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Reward Offered For Information On Suspects Wanted In Teen Homicides (FBI Knoxville Field Office)

FBI Special Agent in Charge Joseph Carrico announced up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects wanted in connection to the February shooting deaths of 16-year-old Stanley Freeman, Jr. and 15-year-old Janaria Muhammad. Both teens were students at Austi ... more»

Posted by serland On Mar 02, 2021 at 4:06 PM

Coming Soon: Peaceful Green Space at Center of Public Safety Complex

For the past year, the images you've seen from the Public Safety Complex reconstruction site in North Knoxville have mostly been of demolition - obsolete St. Mary's Hospital buildings coming down, or ... more»

Posted by evreeland On Mar 02, 2021 at 3:51 PM

Exhibit Explores 'Black & White' Knoxville History

During the past 12 months, an exhibit titled “Black & White: Knoxville in the Jim Crow Era” has been on display at the Museum of East Tennessee History. It closes this Sunday, Feb. 28, on the last day ... more»

Posted by ptravis On Feb 26, 2021 at 5:08 PM

Students Enlighten Empower Knox During Youth Forum

Community Engagement Manager Kathy Mack believes that young people are our future -- the changemakers on whom we depend to point the way toward long-term opportunities and success. With that senti ... more»

Posted by ptravis On Feb 25, 2021 at 11:14 AM

Saturday Extra Duty: City Crews Pick Up 542 Bags of Litter Across Knoxville

On a single Saturday (Feb. 20), 54 Public Service Department employees worked a sixth day and fanned out across the city to bag roadside debris. The totals were impressive: They filled 542 bags of ... more»

Posted by evreeland On Feb 25, 2021 at 8:58 AM

Officer Austin Jordan Selected as November 2020 Officer of the Month Award Recipient

Knoxville Police Department Officer Austin Jordan has been selected as the recipient of the November 2020 Officer of the Month Award, it was announced on Wednesday. It marks the third Officer of the Month recognition of 2020 for Officer Jordan, who was also selected to receive the award for February ... more»

Posted by serland On Feb 24, 2021 at 11:43 AM

Local Business Owner Horace Andrews: ‘You Have to be Ready to Compete’

Decades before he owned Andrews Electric Services, Horace Andrews got started in the electricity business at the ground level – literally. He was 12 years old, and his Uncle David, the founder of t ... more»

Posted by evreeland On Feb 22, 2021 at 2:56 PM

Week 52: Foundation Wall Going Up

This week, more new foundation wall is taking shape where a new City Court courtroom will be built. Al Blankenship Enterprises formed this section of wall and poured concrete (below). The work crew ... more»

Posted by evreeland On Feb 19, 2021 at 10:19 AM

$4.9 M Investment: Rollout of KPD Cameras Nearing Completion

Within weeks of taking office, one of the first decisions made by Mayor Indya Kincannon was to invest in upgrading the Police Department’s in-car patrol cruiser cameras and outfitting all uniformed pe ... more»

Posted by evreeland On Feb 18, 2021 at 9:29 PM

New Homes, Different Architectural Styles: Sevier Avenue ‘Feels Like a Second Downtown’

Joshua Henson isn’t your typical builder. A few years ago, the University of Tennessee business management graduate was earning his livelihood selling specialty medical products. But Henson love ... more»

Posted by evreeland On Feb 18, 2021 at 11:42 AM

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