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On Monday 120 buckets of food and turkeys were given to families needing them in the North Knoxville neighborhood of Inskip.

Roughly 9,300 people applied to be mentors for the Tennessee Promise, surpassing the program goal of 9,000.

A 45-year-old Anderson County Jail inmate died Saturday of cirrhosis of the live. It's standard procedure for the Tenneesee Bureau of Investigation to look into all inmate deaths, the chief jail says.

A 30-year-old man already on supervision for life as a sex offender pleaded guilty Monday to new charges stemming from a traffic stop in which police found a 9-year-old boy in the suspect's car.

The Tennessee Department of Transportation will stop all lane closures for highway construction at noon Wednesday and extend them to 6 a.m. Monday for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Gina Stafford photographed a wild turkey earlier this month alongside Abrams Creek in Cades Cove.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled Monday for Tyler Enix, charged with killing wife.

Knoxville's elected officials have received little feedback from the public in the month since the deal was announced.

A new report ranks Pellissippi State Community College as second among U.S. community colleges for sending students to study abroad.

Use these tips to avoid phony ticket sales this holiday season.