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I was gone for two weeks on a cruise in the Baltic Sea so it's been fascinating to catch up with Democrat Greg Mackay being reappointed administrator of the Republican-dominated Knox County Election Commission.
2 in hospital, 1 in custody after shooting, chase in E. Knox
An afternoon shooting led to a car chase, crash and search through the woods in East Knoxville today, authorities said.
UT athletics ticket process changes for 2010-11
KNOXVILLE - Donors to academic programs at the University of Tennessee will need to give money to a new fund overseen by the athletic department in order to qualify for tickets to sporting events and to get parking passes starting in the 2010-11 season.
City may opt out of guns-in-parks law
Shelbyville's city council will vote in August on whether to opt out of a new state law that allows those with carry permits to lawfully possess handguns in city parks.
Webcast: Building ROI through Discovery: Leveraging the Value of the Library Collection
Close to 300 attendees joined the June 30 webcast , Building ROI through Discovery: Leveraging the Value of the Library Collection, sponsored by Serials Solutions and Library Journal .
Ex-prof gets 4 years for passing military secrets
A federal judge sentenced a retired University of Tennessee professor to four years in prison Wednesday for passing sensitive information from a U.S. Air Force contract to two research assistants from China and Iran.
Okla. evangelical school emerges from debt, scandal as new president ends family tradition
Workers are toiling in the thick summer heat, trying to bring the campus of Oral Roberts University into the current century.
UT moving 'The Rock;' replacement will be ready if it cracks
The University of Tennessee's beloved Rock, which has served as a favorite venue for student self-expression, will be moved in July.
Attorney attacks charges against UT student accused of viewing Palin e-mails
A defense attorney for a University of Tennessee student accused of accessing Alaska Gov.
East Tenn. 13-year-old collapses, dies after playing basketball
A 13-year-old boy who died after collapsing while playing basketball on Friday is being remembered as a brave young man who wasn't afraid to have fun and live life to the fullest.
Sevier County teacher wins enrichment award from UT
Bill Taylor, a middle school teacher in Sevier County, is the 2009 recipient of the Marian E. Oates Teacher Enrichment Award from the University of Tennessee.
Drugs, violence and UT: Robberies, sales and homicide incidents dismay authorities |
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH is in effect for Anderson County , Blount County , Knox County .
Forensic class learns to piece together a crime scene
University of Tennessee National Forensic Academy student Gerald Carter examines a mock crime scene inside a former rental property owned by Knox County Commissioner Greg "Lumpy" Lambert Thursday.
Sam Elliott Named Tennessee Bar Association President-Elect
After earning a law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1981, he began his career clerking for then U.S. Magistrate Roger Dickson.
Experts eye changes in vehicle recharging
International experts in electric vehicle technology met in the city Wednesday with UTC researchers aiming to take the plug out of transit bus battery recharging.
St. Albans native walks away from D.C. metro crash
St. Albans native Brandon Burgess boarded the first car at Washington, D.C.'s Takoma Metro station about 4:55 p.m. Monday.
Germany gains a foothold on Top 500 supercomputer list
What's Next , we mentioned that the Julich Supercomputer Center was boasting it had used the IBM supercomputer design responsible for the world's fastest machine several times over, to build what would likely be recorded as the third fastest supercomputer in the world.
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Rep. Bart Gordon, D-Tenn.-6, was one of four lawmakers to write a letter asking for research into America's collegiate competitiveness.
Investigators looking into the crash of two Metro transit trains that killed nine people are focusing on why a computerized system failed to halt an oncoming train, even though there is evidence that the operator tried to slow it down.
UT athletic oversight questioned
The University of Tennessee's plan to study oversight of its athletic departments addresses a long-standing matter of concern to faculty and one source of the rift that led to the departure of the Knoxville campus's former chancellor.