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Effort under way to redevelop shuttered Alcoa plant

In the mid-1800s, French emperor Napoleon III was known to provide gold or silver dinnerware for most guests at state banquets, but the emperor and his really important guests...

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Gibbs' Austin Griffith helps team get redemption

Gibbs High School wrestler Austin Griffith won the Region 2 tournament last year, but he found himself in the unlikely position of searching for redemption this year.

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Holes-in-One: Feb. 12

Royal Oaks: Ronnie Burleson, No. 4 (125 yards), pitching wedge.

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John Adams: UT has 92 reasons to believe in Sal Sunseri

Sal Sunseri won two national championships as an assistant coach at Alabama, was an assistant coach for the Carolina Panthers when they came agonizingly close to winning a Super...

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Tanner Torres led the way for Anderson County

On-court frustrations may finally be subsiding for the Anderson County High School boys' basketball team.

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Cold, windy conditions suit Brent Schouler in Strawberry Plains half marathon victory

Snow, gusting winds and subfreezing temperatures tested runners Saturday morning in the Strawberry Plains Half Marathon and 10K road race.

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Bob Hodge: Missouri provides more evidence against deer farming

Tennessee politicians are reacting to the news that Chronic Wasting Disease has been found in captive and wild white-tailed deer in Missouri by trying to make it legal to have...

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Two Knoxville residents injured in Jefferson County crash

Two people were airlifted Friday evening to the University of Tennessee Medical Center after a vehicle in which they were traveling veered off Highway 11E, went airborne, struck...

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RunKNOX group to connect athletes, coaches

Running can often be a solitary endeavor, undertaken with little training and even less camaraderie.

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David Moon: Beware of what lurks under the surface

It is human nature to become complacent when things are going well, yet this is often the time at which the greatest risks are present. Don't berate yourself if you're...

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Gary Bickford and Stan Brock at the Remote Area Medical event on...

Gary Bickford and Stan Brock at the Remote Area Medical event on Saturday, February 3. photo by M. Woodward

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Stan Brock's Remote Area Medical 659th Event

Remote Area Medical Hosts 659th Event in Knoxville by Martha Rose...

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Senior Corps of Retired Executives Award Goes to Gary Bickford, Ph.D

SCORE Award Goes to Gary Bickford, Ph. D. From Martha Woodward Sunspherebook@aol.com Nurse...

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Gloria Ray's Performance Better Than Oscars

by Martha Rose Woodward Sunspherebook@aol.com Forget the Oscars, if you want to see a truly...

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Teens lobby governor, lawmakers for job restoration, funding shift

OAK RIDGE — A determined group of high-achieving teens is pressing lawmakers and leaders to shake up the state Department of Education and restore funding for a state...

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Upton shares 'Clinton 12' experience with students

As a junior at Clinton High School, Gail Upton remembers falling asleep to the sound of National Guard jeeps outside of her bedroom window.

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Judge approves Rarity Pointe financing bid

East Tennessee developer Mike Ross, facing a series of challenging legal issues in recent months, has received good news in a pair of cases.

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Knox County Schools makes two appointments

Knox County school officials announced two promotions on Friday that will take effect next school year.

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Darden Copeland: Show up to get wine in grocery stores

For the sixth straight year, it appears the Tennessee Legislature will fail to pass legislation allowing the statewide sale of wine in grocery stores.

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Citizen's Voice: Christianity has no basis for bullying

Did you know that in the state of Tennessee there is a law against bullying in schools? It allows local school districts to develop policies to ensure that students are protected...

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Editorial: Grins and Grimaces

A look at recent events in the news that pleased us ... and one that did not.

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Campaign disclosures: Armstrong, McNally among biggest beneficiaries

State Rep. Joe Armstrong, a Knoxville Democrat who is a member and former chairman of the House Health and Human Resources Committee, reported raising $31,975 in the latest...

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Woodson's leftover campaign war chest: $127K

A review of state campaign finance disclosures shows former Sen. Jamie Woodson, the Knoxville Republican who was speaker pro tempore until resigning July 7, has $127,564 in her...

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Letter: Compensation was defensible

The envious hordes have gotten their wish.

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'On Demand' TV pilot targets Type II diabetes

Studies have historically linked television viewing to unhealthy habits.

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Georgiana Vines: Cain to headline GOP dinner

Herman Cain, the conservative Atlanta businessman who briefly ran for the Republican nomination for president last year, will speak at the annual Reagan Day dinner of the...

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Maryville man claims $250,000 lottery win

Tennessee Lottery officials have confirmed that the $250,000 MegaMillions ticket, which was sold at the Farragut Market at 11104 Kingston Pike, was claimed on Thursday.

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Sevier County realtor sentenced to two years in fraud scheme

A high-rolling Sevier County realtor thought the odds were good he would pay back his unsuspecting victims before his crimes were discovered.

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Political Notebook: One legislator disputes 'heroic actions' of another

NASHVILLE — State Rep. Joanne Favors says she was "stunned" to learn that state Rep. Tony Shipley had been legislatively honored for "heroic actions" in...

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Knox County Commission to discuss workforce demographics

Knox County Commissioner Amy Broyles wants the government's workforce to look like its community.

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James Earl Ray reels discovered

MEMPHIS — They might hold treasure, lost images from one of the darkest points in this city’s history. ---- Or they might hold nothing, just blank and brittle ribbons of...

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Brother charged in fatal knife fight

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Blount detectives investigate death in Walland

WALLAND — Blount County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating a death at an address in Walland.

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Dozens of shoppers 'mob' Emery's 5 & 10

Shoppers from Knox County and beyond heeded the call to help a small South Knoxville business on Friday as dozens descended upon Emery's 5 & 10 in the county's first...

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KCSO: Hockey dad attacks opposing teen player

The father of a teenage hockey player attacked a 17-year-old player on the opposing team after the man’s son was injured during a game Thursday at Cool Sports ice rink in...

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Man arraigned on jail bomb threat indictments

CLINTON — An Oak Ridge man who allegedly phoned in three bomb threats to the Anderson County Jail over a four-day period was arraigned today in Anderson County Criminal...

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Dooley leads tour of Tennessee's new practice facility

Derek Dooley calls it the one-word test. Even with five months remaining until the Tennessee coach and his assistants move into the top floor of the new, $45 million football...

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Letter: Beware of agencies

Some take advantage of aspiring models.

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Letter: Restrict some political cash

Money takes politics from the people.

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Letter: Tennessee has bigger woes

Campfield is the least of state's worries.

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Letter: Campfield prompts fears

Campfield doesn't speak for this evangelical.

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Church events, Feb. 11, 2012

Westminster Presbyterian Church: Candlemas commemoration hosted by the French Alliance of Knoxville, 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, 6500 S. Northshore Drive. "La Chandeleur"...

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Tax Tips: Foreign retirement income is taxable as SS benefit

Knoxville-area accountants are offering advice through our Tax Tips columns, which will appear each Saturday in the Business section until the April 17 Internal Revenue Service...

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Grant Scalf looking to be part of group that finishes Spartan Death Race

It's an endurance race that has been known to break the will of more than 80 percent of its participants.

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Letter: Kids taught bullying is OK

What sort of message does that transmit to Christian children?

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Letter: Can't pick your customers

Think maybe intolerance and ignorance are on both sides of the Martha Boggs/state Sen. Stacey Campfield issue

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Weapon dealer taps extremists' defense

NASHVILLE - An Englishman is borrowing the legal tactics of a radical American movement in an attempt to dodge federal gun-smuggling charges — or at least an extradition to...

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Tenn. and Ky. beef profts hit historic highs

Associated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) There's reason for optimism at beef cattle operations in Tennessee or Kentucky.The mid-South states are the center of cow-calf beef...

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