Adria Amos

• Adria Amos: Couple participated in 19th Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America Published 05/14/2013 at 6 p.m.

  Norman and Margie Smith just completed the motorcycle ride of their lifetime.

• Elks Lodge banquet hall finally restored Published 05/07/2013 at 6 p.m.

  Several members of fraternal organization The Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks Lodge 160 were socializing one day in April 2011 when a violent storm ripped off portions of the building’s roof and flooded the lodge’s banquet hall. Luckily, ...

• Adria Amos: Many in need of kidney transplant from living donors Published 04/30/2013 at 6 p.m.

  Torez Moore wakes up every morning hoping this day is not the day his mother, Barbara Moore, dies.

• Adria Amos: Cafe owner raises funds for pediatric cancer research, services Published 04/23/2013 at 6 p.m.

  Kim Wilcox, owner of It’s All So Yummy Cafe, is fortunate to have five healthy children, all daughters ranging from 18 to 30 years old. But she realizes not all families experience the same circumstance.

• Adria Amos: Students develop appreciation for trees Published 04/09/2013 at 6:31 p.m.

  Trees are something many of us take for granted. But, that might not be true for more than 600 fourth grade students in West Knox County after this year’s Arbor Day, a national holiday recognizing the importance of trees.

• Adria Amos: Nursing students welcome public to day of fitness Published 04/02/2013 at 6:24 a.m.

  In the past several years, there’s been a lot of talk nationwide about childhood obesity, and Tennessee Wesleyan College-Fort Sanders Nursing students are stepping up to do something about the issue.

• Fathers, daughters have a ball while supporting charities Published 03/26/2013 at 6 p.m.

  What possibly could have motivated hundreds of fathers and daughters to put on their dancing shoes and bop to Farragut High School Commons on Saturday, March 16?

• Adria Amos: West Hills Elementary PTA raises money for library Published 03/19/2013 at 6:30 p.m.

  “Go Vols!” shouted former University of Tennessee men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl.

• Adria Amos: West Knoxville church's history dates back to Revolutionary War Published 03/12/2013 at 6 p.m.

  The beginning of Third Creek Baptist Church’s story is rooted in the creation of the nation; at least two of its founding members fought in the Revolutionary War.

• Adria Amos: Community helps Karns family with child's medical expenses Published 03/05/2013 at 6 p.m.

  Dawn James describes her son Elijah James as a miracle. Elijah has rachischisis, sometimes called complete spina bifida, a birth defect in which portions of the spine fail to close properly. When he was born, his entire spinal column was ...

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