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Plenty of smiles could be seen Sunday afternoon at the Knox Area Rescue Ministries annual Baskets of Hope Thanksgiving food giveaway.

Authorities are continuing their search for a gunman who killed one person and critically injured another when a drug deal erupted in gunfire at an apartment complex near downtown Knoxville on Saturday.

Vision testing for older residents seeking a license renewal has been proposed periodically in various forms during past legislative sessions, but was always defeated.

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

Thanks to the support of the Rotary Club of Knoxville, Beaumont Magnet Academy students will find a new-and-improved selection on the library bookshelves when they report to school on Monday.

Three drab Interstate 275 exits near downtown Knoxville are getting easy-on-the-eyes makeovers that should be bursting with colors in the spring.

Supporters of a proposed safety center for would-be inmates with mental illnesses and/or addictions are billing it as a way to save money, jail costs and possibly even lives.

Nicholas Fredrick Anthony, 37, Sarasota, Fla., Joanna Louise Webber, 30, Palmetto, Fla.

Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge

The nonprofit adapts battery-operated toys to be used with a single switch, for children who can't use their hands typically to play with regular toys.