Knoxville is home to the University of Tennessee. Knoxvillians love the University and they especially love the U.T. Volunteer football team. They are so enthusiastic about college football that even someone that doesn't like football would enjoy a U.T. home game.
Knoxville
Knoxville is a scenic metropolitan city in East Tennessee that lies in the valley between the Cumberland Mountains to the west and the Great Smokey Mountains to the east. With the resort towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge less than two hours away and seven lakes within a half hour drive, the Knoxville area presents plenty of opportunities for outdoor recreation. Knoxville has a temperate climate and is especially beautiful in the spring when the dogwoods are in bloom and in the fall when the sky is a gorgeous blue, the air is crisp, and the leaves have turned a brilliant hue.
Knoxville
The Knoxville area is steeped in history with museums and historical sites in abundance. The city is also the cultural center for East Tennessee. The Knoxville Museum of Art displays fine art from all over the world and the Knoxville Orchestra is known for its outstanding performances.
Knoxville
Knoxville is made up of many residential neighborhoods but locals usually speak of North, South, East, West Knoxville and Downtown. Most of the museums, art galleries, shopping, and hotels are centered Downtown, around the University of Tennessee campus, and in West Knoxville. Most of the growth in recent years has been on the west end of town, although the downtown areas of Old City and along the Riverfront have been renovated in recent years with trendy lofts, boutiques, restaurants, and a beautiful walkway along the river.
trolleys travel throughout downtown and the University of Tennessee to provide a free shuttle service between UT and Downtown. Service runs Monday through Friday from 7:00am - 6:00pm, depending upon which route you want to take. There is a Late Line Trolley that runs on Friday and Saturday from 8:00pm - 2:00am during the normal school year.
KNOXVILLE a ' A case of custodial interference turned into a four-hour standoff between a father and police at a North Knoxville apartment complex this evening.
Firefighters found a man and a woman dead inside a home in Knox County that authorities say was set on fire and a neighbor said a note left from the couple who lived there warned of their deaths.
Executive Producer for the movie, "That Evening Sun" held a screening at the Clayton Center for the Arts to celebrate the release of the movie on DVD Tuesday evening.
Congressman Jimmy Duncan had his first experience with the Tea Party Tuesday night, after deciding not to join their caucus in Washington over the summer.
"I've always just let the news be my straight man." For 25 years, Sam Venable has lifted spirits, giving Knoxville News Sentinel readers a humorous perspective on life.
Local leaders hope Highway 109 - going through Gallatin and Portland - will become a priority for Republican gubernatorial nominee Bill Haslam if he becomes Tennessee's next governor.
Knoxville police said Tuesday that community tips about the clothes he wore helped them identify Michael Chesney, 54, as a suspect in a fatal shooting at a cafeteria last week.
Victor Ashe, former ambassador to Poland and former Knoxville mayor, gave a $50,000 check to the city Tuesday to go toward the purchase of an addition to the park that bears his name.
KNOXVILLE a ' High temperatures will be 5 to 10 degrees above normal today before a cold front moves in tonight bringing a good chance of rain on Wednesday.
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville is kicking off its MBA Entrepreneur Fellow program this fall, where students are paid to start a business while earning their degrees.
Let's make something perfectly clear: The worst places on Earth nine years ago this coming Saturday were the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon and a field outside Shanksville, Pa.
The Tennessee Valley Fair gets underway in Knoxville on Friday. The fair has extended the window for advanced ticket sales until Tuesday at 4:30pm. Advanced tickets for adults are $7 instead of the regularly priced $9 tickets.
Members of a sometimes forgotten Knox County community, the "Mucktonians" met Sunday afternoon at the Bethany Baptist Church for their first ever reunion.
