Kristi L. Nelson

• My Village Child Development Center celebrates in face of closure Published 05/18/2013 at 5:30 a.m.

  The staff is down to about half, cribs and toys disassembled, and the children who attend have dwindled from about 80 to fewer than 20.

• Battle for equality gentler but still ongoing here Published 05/12/2013 at 5 a.m.

  Why were battles for civil rights so much bloodier in Birmingham, Ala., and some other Southern cities than in Knoxville?

• 50 years ago: Civil-rights pioneer's arrest created iconic Knoxville image Published 05/12/2013 at 5 a.m.

  She can still remember the dress, a black-and-white gingham her mother bought her. It wasn’t her very favorite, but it was one she knew looked good. After all, she was representing her race — and what if she appeared on ...

• DCS interim commissioner plans broad changes Published 05/11/2013 at 5:30 a.m.

  Ninety days after he stepped in as interim commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, Jim Henry thinks he’s identified most of the "cracks in the system."

• DCS interim commissioner talks of change Published 05/10/2013 at 8:23 p.m.

  Ninety days after he stepped in as interim commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, Jim Henry thinks he’s identified most of the “cracks in the system.”

• $10 rabies shots offered next two Saturdays Published 05/02/2013 at 2:52 p.m.

  The handful of rabies cases that Tennessee has seen this year are still more than enough to underscore the need to vaccinate pets — even those that stay inside, said Ronnie Nease, environmental director for Knox County Health Department.

• Tennova closing multi-faceted dementia program Published 04/22/2013 at 6:54 p.m.

  For more than 20 years, the Geriatric Assessment Program has been known for taking the most difficult dementia cases, helping families find resources, treatments, quality of life.

• Coming 'round again: Record Store Day highlights vinyl's endurance Published 04/19/2013 at 5:30 a.m.

  Matthew Adkisson’s had plenty of experience buying vinyl record albums — he estimates there are about 7,000 in his personal collection.

• Rally urges Haslam to make plan for health care expansion Updated 04/15/2013 at 10:24 p.m.

  On Tax Day, some East Tennesseans had a message for Gov. Bill Haslam: Use Tennessee taxpayers’ money to provide health care for people in Tennessee.

• Dozens rally in Krutch Park in support of expanding health care Published 04/15/2013 at 1:23 p.m.

  KNOXVILLE — About 35 people gathered in the Krutch Park annex at noon Monday — Tax Day — to send a message to Gov. Bill Haslam: Keep taxpayer money at home to provide health care to needy Tennesseans.

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