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  • Michelle Obama to give commencement address in Nashville

    Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet High seniors finally are filing into the Gentry Center after coming hours early for a very special graduation -- marked by a speech from First Lady Michelle Obama. "I feel like this is an honor and a privilege and it is because of all of our hard work. It's paying off," graduate Shanese Brown said. The students are going through airport-style ...

  • Driver killed in fiery Maryville crash

    Tennessee Highway Patrol confirmed one person died in a fiery single-vehicle crash in Maryville early Saturday morning. Blount County dispatchers said around 3 a.m. crews responded to East Lamar Alexander Highway, between Helton Road and Tucklaleechee Pike for a car on fire. Two pictures emailed to 10News from a viewer show massive flames coming from the vehicle. THP Sgt. Randy Huckeby said ...

  • Flames erupt in Maryville crash

    Flames erupted in a Maryville car crash early Saturday morning. Blount County dispatchers said around 3 a.m. crews were called out to East Lamar Alexander Highway, between Helton Road and Tuckaleechee Pike. Two pictures emailed to 10News from a viewer show massive flames coming from the vehicle. Blount County fire crews, the rescue squad, and Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to the scene, ...

  • Mega Millions jackpot won Powerball at $600M

    Two winning jackpot tickets were sold in Friday's $190 million Mega Millions drawing, but even if you aren't holding those magic numbers in your hand, you have a chance at an even bigger prize tonight.The winning tickets in the Mega Millions drawing were bought in New Jersey and Virginia, according to a news release on the lottery's website. The winning numbers were: 11, 15, 35, ...

  • My Village Child Development Center celebrates in face of closure

    Haley Green gets help with her graduation cap from Danielle Aranas at the My Village Child Development Center’s last pre-K graduation on Friday. JaQuan Glasper, center, holds his cap up waiting on help. My Village began as a daycare for residents of nearby Montgomery Village but eventually served children from throughout South Knoxville. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS ...


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Movie Review

Yi Yi [DVD]

Yi Yi [DVD]

Edward Yangs Yi Yi (A One and a Two ...) feels both sprawling and intimate, deeply complex and refreshingly simple. It tells a series of interconnected stories involving several generations of a Taiwanese family over the course of one year, beginning with a wedding and ending with a fun ... ...

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  • Peace treaty signed to end Coal Creek War

    Barry Thacker, president of Coal Creek Watershed Foundation, explains the history of the Coal Creek War during a ceremony Friday at the site of Fort Anderson on Militia Hill. (BOB FOWLER/NEWS ...

  • Vanquish Worldwide gets multimillion-dollar EPA contract

    Maryville-based Vanquish Worldwide, has landed a multimillion-dollar contract to store and manage equipment for the Environmental Protection Agency in the northwestern ...

  • New Weigels card will connect to checking account

    On Monday, Weigel's Stores will begin offering a no-purchase gas discount card the company says will allow customers to save up to 10 cents per gallon on their fuel ...

  • 5 things to know today

    Mmmm, biscuits: The International Biscuit Festival will be held today, beginning at 9 a.m. The bake-off competition will be held noon-4:10 p.m. at the Biscuit Big Top Tent, located on Market Street. Various cooking demonstrations will be presented between biscuit competitions. The student category, featuring finalists Megan Fleming and Auden Cole, will begin at 12:40 p.m.; the Savory Biscuit ...

  • UT to offer summer reading tutoring books

    Third-, fourth- and fifth-graders struggling to read can beef up their skills this summer before they head to back to school, thanks to the University of ...

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