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There are two students and a professor from the University of Tennessee in Paris and all three are safe, UT spokeswoman Karen Simsen said Saturday.

Five years after a Knox County Sheriff's Office sergeant revealed but then recanted a major crime scene mistake in the case of suspected black widow Raynella Dossett Leath, a paramedic has stepped forward to confirm the sergeant's original account.

University of Tennessee Medical Center

Kyle Anthony Barrett, 22, Cassandra Jean LaForest, 21, Powell

Advocates have organized the public meeting, at which several people will speak.

At 8:16 p.m. Saturday, Blount County firefighters responded to a house fire on Havenhill Road with one person inside.

The music was swing and the mood was festive for the rather small crowd gathered in Oak Ridge’s Jackson Square on Saturday to commemorate the Manhattan Project National Historic Park.

While many were tailgating just across Fort Loudoun Lake Saturday morning, Zach Doss and Brian Wright were tent-gating up at Fort Dickerson Park.

Knox County's Community Health Council has made smoking cessation among adolescents and pregnant women a priority, but resources are available for anyone who wants to quit.

Residents donated 1,200 Thanksgiving dinners through KARM's annual "Baskets of Hope" event.