Provides the latest RSS feeds for Tennessee News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Knoxville Times.com http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/cat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 04:15:23 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:15:23 -0400 30 Memphis Grizzlies ' blowout loss in Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference finals. No one on either team expects him to play so poorly for the rest of the series. As ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214656146/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:14:12 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214656146/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 A wet spring and climbing temperatures mean mosquitoes are making their comeback to East Tennessee. The Knox County Health Department is already working to stay ahead of the seasonal problem. Earlier this month, the health department started setting traps all around the county to test the bugs for West Nile Virus. So far, each of the tests have come back with only negative results. In ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214653530/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:04:03 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214653530/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Last season, Black started five of 32 games played for Memphis and averaged 8.1 points and 4.8 rebounds. His 58.9 field goal percentage was second on the team. He had 20 blocked shots and 22 steals at the power forward ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214652592/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:56:34 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214652592/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Knoxville, in conjunction with UT, is looking into expanding use of World's Fair Park as a center for cultural resources. Deputy Mayor Bill Lyons will work alongside UT Professor of Anthropology Jan Simek in co-chairing a group to decide what's best for the park. The park opened up for the world to see in 1982 and has been used by the city and other organizations since to hold ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214648899/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:35:46 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214648899/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 At heart, a quesadilla is pretty much a Mexican grilled cheese. Take a tortilla, stuff it with something savory, add some cheese, fold it in half and toast it. It’s also pretty ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214644132/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:21:05 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214644132/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 In today's increasingly crowded marketplace, successful small business owners recognize that creativity is paramount in besting their competitors and maintaining a vibrant brand. Customer engagement is key. And that will be the focus of the "Creative Boot Camp" from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, sponsored by the Memphis chapter of the American Advertising Federation. The ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214644380/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:18:35 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214644380/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Nashville officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday to celebrate the completion of the Music City Center. The grand opening celebration started Sunday, and includes free concerts from Sheryl Crow, Phil Vassar, Vince Gill and others. The Music City Center measures 2.6 million square feet and takes up 16 acres. The grand ballroom alone can seat up to 6,000 people. At $585 million, ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214642626/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:24:43 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214642626/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Part of a downtown Knoxville street is closed for drain installation. Clinch Avenue is closed between Gay Street and Market Street. The closure started Monday and is expected to last a week or more. Westbound traffic can detour to Church ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214643431/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:24:43 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214643431/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Spring Hill pediatrician says she has some sympathy as the Tennessee Department of Children's Services tries to sort through claims about children's welfare.Dr. Shontae Buffington serves as the fellow-at-large representing Middle Tennessee for the Tennessee chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.But Buffington also told The Tennessean she is ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214641952/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:14:26 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214641952/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Nashville Mayor Karl Dean Mayor Karl Dean emphasized the need for mass transit options and its effect on maintaining quality of life in his State of Metro address today. "We all realize that as we continue to grow, there's only so much road widening we can do," he said to a crowd inside the new Music City Center. "We won't be able to pave our way out of increased traffic ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214643178/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:47:31 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214643178/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 LOUISVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Blount (blunt) County sheriff's spokeswoman says autopsies will be performed on the bodies of a couple found dead in their home in Louisville ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214640977/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:50:40 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214640977/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 The Memphis Fire Department says 35 firefighters and other emergency personnel responded to a blaze Monday morning at a one-story house in the Uptown ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214640976/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:50:40 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214640976/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Nashville Mayor Karl Dean Mayor Karl Dean announced a trust fund for affordable housing at his State of Metro address today, a program that is forecast to generate 100 new affordable housing units. The Barnes Fund for Affordable Homes, named for fund advocate Rev. Bill Barnes, will be supported by $3 million in existing grants and will receive ongoing investments. The program will also focus on ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214641434/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:35:21 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214641434/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 So is it 183.1 million with the 31+million in bonded capital projects? Or is the actual budget 214.1million running a 31 million dollar debt? I liked some of the projects Prosser road and Lakeshore but can we request to see the Knoxville Zoo's account records since they are receiving 11 million from the ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214639536/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:52:38 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214639536/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Knoxville Glove Co., which was founded in 1914, has as many as 350 employees at one time is now down to about 15, Townsend said. The company has made all manner of work ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214638153/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:46:34 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214638153/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 An international steel company is expanding its business in Knoxville. On Monday, state officials joined representatives from Gerdau to announce they were adding a facility in the WestBridge Business Park where workers will take steel rebar manufactured at the current Lonsdale mill and apply finishing services for original equipment manufacturers. The new facility will create approximately 40 ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214636550/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:49:53 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214636550/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Police were alerted at 11:12 p.m. Sunday of the heist at 4935 Millertown Pike, Knoxville Police Department spokesman Darrell DeBusk said Monday ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214635147/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:38:50 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214635147/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Both southbound lanes were closed Monday morning in Robertson County, affecting traffic heading for Nashville from Kentucky and northern Middle Tennessee. The site is at mile marker 111, north of White ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214635094/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:23:27 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214635094/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Union County Sheriff's Office deputies say the truck appeared to be driven by someone under the influence and they stopped ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214633909/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:20:25 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214633909/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 This is a screenshot of on an animation that ran on Marissa Mayer's Tumblr about buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion, which included a promise to run the blogging service as a separate business and "not to screw it up." Click the next panel to see the rejoinder to this acknowledgment about Tumblr users' unease over the deal. Yahoo confirmed that it will pay $1.1 billion for Tumblr on ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214633805/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:49:00 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214633805/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 David Karp, co-founder of Tumblr Inc. Photographer: Guy Calaf/Bloomberg Yahoo's board of directors reportedly approved buying the Tumblr blogging site in a $1.1 billion cash deal. The Wall Street Journal reported the board's action on Sunday. This is the biggest deal yet for CEO Marissa Mayer, after a series of smaller deals and acqui-hires since she took control last year. Tumblr is a ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214636551/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:54:58 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214636551/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Gates Bill Gates has regained his title as the richest person in the world. The founder of Microsoft Corp. passed Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim by a mere $550 million, making Gates the wealthiest person for the first time since 2007, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Gates' fortune is valued at $72.7 billion and was aided by significant rises in Microsoft stock. The stock has ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214631937/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:50:57 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214631937/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Friends of the Festival President Chip Baker saysinforming people of the restrictions will be a process. If someone lights up in a non-smoking area, the smoker will be handed a card explaining the new rules and will be directed to a place where smoking is ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214631617/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:22:52 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214631617/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Peyton Manning is back at his alma mater this week endorsing new Tennessee coach Butch Jones and preaching patience from the Volunteers' fan base.The Denver Broncos quarterback returned to campus to speak ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214630388/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:58 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214630388/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 An Amber Alert has been issued for 8-year-old Gabriel Swaney, left, after his father Michael, right, assaulted his mother with a knife and took him from his Murfreesboro home. (TBI/Murfreesboro Police ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214628957/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:43:55 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214628957/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 The city of Knoxville's proposed 2013-14 fiscal budget shows the debt on the Knoxville Convention Center continues to decline, with final a payment still scheduled in 19 ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214627985/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:49:17 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214627985/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Watchdog Group's Complaint Says Cornerstone Church Pastor Endorsed School Board Candidates From Pulpit WASHINGTON - August 7 - The Internal Revenue Service should investigate a Tennessee church whose pastor endorsed three school board candidates from the pulpit, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State. In ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214627563/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:20:55 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214627563/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 A traffic bust in Union County Saturday morning ended with a major drug bust after deputies found a man driving with 335 pounds of marijuana in his car. Union County deputies pulled over a car Saturday morning on Highway 33 near Maynardville after getting reports of an intoxicated driver. While deputies interviewed the driver, they found several packages in the car containing 335 pounds of ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214623656/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:33:23 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214623656/scat/209dc06dd4a5e0e7