Orientation in full swing at UT
Orientation at the University of Tennessee is in full swing as incoming students and their...
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Kuumba Festival continues to grow
This year’s Kuumba Festival kicked off Thursday, June 20, at Krutch Park, as a diverse...
Pepper Place stirs up interest
Locals to Birmingham, Alabama walked from booth to booth last Saturday morning at the Pepper Place Farmers Market to see and buy products from native farmers, craftsmen, and artists in their area.
Surf competition helps high schoolers go to college
The Surfari Club of New Smyrna Beach, FL held their 25th annual seaside fiesta surf competition...
Car enthusiasts flock to charity cross country car race
Car admirers gathered in Davenport, Iowa on June 23 for “The Great Race” in which...
Bullfeathers’ Sing Your Way to Nashville karaoke competition underway
Bullfeathers bar in Knoxville is hosting a singing competition for the second year in a row. Many hopefuls came out to the semi finals in order to get enough votes to make it to the end goal of Nashville.
Knox Pridefest promotes diversity, inclusion
The seventh annual Knoxville Pridefest drew a crowd of nearly 10,000 to a parade through...
Blue Plate Special Draws Downtown Crowd
Jim Avett, father of the Grammy-nominated Avett Brothers, headlined the Blue Plate Special concert series...
Knoxville Catholic High School to hold Brixx FIRE Volleyball Tournament
Knoxville Catholic High School in west Knoxville will hold the Brixx FIRE volleyball tournament on June 22 and June 23.
The second annual Brixx FIRE grass volleyball tournament is to raise awareness for the American Cancer Society. All of the proceeds from the tournament and the events surrounding it will go to the society’s signature event Relay for Life. This year’s goal is to reach $15,000.
Staff profiles: Melitta Markey
Melitta Markey is a 19-year-old sophomore majoring in journalism and electronic media and minoring in business administration at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She graduated from Independence High School in Thompsons Station, Tennessee in 2012 and attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for a year before transferring to Knoxville. Transferring to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville was an easy decision for her since she had heard great things about the news broadcast program at Knoxville, which is what she plans on specializing in along with visual studies.
