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A study released today found wide gaps in a variety of health factors between Tennessee counties where the most people die before age 75, and counties where the fewest do.

With a couple of pen strokes, two top officials in President Barack Obama’s administration signed an agreement formally establishing the Manhattan Project National Historic Park.

Knoxville businessman Clarence McDowell pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to his role in a $20 million numbers game operation involving lauded fashion designer Marcus Hall.

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in North Knoxville on Monday night, according to authorities.

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Operation Christmas Child gives needy children what is often their only Christmas gift; Knoxville plays a huge part.

Harriman police want to hear from people with any information about women possibly being groped by a male outside the Harriman Haunted Hospital two days before Halloween.

A look at documents invovled in bringing Regal Entertainment to the South Knoxville Waterfront shows deal was more than just a secretive code name,

About 15 teachers attended and shared their thoughts at Pond Gap Elementary on Monday as a part of the district’s “listening tour” gathering teacher and community feedback on potential proposals around the district’s next strategic compensation initiative.

Dover Development, who owns the hotel, plans to announce a partnership with a "major player" in the hotel industry in the next month.