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Dr. Ben Carson, a candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, will visit Knoxville on Sunday for a book-signing tour.

Prosecutors say they will retry a Union County man accused of killing his neighbor.

KNOXVILLE — The U.S. Supreme Court today shot down an appeal request by a former Knox County Criminal Court judge convicted of lying to cover up his mistress's drug crimes.

Eric Barger photographed a portion of the Foothills Parkway road project that's underway in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains near Walland.

The Knox County school board will discuss and vote on whether to affirm its executive committee's decision to approve an operating fee enhancement for contractors that would give them an additional $600 per bus, per year beginning with current school year.

Event will also include panel with KPD, KCSO and other local law enforcement.

The McClung Museum of Nature History and Culture will have two public events this month about an ongoing display of Buddhist art.

The Alcoa Police Department will begin distributing new tracking labels to residents this week in hopes of preventing one of the community's top crimes — property theft.

Starting this year, all first-year veterinary students at the University of Tennessee are requireed to take a class in wellness that they will take each year for the rest of their college career.

An 11-year-old boy has been charged in the shooting death of an 8-year-old girl in Jefferson County, authorities said.