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September 23, 2026 by Staff reports
Pinnacle Turkey Creek has announced the return of Taste of Turkey Creek, which will take place from 6 to 9 p.m., Friday, Oct. 9, bringing together the community for an evening of food, drinks, live entertainment and giving back. VIP ticket holders will receive early entry beginning at 5:30 p.m.
“Each year, Taste of Turkey Creek gives us the opportunity to showcase the incredible restaurants and businesses that make the Turkey Creek area special while bringing our community together for an important cause,” said Gabi Walsh, marketing manager for Pinnacle Turkey Creek. “We are especially excited to partner with Breast Connect this year and help support the meaningful work they do for breast cancer patients, survivors and their families right here in our community.”
She said this year’s proceeds from Turkey Creek will benefit Breast Connect, “a Knoxville-based nonprofit dedicated to supporting individuals impacted by breast cancer.
“Breast Connect provides education, mentorship, support groups and connections to resources, helping patients and survivors navigate their breast cancer journey while building a strong network of support within the community.”
Walsh stated Taste of Turkey Creek gives guests the opportunity to sample bites and beverages from a variety of area restaurants and businesses all in one place.
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September 23, 2026 by Tammy Cheek
Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen will discuss the Boring Road closure and options for traffic mitigation for the new Farragut Area Elementary School at its workshop 5 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 24, in the Board Room of Farragut Town Hall.
According to a report from Town engineer Darryl Smith, the Board will discuss current and future issues with the Kingston Pike access at Boring Road “due to the new K-5 elementary school at Village Commons Boulevard.”
The Board temporarily closed Boring Road connection to Kingston Pike in June. Since then, a number of residents opposed the closing, citing emergency vehicles’ access and inconvenience, among other considerations.
Options, which may be under discussion, will be to close Boring Road, make Boring Road at Kingston Pike a right-in, right-out intersection, reconstruct Boring Road from about 300 feet east of the rear of the school entrance to Kingston Pike or do nothing for now.
Smith stated Knox County School System is completing the construction of the new school with an intended opening of August 2027.
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September 23, 2026 by Tammy Cheek
Homestead Land Holdings’ request to rezone 12.25 acres at 13117 Harrison Road from Agricultural to Attached Single-Family Residential (R-4) for townhomes failed when the Farragut Municipal Planning Commission voted not to support the rezoning during its meeting Thursday, Sept. 17.
The motion, made by newly appointed Commissioner Michael Wilson and seconded by Commissioner Noah Myers, passed unanimously.
The vote hinged in part on the Town’s ongoing update of its Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
“I have two comments,” said Myers, who was chosen FMPC chairman. “First, I do want to remind everybody that the land use plan is a guide. It’s not the holy grail of all the decisions that we make, and it is a dynamic document as well.
“With that being said, I think that Agricultural to R-4 is too radical of a change at this time,” he said.
Vice Mayor Greg Wiberley, who also is a new Planning Commissioner, said, “… the first thing we want to do is not appear to be tone-deaf to those [residents] comments.”
“I appreciate wanting to come in at four to six units per acre,” Wilson said. “Obviously, a property in the land use plan could be up to eight units per acre, so I do appreciate the developers’ foresight to come in a little bit under that density.
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September 23, 2026 by Tammy Cheek
Incumbent Republican Dr. Richard Briggs of Knoxville and Democrat Bryan Langan of Karns will square off this November as both are seeking the District 7 state senate seat.
Briggs, a cardiothoracic surgeon, has served on the District 7 senate seat for 12 years. Prior to that, he was a Knox County Commissioner, representing District 5, which covers Farragut, for seven years, starting in 2008. He also is a retired U.S. Army colonel, having served as a trauma surgeon in Operation Desert Storm and later in Afghanistan and Iraq.
After 38 years of serving in active and reserve duty, Briggs said, “I
was looking for something else; and in January 2007, they had Black Wednesday, which was very disruptive.
“There were eight County Commissioners who had resigned from office because of term limits,” he explained. “I was in Leadership Knoxville at that time … and that’s when I, and several other people, decided to run,” he said.
After that, he shifted from county to state political service and now is running for re-election.
“In the last 12 years, there have been a lot of really good things that happened in the state of Tennessee,” he said. “It’s just a very exciting time to move from being good to being really great, and I want to continue to serve.
“We’ve moved from being one of the poorer states in the country to now we’re at least in the upper half,” Briggs said. “We’ve come a long way.
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September 23, 2026 by Tammy Cheek
The Goddard School’s expansion plans hit a roadblock at the Farragut Municipal Planning Commission’s Thursday, Sept. 17, meeting as commissioners opposed a requested change to the Town’s outdoor play-area requirements.
A representative of The Goddard School from Studio Four Design, a Michael Graves Company, requested the Town consider a text amendment reducing its fenced outdoor play-area requirement for day care facilities from 100 square feet per child to the state requirement of 50 square feet per child.
Because FMPC heard the matter as a workshop item, it took no formal action, but Commissioners expressed a consensus that the Town’s current standards should remain in place.
“The Goddard School off Loudon Road is planning to expand with a roughly 2,800-square-foot addition” to its existing 8,200-square-foot building, Community Development Director Mark Shipley said. “The site plan for this project was conditionally approved at the July 16 Planning Commission meeting.
“One of the approval conditions was that a fenced outdoor play area, per the Town's Zoning Ordinance, is provided to meet the requirement that at least 100 square feet is provided per child … or a text amendment is approved by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to follow the State of Tennessee requirement [50 feet], as applied to the square footage needed for fenced outdoor play areas.”
Shipley noted the ordinance has been in place for more than 20 years.
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September 23, 2026 by
Motorists traveling along Kingston Pike and Campbell Station Road met a road closure Monday morning, Sept. 21, on both roads after a tractor-trailer, carrying 51,000 pounds of fiber, overturned at that intersection in front of 35 North. “We got alerted a little after 6 a.m. close to the intersection of Kingston Pike and Campbell Station,” Tennessee Department of Transportation regional communications officer Mark Nagi said. “Kingston Pike got back open about 6:30 a.m., but you’ve still got part of Campbell Station Road closed,” he said. “I know that caused some backups.” Campbell Station Road was reopened by 9 a.m. Monday. Nagi added his department did not know the cause of the wreck, and Tennessee Highway Patrol is still actively investigating the accident. The truck driver was injured, and his condition is unknown, according to reports. There were no fatalities reported.
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September 23, 2026 by
farragutpress is now accepting political profile submissions for the 2026 election cycle.
As the 2026 election season approaches, farragutpress is providing political candidates with an opportunity to share their message directly with readers through candidate profiles published in the newspaper.
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September 23, 2026 by
Theft:
Knox County Sheriff’s deputies received a report at 4:49 p.m., Sept. 4, concerning the reported theft of a U-Haul trailer from 10833 Kingston Pike. According to the report, the trailer had been rented Aug. 3 for 24 hours and was due back Aug. 4. The renter reportedly told U-Haul on Aug. 10 that he would return the trailer with payment the following day, but the company reported no further contact after sending a late-return demand letter Aug. 13. The trailer was valued at $17,500.
Fraud:
Knox County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a business in the 11500-block of Parkside Drive in Farragut, at 5:37 p.m., Sept. 7, after a report of fraud. An employee told deputies that a caller claiming to be a lieutenant with the U.S. Marshals Service said the business had a bank-account deficit because an employee had
deposited counterfeit bills. The caller allegedly instructed the employee to take $433 from the cash register, go to a nearby Walgreens, scan a bar code and transfer the money. The employee transferred
the $433, according to the report. The incident was classified as false pretenses.
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