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Thompson Photo Products closes, but Jim Thompson's photos continue to impact Knoxville and East Tennessee history.
As the famous Scopes trial, a landmark case out of Dayton, Tennessee, celebrates its centennial anniversary, themes of the ...
Here are the top 50 high school and college prospects most likely to hear their names called on Sunday in Atlanta.
Exploring historical maps can send you down a fascinating rabbit hole — especially when you’re trying to trace streets that existed before the interstate reshaped the city. I’ve tried to pinpoint my ...
The AMVETS Thrift Store isn’t just a place to find bargains – it’s a community center, a museum of everyday American life, ...
Tennessee is one of three states in the country that require their county executives to be called "mayors." Here's when that ...
City officials 'remain optimistic' the bridge on the University of Tennessee campus will come together with much-needed ...
The Knoxville Police Department said officers responded to a crash involving a black Nissan Xterra and a black ...
The collective mood is bouncing between optimism and pessimism over the realization the ambitious effort to reconnect communities just got harder.
I-275 is scheduled to be closed over the weekend while crews replace a bridge, said a spokesperson for the Tennessee ...
James White’s Fort stands on a hill in Knoxville. This is a snippet of what early Knoxville looked like in the early 1780s. All established by James White. “So he is the founder of Knoxville,” Robert ...
County executives in Tennessee have been called mayors only since 2003, and most other states don't use the mayor title for the chief executive of a county. Why do counties in Tennessee have mayors?