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  • Knoxville businesses speak about Internet sales taxation – WATE: By JESSA LEWIS6 News Reporter KNOXVILLE (WATE) – A vote in a U.S. Senate could lead to creation tax-free selling on a Internet a thing of a past. The magnitude is called a Marketplace Fairness Act. It allows states to need online retailers to collect taxes, even if that business does not have a earthy participation [...] - Wed, 22 May 2013 09:53:35 +0000

  • City, UT exploring informative core during World’s Fair Park: All a universe might indeed be a stage, though for a museum association deliberation a new venue, how about a park that once hosted a world? Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero announced Monday that a city is exploring a new partnership with a University of Tennessee to rise a “center for informative resources” during World’s Fair [...] - Wed, 22 May 2013 09:53:33 +0000

  • Greg Johnson: Dissent takes a strike in Pigeon Forge election: Dissent, in America anyway, dies of apathy, possibly an detachment brought on by lavishness and a attendant relief or an detachment innate of abdication since whatever can go wrong has or will. The complicated bread-and-circus atmosphere of abundant things and young party causes many to check out, ceding self-government to a inaugurated few. For a [...] - Wed, 22 May 2013 09:53:29 +0000

  • Restaurant learns online reviews can make or break: This Monday, May 20, 2013 print shows Amy’s......Read the Full Article at: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/may/22/restaurant-learns-online-reviews-can-make-or/ - Wed, 22 May 2013 09:53:26 +0000

  • Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment: Microsoft Corp.’s Don Mattrick unveils a next-generation Xbox party and gaming console system, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, during an event......Read the Full Article at: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/may/21/microsoft-touts-xbox-one-as-all-in-1/ - Wed, 22 May 2013 09:53:19 +0000

  • Frank Munger: Uranium Processing Facility still perplexing to locate up: Frank Munger’s blog that covers a Dept. of Energy’s Oak Ridge comforts and other things nuclear The designers of a Uranium Processing Facility are roughly behind to where they once were. According to Steven Wyatt, a orator for a National Nuclear Security Administration, a redesign of a multibillion-dollar UPF — one of a biggest supervision [...] - Wed, 22 May 2013 09:53:15 +0000

  • Knoxville Tea Party supporters criticism IRS: ‘Our regard is that a IRS is …: Photo by Matt Lakin Becky Ferguson brought her year-old grandson Oakley to Tuesday’s criticism outward a Knoxville bureau of a IRS. About 20-30 people turned......Read the Full Article at: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/may/22/knoxville-tea-party-supporters-protest-irs/ - Wed, 22 May 2013 09:53:12 +0000

  • Senate debating sovereign dollars for stand insurance: WASHINGTON — The plantation check a Senate is deliberation this week would cut some plantation subsidies though also enhance government-subsidized stand insurance, a reserve net used by many farmers in box of bad continue or mislaid revenue. The module has risen in recognition in new years, generally in a Midwest, and helped many farmers redeem [...] - Wed, 22 May 2013 09:53:08 +0000

  • Downtown Knoxville library to tighten for HVAC repairs: Lawson McGhee Library in downtown Knoxville will be sealed from noon Thursday to 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 28, for repairs to a HVAC system. The Knox County Public Library complement is already scheduled to be sealed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day. The cooling building is a final square of complement apparatus wanting deputy for [...] - Wed, 22 May 2013 03:53:53 +0000

  • Knoxville City Council holding bill hearings: Blog: News and records from Gerald Witt on Knoxville city government. KNOXVILLE — Among a projects and proposals in Knoxville, work along Cumberland Avenue is set to start this year, and highway projects along Jackson Avenue are in a bill due by Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero, with a few other jobs. City Council Tuesday began [...] - Wed, 22 May 2013 03:53:49 +0000

  • JPMorgan’s Dimon survives shareholder referendum: The front of one of a JPMorgan Chase amp; Co. buildings is shown during a annual assembly Tuesday,......Read the Full Article at: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/may/21/jpmorgans-dimon-survives-shareholder-02/ - Wed, 22 May 2013 03:53:43 +0000

  • Jessica Boling: South Knoxville woodworker builds tradition bird and bat houses: One of Nyert’s tradition birdhouses. Wood shavings runner a building of Robert Nyert’s shop, where he spends prolonged days sanding, slicing and convention his woodworking projects. Nyert, who owns Borderland Woodworks on Sevier Avenue, says he started a emporium in 2011 to make a vital — and to share a tradition of woodworking. “I wish [...] - Wed, 22 May 2013 03:53:38 +0000

  • FBI ID’s Benghazi suspects _ though no arrests yet: - Wed, 22 May 2013 03:53:33 +0000

  • Michael Jordan: Bobcats changing name to Hornets: CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bobcats owners Michael Jordan says he’s changing his team’s name to a Charlotte Hornets. Jordan pronounced during a Tuesday press discussion he has sensitive a joining of his preference and is confident a NBA house of governors will approve a name change when they assemble in July. Charlotte will sojourn a [...] - Wed, 22 May 2013 03:53:28 +0000

  • Redevelopment adversary between Chattanooga and Knoxville benefited both cities – WATE: By GENE PATTERSON6 News Anchor/Reporter KNOXVILLE (WATE) – In 1969, mythological broadcaster Walter Cronkite announced that Chattanooga was a dirtiest city in America. That nomination spurred Chattanooga to purify adult a act. And over a past 40 years, it positively has, so most so that Knoxville, for many of those years, was left in a [...] - Wed, 22 May 2013 03:53:24 +0000

  • Raymond Maxwell claims he is Hillary Clinton’s ‘scapegoat’ on Benghazi: The preference to mislay Raymond Maxwell from his state dialect position, as he was told by Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Beth Jones, was delivered by Cheryl Mills, Hillary Clinton’s arch of staff. (You might also remember she has been a long-time Bill Clinton supporter, too. She was one of his [...] - Wed, 22 May 2013 03:53:21 +0000

  • Sharyl Attkisson from CBS claims that her computers were compromised: Sharyl Attkisson has been assertive and out front in her coverage of a Fast and Furious scandal, and, some-more recently, a liaison surrounding a Benghazi attacks. She initial beheld strange activities on her mechanism in Feb. 2011, while she was stating on a Fast and Furious gun liaison and another story about a Obama Administration [...] - Wed, 22 May 2013 03:53:19 +0000

  • Tea Party demonstrators criticism outward IRS offices in Knoxville – WATE: KNOXVILLE (WATE) – Tea Party members and supporters collected in downtown Knoxville Tuesday to criticism a IRS. The group has come underneath inspection recently by regressive and Tea Party groups, including a Roane County Tea Party. Outside IRS offices, protesters hold flags and signs with slogans vicious of a boss and a IRS. Becky Ferguson [...] - Wed, 22 May 2013 03:53:16 +0000

  • Schools briefs May 22: McClung Museum to horde bird exhibit The McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture during a University of Tennessee will horde an vaunt commencement May 25 and using by Aug 18. The furloughed exhibit, “Birds in Art,” will underline 60 works combined in a past dual years by artists from around a world. Several giveaway [...] - Wed, 22 May 2013 03:53:15 +0000

  • Teams wish to make durability symbol during Spring Fling: Photo by Wade Payne, copyright © 2013 // Buy this photo Wade Payne/Special to a News Sentinel Farragut’s Dami Omitaomu, right, battles for a round with Maryville’s Nick Sterling during a Region......Read the Full Article at: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/may/21/teams-hope-to-make-lasting-mark-during-spring/ - Wed, 22 May 2013 03:53:10 +0000

  • Community forum on the life and loss of Phillip ‘Tookie’ Stanford:

    The News Sentinel, in partnership with the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, held a community forum to view the knoxnews.com documentary “A Community’s Child: The story of Phillip ‘Tookie’ Stanford” and discuss the life and tragic loss of one so young. About 150 people, including Stanford’s family and close friends, came to the Beck Cultural Exchange [...] - Mon, 21 May 2012 23:36:22 +0000

  • Songs of Appalachia: Pickin’ and singin’ Leonard Anderson:

    On a porch in Jametown, Tenn., Leonard Anderson is picking for friends. He writes songs about the people and home that he loves and plays them right there in his yard.

    - Mon, 21 May 2012 18:35:49 +0000

  • Songs of Appalachia: Songbird Lou Wilson:

    For 78-year-old Lou Wilson of Speedwell, Tenn., “singing means more to me than just about anything.” Wilson has been singing and playing the guitar for decades. Video by Lauren Spuhler/knoxnews.com

    - Mon, 21 May 2012 18:32:52 +0000

  • Songs of Appalachia: Fiddler Charlie Acuff:

    Eighty-eight-year-old Charlie Acuff is the elder statesman of Knoxville’s old-time music scene. He was 12 years old when he learned to play the fiddle, and by the 1930′s, he was performing regularly on the radio with his brother, Gayle, as well as at schools, square dances and social events.

    - Mon, 21 May 2012 18:31:51 +0000

  • Songs of Appalachia: Clyde Davenport still fiddling at 85:

    Old time fiddler Clyde Davenport, 85, has been playing for 76 years. Listen as he performs some tunes in his Jamestown, Tenn. living room. Video by Lauren Spuhler/knoxnews.com

    - Mon, 21 May 2012 18:21:14 +0000

  • Shelby Burchell on her improved hitting:

    Tennessee’s Shelby Burchell talks about her improved performance at the plate after the Lady Vols swept Va. Tech to advance to the Super Regionals.

    - Mon, 21 May 2012 09:20:20 +0000

  • Co-head softball coach Ralph Weekly:

    Tennessee co-head softball coach Ralph Weekly on the Lady Vols sweeping Va. Tech on Sunday, May 20, to advance to the NCAA Super Regionals.

    - Mon, 21 May 2012 09:16:56 +0000

  • Ivy Renfroe on sweeping Va. Tech:

    Tennessee pitcher Ivy Renfroe on the Lady Vols sweeping Va. Tech on Sunday, May 20, to advance to the NCAA Super Regionals.

    - Mon, 21 May 2012 09:15:37 +0000

  • Tory052012:

    Tory Lewis

    - Mon, 21 May 2012 07:47:56 +0000

  • Shelby052012:

    Shelby Burchell

    - Mon, 21 May 2012 07:26:50 +0000

  • VaTech052012:

    Virginia Tech press conference

    - Mon, 21 May 2012 07:06:45 +0000

  • Tennessee052012:

    Tennessee press conference

    - Mon, 21 May 2012 06:43:33 +0000

  • Smoky Mountain Highland Games:

    Scenes from the Smoky Mountain Highland Games at Maryville College on Sunday, May 20, 2012.

    - Mon, 21 May 2012 02:16:37 +0000

  • Virginia Tech softball coach Scot Thomas:

    Virginia Tech coach Scot Thomas, whose Hokies defeated Miami (Ohio) 6-0 on Saturday, May 19, 2012 discusses Saturday’s NCAA regional action at Lee Stadium and the upcoming regional title game at 1:30 pm on Sunday at Lee Stadium.

    - Sun, 20 May 2012 18:23:06 +0000

  • UT’s Ralph Weekly on the two softball wins Saturday:

    UT co-head coach Ralph Weekly, whose No. 5-ranked Lady Vols run-ruled Alabama-Birmingham by an 8-0 count in five innings and Miami (Ohio) 8-0 in six innings on Saturday, May 19, 2012 talks about Tennessee’s challenge to beat Virginia Tech at 1:30 pm on Sunday and advance to the Super Regionals.

    - Sun, 20 May 2012 17:56:38 +0000

  • LadyVols051912:

    Lady Vols press conference

    - Sun, 20 May 2012 10:03:05 +0000

  • Miami051812:

    Miami (Ohio) press conference

    - Sun, 20 May 2012 09:21:32 +0000

  • 2012 Smoky Mountain Highland Games:

    Sights and sounds from the 2012 Smoky Mountain Highland Games at Maryville College on Saturday, May 19.

    - Sun, 20 May 2012 09:05:09 +0000

  • UT co-head coach Ralph Weekly discusses his team’s wins in Saturday’s NCAA regional:

    UT co-head coach Ralph Weekly, whose No. 5-ranked Lady Vols run-ruled Alabama-Birmingham by an 8-0 count in five innings and Miami (Ohio) 8-0 in six innings on Saturday, talks about Tennessee’s challenge to beat Virginia Tech at 1:30 pm on Sunday and advance to the Super Regionals.

    - Sun, 20 May 2012 08:48:35 +0000

  • UT All-American Raven Chavanne following loss:

    UT All-American Raven Chavanne, who had one of the Lady Vols’ five hits, talks about Tennessee’s 1-0 NCAA regional softball loss to Miami (Ohio) Friday night, May 18, 2012 at Lee Stadium.

    - Sat, 19 May 2012 19:28:30 +0000