That author was Alex Haley, whose love for Knoxville and the East Tennessee region was part of what inspired him to build a home in nearby Norris, where he spent much of his later years. His house was ...

Tennessee, like the rest of the country ... the figure was 7,534. The entire population of Knox County in 1930 was slightly less than 156,000 people. Even with the advent of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ...

Carmack on a Nashville street ... Tennessee politics waged an active and energetic campaign. The contest for the Democratic nomination was quite close and Austin Peay won by just over four thousand ...

ANDERSON COUNTY, Tenn — A police chase led Anderson County deputies into Knox County Saturday evening, tailing a person on Clinton Highway. Deputies with the Knox County Sheriff's Office joined the ...

The overwhelming increase in new detainees making their way to the Knox County jail were arrested in other East Tennessee counties. Detainees are put through a civil court system to determine ...

The Knox County Schools Board of Education voted to approve the building of a new K-8 School to serve the Mechanicsville, ...

Progress for the Knox County Schools could mean the loss of some of its history. On Monday, the School Board discussed the proposed development of a new K-8 school in the area of Mechanicsville, ...

The proposed changes involve constructing a new K-8 school where Rule High School once stood at 1919 Vermont Ave.

In March 2024, a program allowing people to text 911 if they needed help rolled out in areas across the state.