Craven Crowell, besides having possibly the most colorful name of any TVA chairman, presided over the agency during one of its most turbulent periods. Some of the turmoil came from without, but some of it was self-inflicted. Jesse Fox Mayshark weighs the legacy of a man who took TVA to the brink of disaster.

Matt Edens reports on innovative planning efforts in Bearden, and Betty Bean pays tribute to the spirit of the late Danny Mayfield.
Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.

Joe Sullivan sees tangles ahead for City Council redistricting in Insights, Jesse Fox Mayshark thinks local leaders need to put the public back in the process in Editor's Corner, and Jack Neely considers the endangered Sprankle Building in Secret History.

It's the first week of April, which means it's time for our annual update from our friends at the Tennessee Department of Transportation (motto: "In Asphalt We Trust"). This helpful, colorful and kid-friendly brochure explains some of the finer points of TDOT's wide-ranging and heartfelt efforts to serve the road contractors, er, people of Tennessee.

John Sewell Mike Gibson sits down with Skeyebone and finds out why exactly it's called "stoner rock" in the Music Feature, while Eye on the Scene digs a second chance to check out the indie film Benjamin Smoke. Donna Raskin concludes young writers Leah Stewart and Thisbe Nissen have got something to say but don't know how to say it—yet in Pulp. Having survived a blitzkrieg of letters, emails and phone calls from sensitive Saxons, Ally Carte ventures forth into even more dangerous territory: City Brew in Restaurant Rover.

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