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Public outcry killed plans for a Walmart Neighborhood Market grocery store in West Knox County before serious discussions were held, according to Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett.

KNOXVILLE — The secret deal to bring Regal Entertainment to the South Waterfront had a secret code name: "Project Hollywood."

Barbara Nicodemus had not paid much attention to a box belonging to her mother until one night after her mother had died.

Two Blount County children were struck by a vehicle early this morning on Morganton Road and were taken to the hospital with non-lifethreatening injuries.

An 85-year-old woman is hospitalized in stable condition after being injured an attempted purse-snatching Sunday in Farragut.

The 310-foot smokestack at the University of Tennessee steam plant soon will be gone after the plant stopped using coal in March.

KNOXVILLE — A Northwest Knox County toddler escaped injury Monday morning when an SUV impaled his bedroom and pushed his bed across the room while he slept.

NASHVILLE — Gov. Bill Haslam released a list of new highway projects needed across the state — in addition to the backlogged projects already approved but not funded — as he and TDOT Commissioner John Schroer make their second cross-state tour highlighting Tennessee's highway needs today.

WASHINGTON — The federal government will formally establish the Manhattan Project National Historic Park at a signing ceremony on Tuesday.

Police arrested a man and seized guns and nearly a half-pound of pot after a weekend shooting in a church parking lot.