Knoxville, Tennessee

• In Hard Times, Lured Into Trade School and Debt
  

  One fast-growing American industry has become a conspicuous beneficiary of the recession : for-profit colleges and trade schools.

• Swider scores four in Vols win over Fayetteville
  

  It was a battle of the league leading goal scorers as Kevin Swider and his Knoxville Ice Bears faced off against Rob Sich and the Fayetteville FireAntz for the second night in a row.

• Man killed in single-vehicle wreck in West Knoxville
  

  A single-vehicle accident claimed the life of a 22-year-old man Saturday night. It happened in West Knoxville on Ebenezer Road near Kingston Pike just before 7 p.m. Martha Dooley with the Knox County Sheriff's Office says the victim was driving north on Ebenezer Rd.

• Called from the suburbs to a Haitian mountaintop
  

  Odette. Benita. Valancia. Atanie.Each Sunday morning, members of White Stone Church spread photos of the girls' grinning, impish faces across a folding table before 10 a.m. worship, then prayed for the day the children might join them.When the churchgoers closed their eyes and bowed their heads, it no longer mattered that 1,400 miles separated them ...

• Athens bank sues Hutchison for $4.8M
  

  The suit alleges that the former sheriff guaranteed payment of the liabilities of SHE Group.

• Knoxville firefighter injured during house fire
  

  A Knoxville firefighter was injured when crews responded to a house fire Tuesday night.

• Sarah Palin to testify against accused hacker in Knoxville
  

  Sarah and Todd Palin will testify in the case against the 22-year-old University of Tennessee student who allegedly broke into Sarah Palin's e-mail account while she was running for vice president in 2008, according to a statement Palin's attorney gave to CNN.

• New Alzheimer's test offers better opportunities for early detection
  

  This is a s screenshot from the Computerized Self Test for Alzheimer's Disease. The test was developed by University of Tennessee researchers, and findings published in the April 2010 issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease showed that the test was highly effective at early detection of the disease.

• Knoxville man busted by Blount Co. HEAT
  

  BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. a ' A Knoxville man was arrested Wednesday following an undercover Internet sting by the Blount County Sheriffa TMs Office.

• Crews extinguish fire at oil disposal facility in West Knoxville
  

  Firefighters extinguished a fire at an oil disposal facility in West Knoxville Thursday morning.

• Knoxville family escapes but firefighter is injured in house fire
  

  Investigators are looking into what started a house fire Tuesday night. The fire was reported just before 9:00pm Tuesday night on Virginia Avenue in Lonsdale.

• Knoxville firefighters battling blaze at N. Knoxville motel
  

  Knoxville firefighters are trying to put out the flames at a motel on Merchants Rd.

• April 20 Trial Date Set In Palin Hacking Case
  

  Picture from David Kernella TMs MySpace page which is no longer accessible. KNOXVILLE, Tenn.

• Road Crew Paves Around Utility Poles
  

  Drivers have kept a close eye on the progress of construction on a popular shortcut in west Knoxville.

• Man wanted in Sullivan County for kidnapping, other charges, arrested in Knoxville
  

  A man wanted for kidnapping, assault and felony reckless endangerment in Sullivan County has been apprehended in Knoxville.

• Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse Commits Suicide in North Knoxville Citybeat
  

  Mark Linkous, the singer/songwriter who led the critically acclaimed band Sparklehorse since the mid-1990s, shot himself to death in a North Knoxville alley on Saturday afternoon, March 6, according to police.

• DA says man's death was "elaborate suicide"
  

  The Roane County prosecutor says the death of a man whose body was found in a woods fire killed himself in an "elaborate suicide." The Knoxville News Sentinel reported the man was identified as Victor Gordon.

• Body found after woman called to report Roane woods fire
  

  KNOXVILLE a ' A report of a fire in the Roane County woods has led to the discovery of a human body.

• Woman hospitalized after wreck with KPD officer
  

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. a ' A Knoxville woman was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center after allegedly crashing in a Knoxville Police Officer driving his city issued vehicle late Monday night.

City Description

Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is also the largest city in East Tennessee. As of the 2000 United States Census, Knoxville had a total population of 173,890; the July 2007 estimated population was 183,546. Knoxville is the principal city of the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area with a metro population of 655,400, which is in turn the central component of the Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette Combined Statistical Area with 1,029,155 residents. Of Tennessee's four major cities, Knoxville is second oldest to Nashville which was founded in 1779. After Tennessee's admission into the Union in 1796, Knoxville was the state's first capital, in which capacity it served until 1819, when the capital was moved to Murfreesboro, prior to Nashville receiving the designation. The city was named in honor of the first Secretary of War, Henry Knox. One of Knoxville's nicknames is The Marble City. In the early 20th century, a number of quarries were active in the city, supplying Tennessee pink marble (actually Ordovician limestone of the Holston Formation) to much of the

City Contained By:

• Knox County
• Tennessee

City Contains:

• University of Tennessee
• Tennessee Theatre
• Mechanicsville
• Sequoyah Hills
• Knoxville National Cemetery
• Tennessee School for the Deaf
• Old City
• Bleak House, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Mabry-Hazen House, Knoxville
• Monday House
• Peters House
• Westwood House, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Thomas J. Walker House
• James Park House
• Captain James Newman House
• Benjamin Morton House
• Savage House
• Ivan Racheff House
• Maxwell-Kirby House
• Samuel McCammon House
• Middlebrook Building
• Craighead-Jackson House
• Bijou Theatre
• Boyd Harvey House, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Colonel John Williams House
• Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Alexander Bishop House, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Daniel House
• General John T. Wilder House
• Leroy Kenner House, Knoxville
• First Presbyterian Church & Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Chilhowee Park
• Fountain City
• Knoxville Zoo
• Camp House
• Blount Mansion
• The Square Room
• The Valarium
• Neyland Stadium
• Knoxville College
• William Blount Mansion
• Burwell Building Tennessee Theater
• Col. John Williams House
• Westwood
• Knox County Courthouse
• Central United Methodist Church
• Southern Terminal, Knoxville, Tennessee

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 254.051933743 km squared

Sports Teams:

• Knoxville Ice Bears
• Knoxville Cherokees
• Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball

Neighborhoods:

• Chilhowee Park
• Fountain City
• Mechanicsville
• Old City
• Sequoyah Hills

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