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Two people suffered gunshot wounds in a church parking lot Saturday evening.

Studies show black people are far more likely than white people to die of certain types of cancer in Knox County, where cancer was the No. 1 killer in 2013. The reasons are a complex mix of biology, socioeconomics and environment.

University of Tennessee Medical Center

CLINTON — A city of Oak Ridge employee paid the bride's father $2,000 for his daughter in a forced marriage in Africa, court records allege, and then kept her as a virtual prisoner in their Oak Ridge home.

Two alumni of Pellissippi State Community college will give a presentation about two Revolutionary War battles on Tuesday in honor of Veterans Day.

A second Knoxville businessman has struck a deal to plead guilty in a $20 million “butter and eggs” numbers game involving a nationally-known fashion designer and, in an unusual provision, agreed to a polygraph examination “on the issue of assets,” court records show.

A roomful of politicians flooded Vol Market #3, while U.S. Rep. Diane Black made a trip from her Middle Tennessee district, to press the flesh in Knoxville.

The Department of Energy halts registration for "special access" tours at Y-12 and Oak Ridge National Laboratory after demand far exceeded plans to limit participation to 140.

In a rejection of the Tennessee Supreme Court's own ruling, an appeals court this week opened the door for local jails to avoid paying inmate medical bills by turning them loose.

Boyd Armstrong, 77, sat in a chair on his front porch. A tear ran down his cheek.