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Agencies dealing with mental health and criminal justice collaborated this week for a workshop to identify gaps in care and figure out how to fill them. Their conclusion: Most needed were a place to divert mentally ill from jail, and more housing and case management.

Knoxville Department of Public Service held its annual chainsaw rodeo.

Knoxville schools dominate International Walk to School Day, doubling Nashville's numbers.

Loudon County resident Pandora Vreeland is suing Knoxville over the city’s decision to ban guns at Chilhowee Park during the Tennessee Valley Fair.

A small plane crashed early Wednesday in the Riverside Drive area of South Knoxville, according to authorities.

The annual homecoming weekend is Oct. 16 to 18 and is filled with activities for students, alumni and the community.

MARYVILLE — Blount County Commissioners were expected to vote this evening on putting a resolution on their agenda that gained national attention, asking God to spare its residents from anticipated wrath associated with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that legalized same-sex marriage.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee’s announcement Tuesday of a legal “victory” in a fight to allow lawyers to offer free services to accused truants in the lobby of Knox County Juvenile Court had Law Director Richard “Bud” Armstrong scratching his head.

UT workers shared their concerns about a possible outsourcing plan with lawmakers at a roundtable on Tuesday.

Pat Summitt won title after title during her 38-year career as head coach for the University of Tennessee’s Lady Vols basketball team. Now she is fighting a different fight, and this time the opponent is Alzheimer’s disease.