Knoxville Photos

Photos by Bob Fowler

  • Zach Bates is the oldest of the Bates children.
  • Gov. Bill Haslam, left, talks with Anderson County Schools Director Larry Foster, right and Jody Goins, principal of Oak Ridge High School, on Wednesday in Oak Ridge.
  • Eric Enos, pictured June 26, 2011, in the attic of his energy-efficient home, stands next to the geothermal heating and cooling pump for the new home.
  • Eric Enos worked almost single-handedly on his energy efficient house which overlooks Oliver Springs for a year and is pictured June 26, 2011.
  • Jacob Wilkerson, a crew leader with a REACH work camp,on July 1, 2011, saws wood for a handicapped ramp at Brenda Turner's Oak Ridge home. Helping are teen volunteers Gabby Struve and Zack Polizzi.
  • Brenda Turner, in back, watches on July 1, 2011, as REACH work camp teens, from left: Jordan Coe, Laycee Sherbert, John Parris and Krystal Helm haul off construction debris during upgrades to her Oak Ridge home.
  • Supervisor Larry Mattingly, left, checks the plans for the new Cedar Hill Playground while Phil Thompson, second from left, Kyle Ruppe and Matt Reedy, right, move a piece into place.
  • Ethan Norris plays in Harriman’s Riverfront Park on Thursday on his 6th birthday. His mother says the kindergarten teacher who reportedly told Ethan’s classmates to call him a pig “shouldn’t be teaching.”
  • Wearing her aviator shades, Dolly Parton on Friday, March 25, 2011, is pictured after introducing her new thrill ride at Dollywood, 'Barnstormer,' as a new season at the Pigeon Forge theme park begins.
  • Dolly Parton chats with her uncle, Billy Owens, onstage on Friday, March 25, 2011, during the kickoff for the new season at Dollywood, her theme park in Pigeon Forge.
  • Dolly Parton talks with her uncle, Billy Owens, on Friday, March 25, 2011, during the kickoff for another season at Dollywood, her theme park in Pigeon Forge.
  • Dolly Parton talks to friends, family and the media on Friday, March 25, 2011, during the kickoff for a new season at Dollywood, her theme park in Pigeon Forge.
  • Backed by friends and family, Dolly Parton belts out a song on Friday, March 25, 2011, to launch the new season at Dollywood, her theme park in Pigeon Forge.
  • Dolly Parton heads toward the stage next to her newest amusement ride, 'Barnstormer,' on Friday, March 25, 2011, to launch the new season at her Pigeon Forge theme park, Dollywood.
  • Dressed in aviator gear with a replica of an old-time airplane behind her, Dolly Parton poses on Friday, March 25, 2011, near the newest thrill ride, 'Barnstormer,'' at her theme park, Dollywood, in Pigeon Forge.
  • Seated between two heaters on a chilly Friday morning, March 25, 2011, at her theme park in Pigeon Forge, Dolly Parton relaxes after a nationally televised interview and before she officially kicks off the new season and a new thrill ride at Dollywood.
  • Seated between heaters near her new thrill ride 'Barnstormer' at her theme park on a chilly Friday morning, March 25, 2011, country music superstar Dolly Parton relaxes after a nationally televised interview and before she officially kicks off another season at Dollywood.
  • Bill Landry, former host of The Heartland Series and now a Roane State Community College instructor, on Feb. 3, 2011, points out part of the equipment in the new TV station to student David McCarthy.
  • ill Landry, fomer Heartland Series host and now a Roane State Community College professor, on Feb. 3, 2011, points toward the balcony in the history Princess Theater in downtown Harriman. In background, from left: Harriman Mayor Chris Mason, architect Frank Sparkman, Roane State student David McCarthy and volunteer Jim Duncan.
  • Richard Moore, left, and Tim Manning, center, are helped by Jerry Hill as they remove a filing cabinet from the administrative offices of Tennessee Meiji Gakuin, the former high school in Sweetwater, on Thursday
  • Sheila Kidwell, left, registrar at Jefferson County High School, talks with new student Seth Self, right during registration on Thursday. Steva Parkey, back right, and her son Aaron Buckner, back left, prepare to submit Aaron’s registration.
  • Pedestrians take cover under their umbrellas during lunch hour on Gay Street in downtown Knoxville on Monday. Showers are in the forecast for the next few days and may help erase a rainfall deficit for the year.
  • Anderson-ville Volunteer Firefighter Katlyn McLaurin helps Brian Rose try on a firefighting outfit Monday.
  • Al Cecere, founder and president of the American Eagle Foundation, wrestles with Tiny, a mature bald eagle who was released back into the wild on Friday. Watching is Karen Wilbur, the foundation’s assistant operations manager.
  • Hoskins drug store co-owners and sisters Mollie Scarbrough, left, and Dudley Bostic show off one of the specialities of the store’s soda fountain, a banana split.
  • Workers with Harrison Construction put the finishing touches on the beginning of the 11-mile-long loop road in Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
  • A second floor hall is jammed for a Traffic Court session at Roane County Courthouse in Kingston on March 12. With the state fire marshal limiting the number of people allowed in courtrooms, officials are exploring ways to alleviate hallway crowding.
  • Regas Restaurant Chef Stephen Myers prepares one of the famed eatery’s noted dishes while General Manager Roy Frazier watches recently. Change is coming again for the restaurant, which is no longer under the management of Connor Concepts.
  • Dr. Tom Kim, the physician who has been donating his services to the Free Briceville Medical Clinic, comments on Wednesday after an offer to help the clinic stay open.
  • Taiwan natives Kate Cheng and Lucian Hsieh watch the snow Friday in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The couple on winter break from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign said they were enjoying the weather because it rarely snows in their homeland.
  • Mark Schotters, right, roads and fleets supervisor in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, checks out conditions on U.S. Highway 441 on Friday while motor vehicle operator Charles Curry looks on.
  • The dilapidated Alexander Inn suffers from peeling paint, a rotting wood frame and broken windows. Tennessee Preservation Trust considers it one of the state’s top 10 endangered properties.
  • Jennifer Roseberry and James Reese, associate managers of Regal Cinemas’ Pinnacle 18, lift a display outside the complex in preparation for tonight’s screening of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” which will benefit Variety of Eastern Tennessee.
  • Briceville students help University of Tennessee biologist Joyce Coombs, left, and TVA employee Charlie Saylor pluck minnows and fish.
  • Joey Lydon gets a haircut from Stevie Collins at Sports Clips, our readers’ choice for Best Barber Shop.
  • Matt Jordan works out Wednesday Sept. 21, 2009, at the Downtown YMCA, 605 West Clinch Ave. The YMCA was voted best health club in the 2009 East Tennessee's Best Reader's Poll.
  • Dillards is our readers’ 2009 choice for East Tennessee’s Best Shoe Store.
  • ORNL Federal Credit Union is East Tennessee’s favorite credit union in our 2009 poll. The branch shown here is at 7228 Oak Ridge Highway.
  • Kyle Beanblossom tosses dough into the air at Big Ed’s Pizza as Danielle McNeill, left, and Schuyler Barker look on. The Oak Ridge pizzeria was voted Best Pizza in our poll.
  • Harriman Mayor Chris Mason discusses the future of the Princess Theater with Diane Tronsor, who operates the Spot Cafe near the historic building.
  • Sisters Mollie Scarbrough, left, and Dudley Bostic, co-owners of Hoskins Drug Store, show off their banana split. It is one of the favored creations of the store's soda fountain area.
  • Etched into the wall of Devilstep Hollow Cave is an 800-year-old drawing of a stone ax in the process of transforming into a human
  • Cedar Bluff Intermediate School student Cecilia McKinley gets a closeup view of a camera in the animation exhibit at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge in October 2007.

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