Knoxville Times news Knoxville Times news Rss feed

  • Regal makes most movies accessible for hearing vision impaired

    By the end of this month, every digital film playing in a Regal Cinema theater will for the first time be 100% accessible to all deaf and blind ...

  • Senior with passion for fashion headed to NYC

    It's graduation season when a lot of high school seniors are planning their next move. One West High School student is headed to New York City to pursue her passion for fashion. "I hate it when people follow the trend. I say create the trend," Caroline Trotter said. The Tennessee teen creates art. Caroline Trotter prefers shooting photographs outdoors. She said it's all ...

  • Biscuit Festival draws national attention

    International Biscuit Festival is recieving more than just East Tennessee media coverage. Organizer John Craig said the festival has made headlines around the country. Craig said the rise in popularity is in part thanks to the comeback of Southern cuisine. "We've got people from New York to California that want to talk about Southern food because it has an authentic quality to it ...

  • Details emerge in Ft. Campbell officers stalking case

    New details are emerging in the stalking case against an Army officer at Fort Campbell. Police say Colonel Darin Haas threatened to kill his ex-wife in text messages. Colonel Haas managed the sexual harassment and assault response program. On Wednesday, his ex-wife Alissa Owen told police that Haas had been sending her threatening text messages since November 2011, shortly before their ...

  • TBI criticizes Nashville reports on Holly Bobo case

    The TBI is criticizing a series of reports by a Nashville TV station in the Holly Bobo disappearance case. News media statewide have reported extensively on the search for the 20-year-old, who went missing from her Decatur County home two years ago. The NBC station in Nashville, WSMV, recently aired a series of reports that appeared to update the investigation and the circumstances ...


rain
Knoxville Weather
65.7°F Light Rain
Winds: Calm
Sun
tstorms
77° 64°
Mon
tstorms
84° 64°
Tue
partlycloudy
88° 64°
Last Updated on May 18, 1:09 AM EDT
Weather sourced from Weather Underground

Movie Review

The Magdalene Sisters

The Magdalene Sisters

In last springs quirky adventure-comedy Holes, a group of wayward boys are sent to an isolated desert camp to dig holes, ostensibly because, as the warden puts it, You take a bad boy, make him dig holes all day long in the hot sun, it makes him a good boy. Its an inherently sadistic scenario equating enforced suffering with redemption thats made palatable by the storys human comedy and upl ... ...

On Facebook

  • Guilty again Jury convicts George Thomas for second time in Christian-Newsom killings

    Photos by MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL Patty Boardwine, chief victims witness coordinator, hugs Hugh Newsom after a jury said guilty of all counts Friday in the re-trial of George Thomas accused of taking part in the January 2007 kidnappings and killings of Channon Christian, 21, and Chris Newsom, 23. At left is Mary ...

  • Portion of Western Avenue reopens

    A closed portion of a busy Knoxville street is reopening Friday night. Western Avenue has been closed between Keith and Richmond Avenues for the past few weeks while a KUB contractor works on improvements to the wastewater system. The road will reopen Friday at midnight, but some construction work will continue through next week. One land of the road will be closed in each direction from 9 ...

  • TVA turns 80 history full of controversial progress

    Eighty years ago, the stroke of a pen transformed Tennessee and much of the southern United States forever. On May 18, 1933, the Tennessee Valley Authority was officially founded. Friday morning the leadership at TVA's headquarters in Knoxville hosted a celebration ceremony, albeit one day prior to the actual birthday on May 18. WBIR's anchor emeritus Bill Williams served as master ...

  • Pregnant teenager arrested for DUI

    An 18-year-old was arrested for DUI and possession of unlawful drug paraphernalia in Johnson City on Thursday, reports WJHL. The Johnson City Police Department says Goldie Jean Greene was swerving while driving, then was lethargic and had slurred speech when they pulled her over. Officers say they found a marijuana pipe in Greene's front seat, and she pulled another from her bra. She ...

  • Ceremony honors 10 fallen law enforcement officers in Knox County

    Knox County Sheriff's Office deputies attend the Knoxville-Knox County Peace Officers Memorial Service on Friday, May 17, 2013, at Mary Costa Plaza. (Don Jacobs/News ...

More Knoxville Times news