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As the city prepares for a new management contract for its three largest venues, officials say subsidies are likely to continue.

Strickland was too ill to receive the award in August at the Community Action Partnership's national conference in California, so he'll be honored Monday afternoon at the state Community Action annual conference at the Crowne Plaza hotel. The public is invited.

A bell used by the owners of an Oak Ridge real estate firm to celebrate sales, stolen Sept. 25, has been recovered and returned.

A Morristown school was evacuated and a student arrested following a Friday morning bomb threat.

Schools Superintendent Jim McIntyre sent an email to board members Thursday night telling them the district is continuing to explore its options for a new location, but “the focus is increasingly on a potential solution at the Rule (High School) campus.”

KNOXVILLE — An independent consultant hired to review the best option for a new Knox County E-911 radio system has recommended an $8.9 million Harris Corp. system over joining a regional system in Chattanooga.

Don K. Ferguson has had a special interest in the federal courts in Knoxville since he covered it as a reporter for the News Sentinel in the 1950s-60s and later worked in the federal court clerk's office, retiring as deputy chief clerk in 2001.

More than 15 percent of Knox Countians said they delayed getting health-care last year because of the cost.

Tyler Enix, wanted on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of his ex-wife, on Friday waived his right to an extradition hearing in an Ohio courtroom.

A Sevier County man is facing multiple charges after allegedly assaulting his wife, kidnapping her and an adopted child and grandchild and then fleeing from authorities Friday morning.