Department of Health and Human Services website 4parents.gov launched a new ad campaign “Talk To Me” that urges parents to “speak up” and talk to their kids about waiting to have sex until their married. View the commercial below.
The 4Parents website also has tips for parents on how and why to talk to your […]
Well, not really… It’s more like Teacher Gone Dumb. I was trying to let this one slide by without commenting on it but I couldn’t resist any longer. If you haven’t heard about Inskip Elementary School teacher Melinda England posting risque photos on MySpace, read this KnoxNews article first, or watch the WATE6 report.
At 28 […]
Local Wal-Mart stores just started carrying an 11 inch tall Jesus doll created by Christian toy makers One2believe. It was weird at first for me to think of Jesus as an action figure doll. But then, my next thought was, I can’t believe this hasn’t been done before. I’ll get back to what I think […]
1 Week ago today, Tennessee began a cigarette surveillance program where it’s now a crime to purchase more than two cartons of cigs out of state and bring them back into Tennessee. What?
Okay, here’s the deal. Here at OneKnoxFamily we hate cigarettes. Cigarette smoke is one of the nastiest things, it stinks and it kills. […]
Like a lot of you, we’ve gotten into a habit of watching American Idol each week to see how everyone sounds, looks and performs, wondering who’ll be the next to go. In Knoxville, we’ve had several ‘locals’ to keep up with on reality television most notably Tina Wesson, the winner of Survivor Outback.
I didn’t realize there was a […]
Good news for us on taxes. Tennessee ranked as the 3rd most “tax friendly” state on an income tax survey by CNNMoney.
Tennessee residents pay some of the lowest state taxes because they only owe income tax on dividends and interest.
Tennessee’s total tax burden figures at 8.5 percent of income. Only Alaska and New Hampshire ranked better, the […]
Former Republican U.S. Senator Fred Thompson has not yet said if he is a presidential candidate.But a Chattanooga editorial page has joined a “draft Fred” movement with an endorsement of the actor and attorney 19 months before the election.
Thompson is running third in a few national polls without doing anything more than acknowledging he was […]
By now, most of us know about the new red light camera-enforcement system that’s been rolling out over the past year. The City of Knoxville recently released new information about the system as well as some statistics on the effects the system has had on traffic accidents.
“The number of traffic accidents at more than a […]
Children can make a difference…
After a fellow classmate undergoes surgery for a non-malignant brain tumor the students and teachers at Holston Middle School decided to raise money in her honor. After making flyers and going door to door the school has raised over $3,300 so far.
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