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Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero has applied for historic protections for an 1898 downtown brick warehouse built by a former slave and prominent black Knoxville businessman.

A six-car collision in Anderson County partially closed I-75 South Wednesday morning.

A Knox County man will serve 19 years in prison for pot growth; police found 522 plants in his possession.

Health officials say this flu season so far is on track to peak in January or February, as usual - but there's plenty of vaccine available now.

An illegal drug purchase gone bad resulted in the non-lethal shooting of a Knoxville man Tuesday night.

A bill that U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander championed to replace the No Child Left Behind school-reform law has cleared its last obstacle in Congress and is heading to President Barack Obama.

OAK RIDGE — Spotting the 6-foot-2 Women's National Basketball Association and former Tennessee Lady Vol basketball star Tamika Catchings doing some dribbling drills with first-graders in the Woodland Elementary School gym Tuesday morning was easy.

Loudon County is facing a $3 million lawsuit that claims a law enforcement officer allowed an intoxicated driver to drive away from the scene of an accident only to be involved in another accident minutes later.

A federal judge ruled Tuesday Knox County cannot escape potential liability in a $2.2 million civil-rights lawsuit filed by a University of Tennessee student whose alleged choking by a Knox County Sheriff's Office deputy was captured on film.

A $1.65 million state grant will be sought on behalf of a kayak maker expected to bring 500 jobs to Knox County, a sum that joins a local tax incentive deal worth $3.2 million.