Knoxville News Sentinel
- PolitiKnox Insider: Peace, goodwill and change
Tuesday - 12/15/2015 - 06:00 AMpeace, goodwill, even in politics
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New version of website launches today
Tuesday - 12/15/2015 - 05:39 AMMidday today, the News Sentinel launches a new version of knoxnews.com.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Up not out, green space dominate UT master plan
Monday - 12/14/2015 - 08:47 PMThe University of Tennessee is working on revisions to its campus master plan, last updated in 2011.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former Anderson mayor hired as court bailiff
Monday - 12/14/2015 - 03:58 PMCLINTON — He was Anderson County's top elected official, making $100,105 a year as county mayor.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Anderson schools chief to retire
Monday - 12/14/2015 - 11:39 AMCLINTON — After a 43-year career with Anderson County Schools that saw him go from teacher to director of the 6,400-student system, Larry Foster is retiring.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Knox man helps raise $200K for CA attack victims
Monday - 12/14/2015 - 06:10 AMThe money is for the victims of the 14 dead and 21 wounded in the Dec. 2 mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Monday forecast: Wind advisory in effect
Monday - 12/14/2015 - 05:33 AMA wind advisory is in effect until 7 p.m. today for East Tennessee, according to the National Weather Service.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Knoxville teen found dead of gunshot wounds
Sunday - 12/13/2015 - 03:49 PMPolice say a 19-year-old Knoxville teen was shot at least three times, killing him.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Watchful eye: Asset recovery firms
Sunday - 12/13/2015 - 04:03 PMState consumer advocates are warning victims of investment scams not to be duped twice by the promises of third-party asset recovery companies claiming they can help recoup the lost funds.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ACA open enrollment deadlilne is Tuesday
Sunday - 12/13/2015 - 05:00 AMIf you're hoping to have insurance through the Affordable Care Act's federal marketplace on Jan. 1, you have to sign up by Tuesday.
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- Hemlock treatments ongoing in Smokies
Tuesday - 12/15/2015 - 06:00 AMCOSBY, Tenn. — In a lovely patch of second-growth forest that hadn't been logged for perhaps 100 years, the ground was covered in partridge berries and Christmas ferns, and the tallest trees were eastern hemlocks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Empty Stocking Fund donations
Tuesday - 12/15/2015 - 04:00 AMDonations to the News Sentinel's Empty Stocking Fund
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Maryville school board approves drug test policy
Monday - 12/14/2015 - 06:38 PMMARYVILLE — The Maryville City school board approved the first reading of its amended student drug testing policy that would allow the district to randomly test student athletes and drivers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mom of 3 moves ahead with help from ESF, CAC
Monday - 12/14/2015 - 02:51 PMAfter a rough year, Rica Pleasant wants to show her children hard work and education pay off. An Empty Stocking Fund basket will help her family during the winter holidays while money is still tight.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Reader's Eye photo for Dec. 14
Monday - 12/14/2015 - 08:26 AMJim Richmond photographed a Cooper's hawk from his back deck at Christian Springs subdivision in the Gibbs area.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sevier brush fire prompts evacuations
Monday - 12/14/2015 - 06:35 AMAn early morning brush fire on Shell Mountain near Sevierville has garnered the resources of nearly a dozen fire departments and forced evacuations of residents.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Knox event takes aim at gun violence
Sunday - 12/13/2015 - 05:08 PMMore than 100 people, many decked out in symbolic orange, turned out Sunday to walk in unison along Kingston Pike in protest of gun violence.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Legislator seeks lawsuit over Syrian refugees
Sunday - 12/13/2015 - 03:58 PMState Sen. Kerry Roberts says the federal government has not complied with a requirement in federal law for regular consultation with state officials on the issue.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Marriage licenses
Sunday - 12/13/2015 - 06:31 AMTonia Marie Benevides, 45, Kevin Dean Hines, 52, Safety Harbor, Fla.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Wreaths honor Knox veterans' service
Saturday - 12/12/2015 - 05:03 PMPam Phillips — like many of the 100 participants at Saturday's Wreaths Across America ceremony — remembered veterans she never knew at the old East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery on Lyons View Pike in West Knoxville.
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- Manhattan Project Park needs volunteers
Tuesday - 12/15/2015 - 06:00 AMThe National Park Service is planning to hold an information session on Jan. 21 for those who may be interested in volunteering with the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Commission optimistic of safety center's future
Monday - 12/14/2015 - 10:09 PMKnox County Commissioners appear confident that a proposal for a facility for the mentally ill and substance abusers will materialize.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Duo write letter calling on C-N to revoke waiver
Monday - 12/14/2015 - 08:00 PMTwo Carson-Newman University alumni, critical of their alma mater's application for and receipt of a Title IX waiver, have now written a letter calling for it to be revoked.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Two men rob N. Knoxville Krystal
Monday - 12/14/2015 - 02:59 PMTwo men, one armed with a handgun, forced their way Monday morning into a Krystal and robbed the business.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Armstrong says McIntyre contract illegal
Monday - 12/14/2015 - 11:53 AMKnox County school board member Tracie Sanger is not happy that Knox County Law Director Richard “Bud” Armstrong has said that Schools Superintendent Jim McIntyre’s revised contract is not in legal form.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Great American Milk Drive on for needy
Monday - 12/14/2015 - 05:00 AMThe Great American Milk Drive provides the opportunity to donate a much-needed staple to needy families.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Empty Stocking Fund donations
Monday - 12/14/2015 - 04:00 AMRecent donations to the News Sentinel's Empty Stocking Fund
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - News from UT
Sunday - 12/13/2015 - 04:00 PMA roundup of news and upcoming events from the University of Tennessee.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Explaining the UT Christmas controversy
Sunday - 12/13/2015 - 06:00 AMThe controversy over holiday parties at the University of Tennessee erupted Dec. 3, with cries of outrage and calls for resignations and budget cuts from lawmakers clashing with expressions of support and frustration from UT students and faculty.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Karns event celebrates community, Christmas
Saturday - 12/12/2015 - 05:25 PMCori Hackworth is a science teacher at Karns High School by vocation, but also a geographer by avocation.
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