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  • Mobile Meals needs donations volunteers to help Knoxville seniors

    A recent drop in donations has a local organization pleading for the public's help. Mobile Meals delivers daily hot meals to hundreds of homebound seniors in ...

  • Public welcome to offer input Tuesday on Knoxville budget

    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 ...

  • Knoxville Glove Company closing Friday after 99 years

    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 ...

  • Famed violin to be shown at Titanic museum in Pigeon Forge

    The violin played by Titanic bandmaster Wallace Hartley aboard the ship as it sank will be on exhibit starting May 22 at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge. The violin, a subject of much controversy and study, is shown here with a case showing Hartley's initials. The instrument will be auctioned in October in England by a British auction ...

  • Steel company expands in Knoxville adds 40 new jobs

    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 ...


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Paths of Glory [Blu-Ray]

Paths of Glory [Blu-Ray]

Paths of Glory was director Stanley Kubricks fourth feature and the first in which he demonstrated true and fundamental mastery of film art. His previous three films--Fear and Desire (1953), which he disowned and has been largely unseen as a result, Killers Kiss ... ...

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  • Hardees Breakfast Club receives their own painting in Karns

    Almost every morning since 1986, a group of men and women have met for breakfast at the Hardee's in Karns. The Karns Hardee's was the first fast food restaurant in the community, so it was a perfect place for the group of locals to meet. Larry York said, "Actually it's great to be here. We enjoy each other. Sometimes we have a lot to talk about and other times it will be ...

  • Blount Co. investigating death of couple found in their home

    The Blount County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a Louisville couple found dead in their home. According to Sheriff James Lee Berrong, a relative found Rebecca A. Adkins, 53, and Steven R. Adkins, 54, in their home on Chandler Road Sunday evening around 8:30 pm. It's not known how long the couple had been deceased. Autopsies are being performed on Monday to determine ...

  • More Fort Campbell troops return from Afghanistan

    FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) -- More of the "Rakkasans" have returned to Fort Campbell from Afghanistan. The plane carrying nearly 90 members of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division touched down at the U.S. Army post on the Kentucky-Tennessee border Sunday evening. Environmental and science engineering officer Julie Bridges was surrounded by family, including her ...

  • Horror of ChristianNewsom killings in focus What happened on Chipman Street

    The house at 2316 Chipman St. linked to the murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom is shown on July 9, 2007. (Jigsha Desai / Knoxville News ...

  • Gerdau adding 40 jobs in Knox County

    Gerdau Ameristeel has recently become a Department of Energy-certified Energy Champion. The Knoxville plant and another, which recycle scrap metal to make rebar, reduced natural gas useage by 46 percent and energy use overall by 19 percent. Photos for Business Journal shot Monday, Jun. 7, ...

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