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Some community members say Knoxville stadium deal would be a swing-and-a-miss for taxpayers Critics of the downtown stadium project say public money would be better spent on education, community safety, and roads. Author: WBIR Staff, John Becker Published: 2:56 PM EST February 18, 2021 Updated: 7:02 PM EST February 18, 2021 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. The cheers of fans and whacks from bats sending baseballs soaring through the skies of downtown may be a transformational vision for Knoxville, but critics of a new stadium proposal say that dream should not hinge on investments from taxpayers. It s an absolute boondoggle in every sense of the word, said one critic of the proposal to use $65 million in sales tax-backed bonds to build a new stadium for baseball, concerts, and other events on an old industrial site in East Knoxville. ....
It s scary to send them back like this | Knox County parents split on spring in-person learning decision Some Knox County parents never doubted sending their kids back to the classroom. Others wish they could reverse their decision. Author: Katie Inman Updated: 6:53 PM EST January 5, 2021 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. On the first day of the spring semester, some parents are confident in their decision to send kids back to the classroom, but others are having second thoughts. Knox County Schools required those learning decisions be made eleven weeks ago, before the holiday spike in COVID-19 cases. Some think that was too soon. Parents of 45,000 students sent their kids to learn in person Tuesday. The school district said around 5,000 made the switch from virtual to in-person from the fall semester. ....