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What East Tennessee schools are delayed or closed on Wednesday
Created: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 02:27:12 +0000
Author: Knoxville News Sentinel
Brrrrrr. A deep cold has settled into East Tennessee. We'll update this list as we hear from schools that have a delayed start or are closed.
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Man found dead after roommate threatened him with sword, police say
Created: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 22:42:58 +0000
Author: USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee, Knoxville News Sentinel
A Knoxville man faces a first-degree murder charge after police found his roommate dead behind a basement door that had been nailed shut.
More details: Man found dead after roommate threatened him with sword, police say
Roane County lawsuit asserts TVA and its contractor ran coal ash 'disinformation campaign'
Created: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 10:00:03 +0000
Author: Jamie Satterfield, Knoxville News Sentinel
The Tennessee Valley Authority and its prime contractor are accused in a new proposed class action lawsuit on behalf of Roane County citizens of running a "disinformation campaign" for decades about the dangers of coal ash.
Big Ears adds Patti Smith to its star-studded lineup featuring John Paul Jones, Kim Gordon
Created: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:50:52 +0000
Author: Ryan Wilusz, Knoxville News Sentinel
Big Ears promises another year of talented artists coming to Knoxville, including John Paul Jones, Thundercat, Kim Gordon and Devendra Banhart.
What to know about REAL ID and why you might need one soon
Created: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 19:20:20 +0000
Author: Joel Ebert, Nashville Tennessean
Thanks in part to a looming federal mandate, Tennesseans are flocking to driver's license facilities to obtain what is called a REAL ID.
More details: What to know about REAL ID and why you might need one soon
First snow comes early in Knoxville this season
Created: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:26:06 +0000
Author: Knoxville News Sentinel
Photos of Knoxville's first snowfall comes early this year on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019.
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Guy Fieri's 'Chicken Guy!' restaurant coming to Knoxville, Gatlinburg, Johnson City
Created: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:42:24 +0000
Author: Lizzy Alfs, Knoxville News Sentinel
The celebrity chef will open Chicken Guy! restaurants across Tennessee, starting with Nashville. It serves chicken tenders, skewers and sandwiches.
More details: Guy Fieri's 'Chicken Guy!' restaurant coming to Knoxville, Gatlinburg, Johnson City
Here's why some KnoxNews stories are labeled 'For Subscribers'
Created: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 14:50:19 +0000
Author: Joel Christopher, Knoxville News Sentinel
We want to acknowledge readers' support more meaningfully, so we're making a significant amount of our work available to subscribers only.
More details: Here's why some KnoxNews stories are labeled 'For Subscribers'
What if it snows? Knox County Schools tries to decide by 5 a.m. whether to cancel
Created: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:45:21 +0000
Author: Kristi L. Nelson, Knoxville News Sentinel
What happens when Knox County Schools has to decide whether to close for snow? Here's the process and how you'll be notified.
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From Knoxville Center Mall to Topgolf, here's the retail news you missed in October
Created: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 10:00:07 +0000
Author: Brenna McDermott, Knoxville News Sentinel
It seemed like the craziest month EVER for retail news in Knoxville. Here's what you missed.
More details: From Knoxville Center Mall to Topgolf, here's the retail news you missed in October
Make your holiday season more rewarding by volunteering with our Empty Stocking Fund
Created: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:00:17 +0000
Author: Sarah Riley, Knoxville News Sentinel
Hundreds of caring Knoxvillians make the entire program happen, from setting up tables to sorting toys and handing out meals.
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Here are the 11 slowest places to get your Tennessee driver's license
Created: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 21:56:23 +0000
Author: Joel Ebert, Nashville Tennessean
Tennesseans continue to flock to facilities in droves given next year's deadline for obtaining a REAL ID.
More details: Here are the 11 slowest places to get your Tennessee driver's license
Is your school opening late or not at all? Find out here
Created: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 14:16:34 +0000
Author: News Sentinel, Knoxville News Sentinel
Here are schools closed for winter weather.
More details: Is your school opening late or not at all? Find out here
Next Big Thing: ORNL offers new tech to private business
Created: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 10:30:05 +0000
Author: Jim Gaines, Knoxville News Sentinel
Oak Ridge National Laboratory offers eight new technologies that businesses can license.
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Restaurant inspections: 18 local eateries earn perfect health scores
Created: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 10:00:15 +0000
Author: Knoxville News Sentinel
The Knox County Health Department recently evaluated the following restaurants. Restaurant scores may change with follow-up visits.
More details: Restaurant inspections: 18 local eateries earn perfect health scores
Tennessee urges county clerks to step up, help ease REAL ID crunch and offer driver's license services
Created: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 04:31:11 +0000
Author: Joel Ebert, Nashville Tennessean
Tennessee says it has been able to convince 42 of the state's 95 county clerks to take on driver's license services.
Knoxville Veterans Day Parade on Gay St.
Created: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 00:41:00 +0000
Author: Knoxville News Sentinel
The 2019 Knoxville Veterans Day Parade.
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$2.25 million in 24 hours: UT-Knoxville aims to set new fundraising record
Created: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:24:10 +0000
Author: Monica Kast, Knoxville News Sentinel
Big Orange Give, the annual 24-hour fundraising push, will be on Wednesday starting at 12:01 a.m.
More details: $2.25 million in 24 hours: UT-Knoxville aims to set new fundraising record
Tennessee education department prepares its budget for education savings account rollout
Created: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 11:00:41 +0000
Author: Jason Gonzales, Nashville Tennessean
Tennessee's education savings account proposal is taking shape as Commissioner Penny Schwinn presented a $109 million proposed budget increase.
Capitol Notebook: What does former Gov. Bill Haslam think of the TennCare block grant plan?
Created: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 11:00:20 +0000
Author: Joel Ebert, Natalie Allison and Duane W. Gang, Nashville Tennessean
The latest political news from the USA TODAY Network - Tennessee.
Kincannon's mayoral win shows the power of old-fashioned campaigning
Created: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 10:30:03 +0000
Author: Victor Ashe, Shopper News columnist
Money matters, but only so far, city election shows.
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University of Tennessee through the years
Created: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 03:00:11 +0000
Author: Knoxville News Sentinel
A look back on the University of Tennessee through the years
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How the University of Tennessee has changed over the past 225 years
Created: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 03:00:10 +0000
Author: Angela M. Gosnell, Knoxville News Sentinel
From its start in one private house, the University of Tennessee's campus has grown to include 294 buildings on 910 acres, according to the university.
More details: How the University of Tennessee has changed over the past 225 years
Built to last: UT campus moves from fitful growth to planned and unitary look
Created: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 03:00:14 +0000
Author: Jim Gaines, Knoxville News Sentinel
UT's campus has grown piecemeal in a confined space, but now planners look to tie it all together.
More details: Built to last: UT campus moves from fitful growth to planned and unitary look
UT's planned Oak Ridge Institute is designed to 'answer some really hard questions'
Created: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 03:00:09 +0000
Author: Monica Kast, Knoxville News Sentinel
The institute will create more partnerships between UT and ORNL and create more research opportunities for UT graduate students.
More details: UT's planned Oak Ridge Institute is designed to 'answer some really hard questions'
Knoxville Brewer's Jam celebrated 23 years with more than 35 breweries and one great time
Created: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 01:18:24 +0000
Author: Knoxville News Sentinel
Knoxville Brewers Jam attendees went home with designated drivers and the festival went home with proceeds for social, economic and environmental justice.
Knoxville could see snow and single digit temps as early as Tuesday
Created: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:25:24 +0000
Author: Allie Clouse, Knoxville News Sentinel
A meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Morristown says East Tennessee could see snow, single-digit wind chill temps this week.
More details: Knoxville could see snow and single digit temps as early as Tuesday
Hacker may have private information on nearly 44,000 TennCare members after Magellan data breach
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 23:02:38 +0000
Author: Brett Kelman, Nashville Tennessean
Private data was potentially compromised includes names, social security numbers and member IDs after a security breach that TennCare has known about for months.
Rhythm N' Blooms has been postponed indefinitely over a legal battle
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 21:36:11 +0000
Author: Ryan Wilusz, Knoxville News Sentinel
A statement from Dogwood Arts confirmed what seemed to be a possibility amidst a legal battle: Rhythm N' Blooms will be put on hold.
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University of Tennessee System votes to move its offices to TVA's East Tower
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 20:53:19 +0000
Author: Monica Kast, Knoxville News Sentinel
The move, which has been discussed for the last year, was approved by Trustees on Friday. TVA's East Tower is about one mile off of campus.
More details: University of Tennessee System votes to move its offices to TVA's East Tower
'Jeopardy!' had another clue about Knoxville. Can you answer these other ones?
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 20:40:35 +0000
Author: Ryan Wilusz, Knoxville News Sentinel
Knoxville has a history of being included in "Jeopardy!" trivia questions, including on Wednesday night. How many can you answer?
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Congrats to the Halls High School band, the favorite in our reader poll
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 20:40:30 +0000
Author: Allie Clouse, Knoxville News Sentinel
After three weeks and more than 165,000 votes, Halls High School band won best band in Knoxville. Read more about the band here
More details: Congrats to the Halls High School band, the favorite in our reader poll
Vaping lung disease: Illnesses linked to vitamin E acetate, U.S. health officials say
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:49:25 +0000
Author: Mike Stobbe, The Associated Press
The outbreak of vaping illnesses in the U.S. was linked to vitamin E acetate, U.S. health officials reported Friday in a breakthrough for investigators
More details: Vaping lung disease: Illnesses linked to vitamin E acetate, U.S. health officials say
Kentucky could be the superior school over Tennessee — change my mind
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:42:29 +0000
Author: Ryan Wilusz, Knoxville News Sentinel
Could Wild Turkey help the Wildcats? Getting blitzed in bourbon country is a Kentucky tradition that gives UK and advantage over the Vols.
More details: Kentucky could be the superior school over Tennessee — change my mind
New Jersey retirement community terrorized by 'aggressive' wild turkeys
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 17:58:57 +0000
Author: Knoxville News Sentinel
It may sound like a D-list Thanksgiving horror movie, but it's not. New Jersey residents are being attacked by wild turkeys.
More details: New Jersey retirement community terrorized by 'aggressive' wild turkeys
Traps have been set to find bear shot outside Gatlinburg motel
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:30:03 +0000
Author: Sarah Riley, Knoxville News Sentinel
A man shot a black bear on the second floor of a Gatlinburg motel on Thursday night, according to a Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency spokesman.
More details: Traps have been set to find bear shot outside Gatlinburg motel
Thieves steal trailers filled with $60K worth of supplies from Christian camp for underprivileged kids
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:26:04 +0000
Author: Amy McRary, Knoxville News Sentinel
Thieves steal trailers filled with minstry's supplies to hold camps for poor children.
Judge nixes new trial bid by Lemaricus Davidson in torture slayings of Knox couple
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:24:01 +0000
Author: Jamie Satterfield, Knoxville News Sentinel
A judge on Friday shot down a bid for a new trial by the convicted ringleader in the January 2007 torture slayings of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom.
More details: Judge nixes new trial bid by Lemaricus Davidson in torture slayings of Knox couple
Top Tennessee Republicans open to bolstering state's campaign finance laws
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:21:45 +0000
Author: Joel Ebert, Nashville Tennessean
There have been no wholesale changes made in decades to strengthen Tennessee's campaign finance laws.
More details: Top Tennessee Republicans open to bolstering state's campaign finance laws
Day-care worker may have let a child suck on a vape pen, so the state is investigating
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:31:50 +0000
Author: Kristi L. Nelson, Knoxville News Sentinel
Tennessee departments of human services and children's services are investigating whether a Roane County day-care worker gave a toddler her Juul.
More details: Day-care worker may have let a child suck on a vape pen, so the state is investigating
After losing their son to suicide, Farragut family tries to break down stigma
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 14:35:05 +0000
Author: Margie Hagen, Shopper News
Suicides are now at the highest rate since the World War II era.
More details: After losing their son to suicide, Farragut family tries to break down stigma
White South Carolina restaurant manager who enslaved disabled black man gets 10 year prison sentence
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 13:02:34 +0000
Author: The Associated Press, Nashville Tennessean
South Carolina cafeteria manager Bobby Paul Edwards was sentenced to 10 years in prison for forcing a disabled man to work without pay for 18 hours a day.
Gatlinburg mom blamed herself for her son's hot-car death. Here's why a judge granted her mercy.
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:49:26 +0000
Author: Jamie Satterfield, Knoxville News Sentinel
A judge has granted probation to a Gatlinburg mother whose husband forgot to get their toddler son from the car, leading to his death by heat stroke.
20 Under 20: Zoey Carver balances baking business, Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:00:15 +0000
Author: Maggie Jones, Knoxville News Sentinel
Baking cakes and Brazilian jiu-jitsu go hand in hand for 16-year-old Zoey Carver, who has her own business, Zoey's Kickin Cakes.
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20 Under 20: Farragut High School's Yune Kim started her online store with apparel, art
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:00:07 +0000
Author: Maggie Jones, Knoxville News Sentinel
Yune Kim's business may have started on a whim, but now it's grown into an online store with shirts, hats and other items that showcase her art.
High school days provide lasting lessons in leadership for former Knoxville police chief
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:30:06 +0000
Author: David Rausch, Knox.biz columnist
While my path did not lead into manufacturing, the experience provided me lessons in leadership – lessons that built the foundation of my journey.
Knoxville police officer was justified in killing Channara 'Philly' Pheap, prosecutors say
Created: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:58:00 +0000
Author: Travis Dorman, Knoxville News Sentinel
Channara Tom "Philly" Pheap died in an Aug. 26 shooting at an apartment complex's parking lot in Knoxville. He was shot by officer Dylan Williams.
School shooter sentencing: South Carolina teen killed one student, plotted to kill dozens
Created: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 01:37:13 +0000
Author: Nikie Mayo, The Greenville News
Investigators claimed Jesse Osborne attempted to escape from jail and plotted to kill more than 50 students in 2016.
