Lifestyle

Drive through any city in America and you are bound to see some graffiti. Some people love it, while others hate it. These images, letters and paintings found on buildings, bridges and other surfaces may often signal decay and bring property values down. This has prompted many cities to create designated graffiti art spaces, and many businesses have commissioned artists ...

The sugar maple tree yields autumn foliage, maple syrup and Tennessee whiskey. Wood from the tree is chopped into planks, stacked in piles and burned to form charcoal. Freshly distilled, un-aged whiskey is filtered over the charcoal in a mysterious, but necessary step known as the Lincoln County Process (LCP). By law, a product cannot be called Tennessee whiskey without ...

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will host the National Archery in the Schools Program 13th Annual State Championship, March 28-29, 2019 in Murfreesboro. The NASP State Championship will be returning to the Tennessee Miller Coliseum for the 10th consecutive year. Close to 2,000 students representing more than 80 schools are expected to participate.        Many of the Volunteer State’s best student ...

Gatlinburg-Pittman High School’s music program received a huge donation today from the Ryman Hospitality Properties Foundation. An online auction of 70 tickets for Blake Shelton’s Ole Red Gatlinburg grand opening concert raised more than $29,000 and Ryman Hospitality Properties Foundation contributed another $25,000, for a total of $54,214 donated to the school’s music program. Shelton, along with Ryman Hospitality Properties ...

Registration is open for University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture’s Sportsman’s Field Day. What does a Tennessee sportsman (or woman) need to know about chronic wasting disease or pond management? What about wild turkeys or silver carp? These topics and more will be covered at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture’s Sportsman’s Field Day on March 23, 2019. Hosted by ...

The Tennessee Tribe is kicking off the 2019 season with a matchup against the Alcoa Alloys. The Tennessee Tribe game is set to kickoff at 7 p.m. this Saturday, March 2, 2019 at Northview Academy, 2719 Northview Academy Lane in Kodak. Tennessee Tribe Game Admission: $10 (13 & above) $5 (6-12) Free (5 & under) Former 17-year veteran and four-time ...

New this year, Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians’ summer resident camp is adding five new camp programs and opening attendance up to non-Girl Scout members. New camps for rising 4th through 8th graders include The World is Your Stage, Outdoor G.I.R.L., and STEAM into Camp. The World is Your Stage runs June 9-13 and offers girls a space where ...

One plant sure to brighten the winter landscape is hellebore, as it is commonly known. Botanically it is known as Helleborus. You may also know it as Christmas rose or Lenten rose because of its rose-like flowers that are in bloom during winter and early spring around the Christian observance of Lent. The genus name Helleborus originates from the Greek ...

Even though the Girl Scout membership year starts in the fall, Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians (GSCSA) is introducing a special prorated offer of $20 per new member, girl or adult, who join January – April. The discounted membership is part of the council’s “Grow Your Troop, Grow the Girl Scout Movement” initiative. The membership is not available online ...

The Sevier County Humane Society SPOT program is celebrating a milestone of pets spayed or neutered by sharing the story of a beagle mix named Rosie, number 7,000. As the most effective way to reduce pet homelessness in East Tennessee, the Sevier County Humane Society SPOT (Stop Pet Overpopulation Today) Program is committed to bringing low cost spay/neuter services to ...