By Michele Silva
May 4, 2021 11:22 AM
(Knoxville, TN) – The Boyd Foundation has committed $1 million to YWCA Knoxville. It will help renovate the 96-year-old Downtown Center and expand the Keys of Hope Women’s Program. It will be renamed in honor of Jenny Boyd.
The financial commitment fulfills 10 percent of a $10 million fundraising goal in support of the overall Keys of Hope capital campaign. The program provides transitional services for women seeking to restore their lives and reach self-
sufficiency.
“The generous gift from the Boyd family and The Boyd Foundation is a great boost to our critical fundraising efforts to transform more lives through Keys of Hope and bring much-needed changes to our
“Wait. Wait. Wait.”
But in a flash, a police officer had shot and killed 17-year-old Anthony Thompson Jr. during a short struggle after authorities say a handgun Thompson was carrying went off and struck a trash can. As Thompson lay on the school bathroom floor with officers on top of him, another student who also had been shoved to the ground and handcuffed screamed, “What are you all doing?”
The April 12 fatal shooting took place at Austin-East High School, an arts magnet school nestled inside a quiet Knoxville neighborhood near the zoo. A funeral home sits directly across the street. Painted prominently on the road separating the two buildings are the words “Black Lives Matter.”
By Michele Silva
May 4, 2021 | 11:22 AM
(Knoxville, TN) – The Boyd Foundation has committed $1 million to YWCA Knoxville. It will help renovate the 96-year-old Downtown Center and expand the Keys of Hope Women’s Program. It will be renamed in honor of Jenny Boyd.
The financial commitment fulfills 10 percent of a $10 million fundraising goal in support of the overall Keys of Hope capital campaign. The program provides transitional services for women seeking to restore their lives and reach self-
sufficiency.
“The generous gift from the Boyd family and The Boyd Foundation is a great boost to our critical fundraising efforts to transform more lives through Keys of Hope and bring much-needed changes to our
The Knox County Commission is scheduled to discuss a controversial immigration enforcement deal following a report published last week by Knox News and Compass Knox that revealed the Sheriff s Office didn t secure commission approval for the initiative as required by state law.
Commissioner Charles Busler asked to put the issue on the body’s April agenda, which means it will be up for discussion at either the April 19 agenda review or the full April 26 meeting, or possibly both. The commission agenda was first published online Tuesday. Commission manager Drucilla Stills told Knox News that Busler requested the item be added Thursday, the day the report published.