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Educator was instrumental in the development of the Austin-East magnet school for the performing arts.

Dick Vance photographed a great blue heron that was fishing the waters of Abrams Creek in Cades Cove.

The feds can't find anyone yet willing to take ownership of the former 'Happy Valley" property -- a 160-acre tract where 13,000 to 15,000 people lived during work on the Manhattan Project to build the first atomic bomb.

Starting this fall, Maryville College added classes at the McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base.

A roundup of news and upcoming events from the university of Tennessee.

Knoxville City Council members and local business owners have stepped in to help fund the annual Fountain City Christmas Parade after learning the city would no longer subsidize police officers to control traffic for the first time in almost 50 years.

Three people have been taken into custody in connection with a homicide reported over the weekend in Claiborne County, authorities said.

Two-thirds of Tennessee shoppers surveyed failed a recent quiz on how to guard against common holiday scams, and many admitted to regularly engaging in the sort of risky behaviors that could leave them susceptible to con artists.

A group of local Vietnam veterans leaves Tuesday for a return trip to the country. Except for one, it will be the first time the veterans have returned since the war.

Despite myriad health problems and financial challenges, the McCarters feel their spirits lifted during the holiday season -- in part, because they receive an Empty Stocking Fund food basket.