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Nearly 100 University of Tennessee sorority women attended a self defense class on Tuesday evening to learn how to respond in a variety of situations.

KNOXVILLE — A male trying to cross North Broadway on a motorized scooter was struck by a vehicle Wednesday afternoon, sustaining non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.

All donations are welcome during local charity's annual "Coats for the Cold" coat drive, which runs to Nov. 24.

The March of Dimes released its national 2015 Premature Birth Report Card Wednesday, grading Tennessee lower than last year, even though the state's preterm birthrate has improved.

On Wednesday, in a 5-3 vote, Knox County school board members voted down revisions to its nontenure teacher policy, which means they will have to revisit it again at another meeting.

Claudette Riley Sisk, an award-winning baton twirler who was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1980, has died. She was 74.

KNOXVILLE — Police say the Cumberland Avenue Strip is one of the safest areas in the city, despite four shootings there this year.

An engineering firm is studying likely repairs needed to bleachers on the homne side of Jack Armstrong Stadium, home of the Oak Ridge High football team.

Finally, Kyle and Christin Webb — and their son, 7-month-old Owen — are coming home.

A Sevier County grand jury indicted a former county assistant planner on charges of theft and official misconduct.