
Bjorn and Brehd do Oak Ridge (or) Why to stay in Knoxville
I’ve tried several times to find a way to start this article, to no avail. A story lives within my short-term memory but it doesn’t have a place on our website. For lack of better options I am placing this ‘brief review of Oak Ridge and opinion piece’ here in the features section. Bjorn and…
The SUV War comes to Knoxville
A war is waging in Knoxville where street meets sidewalk. A large group of sidewalk and greenway users are trying to organize a movement to ban automobiles in general, but especially SUVs. The group on the street really like their automobiles, especially the SUV drivers. Those who prefer bicycle, unicycle, or Segway to the automobile…
Local slumlords sue ghost
Loudon County entrepreneurs and slumlords, the Matlock brothers – owners of Matlock Brothers’ Used Automobiles and the adjacent trailer park – have filed suit in Small Claims Court against an alleged ghost inhabiting one of their dwellings. After having several reputable families move in and out of a particular trailer within just a few months,…
Could Nostradamus have predicted the fate of Universe Knoxville?
Michel de Nostradamus may have predicted the fate of Universe Knoxville long before anyone dreamed of its existence. A newly discovered quatrain, open to interpretation, has many convinced that Nostradamus did have insight into our fate. Here at Knoxpatch.com, we believe the quatrain speaks for itself. Beasts ferocious for outside visitors will reach for the…
Remains of first whacked Knoxvillian found
Everett Benning was operating his jack hammer yesterday busting up concrete on Market Square while his best friend, Eugene Humphrey, removed the broken pieces with his Bobcat. As Humphrey backed away with a large chunk of concrete, Benning looked down and noticed a skeleton partially buried beneath it. “I wasn’t real surprised to find it,…