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Founder of Museum of Appalachia Dies at 91
The Museum of Appalachia founder, John Rice Irwin, died Sunday at the age of 91. The announcement was made on the museum’s Facebook page. Irwin who founded the museum in 1969, collected over 250...
Syndicated Author Jan 18, 2022

Rural Metro Responding to Crash Involving School Bus
Rural Metro Fire and Knox County Rescue are on the scene of an accident between a car and a school bus on Gamble Rd in the Heiskell Community. There are no injuries reported at this time.
Syndicated Author Jun 24, 2021

Knox County Homicide Rates Increase by 72% in 2020
Deaths across Knox and Anderson counties have increased more than 11 percent in 2020 from 2019, while homicides rose nearly 72 percent, according to the 2020 Annual Report.The annual report was releas...
Syndicated Author May 24, 2021

Three Sports Book Companies Approved for Licensing in TN
(AP) A Tennessee panel on Wednesday conditionally approved licenses for the first three sportsbook operators under Tennessee's online-only sports betting program, which is expected to begin allowing w...
Syndicated Author Sep 25, 2020

$5,000 Reward Offered in Death of Knoxville Woman
The family is offering a $5,000 reward after the death of a Knoxville woman earlier this year.24-year-old Aseal Iysheh was shot to death June 11th outside the BJ’s Food Mart on Magnolia. She was...
Syndicated Author Aug 17, 2020

Nashville DA Won’t Prosecute For Possession of Small Amounts of Marijuana
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk says his office will no longer prosecute individuals for possession of less than a half-ounce of marijuana. A statemen...
Syndicated Author Jul 01, 2020

Tennessee Covid-19 Numbers: Wednesday, June 17
Tennessee’s new statewide Covid-19 numbers show an increase of 313 in the number of cases, just a one percent increase from yesterday, that pushes the total to 31,830. There have been 21,282 rec...
Syndicated Author Jun 17, 2020

Tennessee Covid-19 Numbers: Monday, June 15
Tennessee’s new statewide Covid-19 numbers show an increase of 728 in the number of cases, that pushes the total to 31,160. There have been 20,062 recoveries and 483 deaths (+8), 2,106 hospitali...
Syndicated Author Jun 15, 2020

Tennessee Covid-19 Numbers: Monday, June 8
Tennessee’s new statewide COVID-19 numbers show an increase of 563 in the number of cases, that pushes the total to 26,944. There have been 17,563 recoveries and 421 deaths with 1,948 hospitaliz...
Syndicated Author Jun 08, 2020

Tennessee Covid-19 Numbers: Friday, June 5
Tennessee’s new statewide COVID-19 numbers show an increase of 400 in the number of cases, that pushes the total to 25,520. There have been 16,925 recoveries and 408 deaths, 7 new, associated wi...
Syndicated Author Jun 05, 2020