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Created: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:16:11 +0000
Author: Tyler Whetstone and Angela Dennis, Knoxville News Sentinel
The city is asking a judge for assurances it won't be held in contempt if it releases redacted video footage of the confrontation.
Created: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 22:50:52 +0000
Author: Brett Kelman, Nashville Tennessean
Sixty-nine percent of white, rural conservative Tennesseans are unwilling to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to new survey results.
Created: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 02:00:24 +0000
Author: Allie Clouse, Knoxville News Sentinel
COVID-19 vaccination appointments are becoming more and more available. Is it a sign of lower demand? And if so, how will we reach herd immunity?
More details: How Knox County is combating COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, one person at a time
Created: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 19:58:54 +0000
Author: Sarah Riley and Monica Kast, Knoxville News Sentinel
A look at the latest coronavirus numbers, including positive tests, isolations and hospitalizations. Updated daily.
More details: University of Tennessee, Knox County Schools and Knox County COVID-19 case counts
Created: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:11:51 +0000
Author: Jamie Satterfield, Knoxville News Sentinel
Instead, police entered the bathroom and ended up in a confrontation that left 17-year-old Anthony J. Thompson Jr. shot to death.
Created: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 19:00:07 +0000
Author: Tyler Whetstone and Brittany Crocker, Knoxville News Sentinel
Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon said she had asked Charme Allen to release a redacted version of the Austin-East shooting video, but Allen declined.
More details: Knox County prosecutor Charme Allen won't release bodycam video until case is done
Created: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:51:52 +0000
Author: Knoxville News Sentinel
Many details are still uncertain, but here's what we know about the Knoxville shooting that left a student dead at Austin-East Magnet High School.
More details: Knoxville's Austin-East High School shooting: What we know
Created: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:33:42 +0000
Author: Travis Dorman and Sarah Riley, Knoxville News Sentinel
Eve Thomas has added her voice to those calling for the release of bodycam video that shows how 17-year-old Anthony J. Thompson Jr. died.
Created: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 11:00:29 +0000
Author: Natalie Allison, Nashville Tennessean
Legislation that would allow elected officials to avoid in-person meetings, convene remotely, is opposed by Tennessee's leading open government group.
Created: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:16:51 +0000
Author: Knoxville News Sentinel
COVID-19 vaccine inoculations began last month to the most at-risk groups and those on the front lines. How long before it's available to everyone?
More details: Tracking the number of COVID-19 vaccinations in Knoxville and East Tennessee
Created: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:06:42 +0000
Author: Sarah Riley and Brittany Crocker, Knoxville News Sentinel
The police shooting of a teen in the bathroom of Austin-East High School bathroom has community leaders and advocates asking for video to be released.
More details: Latest updates: The police shooting of Anthony J. Thompson Jr. in Knoxville
Created: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 10:00:40 +0000
Author: Brittany Crocker, Knoxville News Sentinel
Smoke that covered at least four East Tennessee counties on April 6 came from multiple large burns south of Knoxville, not from Oak Ridge.
Created: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:53:43 +0000
Author: Travis Dorman, Knoxville News Sentinel
"I support releasing any incident videos to the media & public as soon as it is legally allowed," Kincannon wrote on a social media post.
Created: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 11:51:02 +0000
Author: Brittany Crocker, Knoxville News Sentinel
Get involved with community events and fundraisers supporting Austin-East Magnet High School.
More details: How to help the Austin-East community after string of fatal shootings
Created: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 10:03:01 +0000
Author: Allie Clouse, Knoxville News Sentinel
Do you or someone you know need financial assistance or emotional support amid COVID-19? Here are the resources available.
More details: Need help? A list of the COVID-19 assistance options available in Knox County
Created: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 15:45:42 +0000
Author: Travis Dorman, Knoxville News Sentinel
"If the truth doesn't get out, rumor will fill the vacuum," said Deborah Fisher, executive director of the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government.
Created: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 11:01:41 +0000
Author: Mariah Timms and Brett Kelman, Nashville Tennessean
Federal authorities are investigating an East Tennessee man suspected of using stolen identities to file fraudulent unemployment claims.
Created: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 17:55:28 +0000
Author: Vincent Gabrielle, Knoxville News Sentinel
Under Biden's infrastructure plan every major city in Tennessee could have passenger service except Knoxville. Here's why.
More details: Dreaming of passenger rail service in Knoxville? Here's why it would take decades
Created: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 21:56:17 +0000
Author: Tyler Whetstone, Knoxville News Sentinel
Police have responded to a shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville that killed one juvenile and injured a police officer.
Created: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 22:50:28 +0000
Author: Isabel Lohman and Monica Kast, Knoxville News Sentinel
Austin-East high school has previously been moved to virtual learning following gun violence in the Knoxville community and a student's death.
More details: Austin-East High School will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday after fatal shooting
Created: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 19:13:25 +0000
Author: Vincent Gabrielle and Sarah Riley, Knoxville News Sentinel
"While the path out of the pandemic is paved by community vaccination, some temporary restrictions remain necessary."
More details: Under her new authority, Buchanan reissues mask mandate plus bar and restaurant curfew
Created: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 21:33:46 +0000
Author: Staff reports
Gov. Bill Lee offered his prayers for the victims of a shooting near Austin-East High School in Knoxville on Monday.
Created: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 02:46:28 +0000
Author: Brett Kelman, Nashville Tennessean
The CDC now estimates more than one third of all new coronavirus infections in Tennessee are the result of the B.1.1.7 variant.
More details: This week in COVID-19: UK variant B.1.1.7 is now 35% of new Tennessee infections
Created: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 02:00:39 +0000
Author: Brianna Paciorka, Knoxville News Sentinel
Samantha Shoemaker talks about finding out her grandmother's body was misplaced at Parkwest Hospital
Created: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 02:00:27 +0000
Author: Alexis Clark, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle
How two boys charged in a Clarksville rape who were caught laughing about it on camera led to a Tennessee bill with harsher penalties for minors.
Created: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 21:49:06 +0000
Author: Yue Stella Yu, Nashville Tennessean
The bill has been delayed until next year. The amended measure would have designated the state's solicitor general as the legislature's legal counsel.
More details: Tennessee senator: Bill limiting AG's power in federal court won't happen this year
Created: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 21:36:19 +0000
Author: Travis Dorman, Knoxville News Sentinel
Virtually every Knoxville media outlet is supporting the city's legal request it be allowed to release bodycam video from the shooting at Austin-East.
More details: Knoxville media coalition supports city's effort to release Austin-East bodycam video
Created: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 20:28:05 +0000
Author: Knoxville News Sentinel
Company Distilling coming to Blount County
More details: Company Distilling coming to Blount County
Created: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 20:24:41 +0000
Author: Brenna McDermott, Knoxville News Sentinel
"Everything we (did) at Jack Daniel's, it was always about being the biggest. I want this next chapter of my life to be about being the best."
Created: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:43:33 +0000
Author: Brianna Paciorka, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee
Protesters were removed after disrupting Monday night's Knox County commission meeting
More details: Protesters removed after disrupting Knox County commission meeting