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Treasures: Does glass pitcher reflect dollar signs...

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:17:18 -0400

By HELAINE FENDELMAN and JOE ROSSON - Dear Helaine and Joe:

Union County DUI stop turns up 300 pounds of pot

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:52:06 -0400

MAYNARDVILLE, Tennessee - Union County Sheriff's Office deputies say the truck appeared to be driven by someone under the influence and they stopped it.

Museum in Knoxville to host 'Birds in Art' exhibit

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:23 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - A new museum exhibit at the University of Tennessee that is scheduled to be unveiled later this month will celebrate the timeless appeal of birds.

Work beginning on Civil War park in Knoxville

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:49:25 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - A Civil War landmark in East Tennessee will soon become a low-impact park that allows public access and preserves the area's historical integrity.

Tuned: Look out, Nicki Minaj, Sam Amidon may cover you...

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:17:37 -0400

By CHUCK CAMPBELL - "BRIGHT SUNNY SOUTH," Sam Amidon (Nonesuch)

Jury convicts Kentucky man in torture murders

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:25:08 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - A Kentucky man who was retried on murder charges was convicted Friday for his role in the torture and murder of a Knoxville couple in a case that has been described as one of the most heinous crimes in the history of Knox County.

Students escape school bus fire in Knox County

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:16:30 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - Authorities in Knox County say children on a school bus safely escaped after the bus caught fire.

Obama nominates Knoxville lawyer to federal bench

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:05:17 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - A longtime Knoxville lawyer and the first female president of the Tennessee Bar Association has been nominated by President Barack Obama to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

Appellate court reverses ruling, chides police

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:57:56 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a Knoxville district court in ruling a defendant's confession was not voluntary.

TVA officials to toast 80th anniversary of utility

Thu, 16 May 2013 04:09:38 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - The Tennessee Valley Authority will observe its 80th anniversary with a public event Friday in Knoxville.

Freeh hired by plaintiffs against Browns owner

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:53:23 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - Former FBI Director Louis Freeh's firm has been hired by trucking companies suing Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam's company, Pilot Flying J.

Plaintiffs in Pilot lawsuit hire ex-FBI head Freeh

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:08:57 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - Former FBI Director Louis Freeh's firm has been hired by trucking companies suing Pilot Flying J over allegations that the nation's largest diesel fuel retailer bilked customers out of rebates.

Anderson County man charges in death of woman

Wed, 15 May 2013 06:41:05 -0400

CLINTON, Tennessee - An Anderson County grand jury has indicted a man in the death of a woman who fell from his van.

Lawyer: Axed Tennessee official denies allegations

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:26:26 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - Tennessee officials say they fired Jenny Wright as director of the school's office of student judicial affairs for refusing to cooperate with a university investigation into whether she had inappropriate relationships with student-athletes.

Buildings razed where 3 homeless people killed

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:59:36 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - A work crew is razing buildings in Knoxville where three people were found dead at a homeless camp.

Treasures: Will Barrymore prints bring fame, fortune?

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:18:55 -0400

By HELAINE FENDELMAN and JOE ROSSON - Dear Helaine and Joe: I would appreciate your opinion on the enclosed pictures. Could they possibly be by THE Lionel Barrymore? They are brass (I guess) etchings that I purchased many years ago at a household auction. They are very attractive, but do they have any value? -- J. R., Everglades City, Fla.

Tenn. hospital treats drug-dependent babies

Sun, 12 May 2013 13:23:51 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - He's less than two weeks old, but he shows the telltale signs of a baby agitated and in pain: an open sore on his chin where he's rubbed the skin raw, along with a scratch on his left check. He suffers from so many tremors that he's been placed in a special area so nurses can watch him around the clock in case he starts seizing -or worse, stops breathing.

Knox sheriff creates dangerous dog map

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:51:42 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - The Knox County Sheriff's Office has created a map that displays the locations of dogs deemed dangerous by a court order.

Knox commissioner pleads no contest to indecency

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:11:05 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - A Knox County commissioner has pleaded no contest to public indecency nearly a year after he was accused of engaging in oral sex in a park.

UT Garden's Bloom Days features workshops, music

Fri, 10 May 2013 04:07:36 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - The University of Tennessee Garden's Bloom Days are coming with specialty plant sales, garden workshops, children's activities and live music. Visitors also can tour the gardens, with their 4,000 annuals, perennials, herbs, tropical plants, trees, shrubs, vegetables and ornamental grasses.

Davidson County jury will hear Knox murder case

Thu, 09 May 2013 08:56:41 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - The Davidson County Criminal Court has summoned 480 people as potential jurors in a Knoxville murder case.

Cost of intrusion at Y-12 nuke plant by peace activists...

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:19:42 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - By FRANK MUNGER

Contractor gets $24K fine in worker death

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:19:03 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - A contractor for the Knoxville Utilities Board committed 10 serious safety violations in an accident that killed a worker, Tennessee regulators have determined.

Trial starts for peace activists charged with breach...

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:18:23 -0400

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - By FRANK MUNGER

Treasures: Barbedienne foundry made neoclassical tazza

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:08:14 -0400

By HELAINE FENDELMAN and JOE ROSSON - Dear Helaine and Joe: I wonder if you can help me evaluate the bronze presentation seen in this dish. The piece, dated 1879, was sculpted by F. Levillain. It was cast in the Barbedienne foundry (in Paris) and is 13 1/2 inches in diameter and 4 1/4 inches high. -- F. K., Middletown, N.Y.