Knoxville, Tennessee

• Economy takes big toll on Knoxville South Waterfront Project
  

  Knoxville's South Waterfront Project promises to transform the area into a robust and lively area to live and play, but the economy has taken quite a toll on the progress.

• Marilyn Roddy confirms plans to run for Knoxville mayor
  

  Marilyn Roddy made it official on Thursday-- see is running for Mayor of Knoxville.

• 10 women arrested in Knoxville prostitution sting
  

  Police conducted a prostitution sting for several hours in Knoxville Thursday resulting in the arrests of 10 women.

• Police padlock N. Knoxville bar; 5 charged with drug offenses
  

  Five people were charged and a North Knoxville bar closed Wednesday night as the result of a criminal investigation by the Knoxville Police Department's Organized Crime Unit.

• Knoxville interstate project honored
  

  The Tennessee Department of Transportation's SmartFIX40 project in Knoxville is being recognized as one of the top transportation undertakings in the country.

• Another Knoxville business closed under Nuisance Law
  

  The crackdown continued in Knoxville with police shutting down another so-called nuisance business Wednesday night.

• Knoxville seniors brush up on their free time
  

  It's not your typical art class at the Knox County Senior Center in South Knoxville.

• Arrest made in Fountain City bank robbery
  

  The man wanted for robbing the Suntrust Bank located at 2915 Tazwell Pike in Knoxville on August 30 is now behind bars.

• Coming to Knoxville for the first game of the season?
  

  Downtown Knoxville on game day can be crazy. Cumberland Avenue, also known as the strip, is always hustling with college students decked out in orange and white.

• KPD arrests Suntrust bank robbery suspect
  

  Knoxville police have arrested a suspect in a bank robbery that occurred Monday.

• Live Green at Heart: Transit Center's green roof
  

  The Knoxville Transit Center is the newest addition to the city skyline. A driving force behind the design of the building was protecting the environment.

• Forecast: Hot and sunny
  

  KNOXVILLE a ' Another hot and sunny day is in the forecast with a high near 93 and an east wind of 5 mph.

• Driver in beauty salon crash had no insurance
  

  Police say the driver of a van that crashed into a beauty salon in Kingston that injured 10 people has been cited with driving without insurance.

• Lanes open on I-640 after tractor trailer accident closed them
  

  An overturned tractor trailer accident on I-640 in Knoxville caused some back up during rush hour traffic Tuesday evening.

• New mayors pledge support for Pellissippi Place
  

  With some 200 business and political leaders from the Knoxville-region watching, the lights came on Tuesday evening at Pellissippi Place, the technology park under development in Alcoa .

• Columbine School shooting victim's compassion touches Knoxville students
  

  It's a tragedy we'll never forget. 15 students killed at Columbine High School, including the two shooters.

• Longtime Knoxville church pastor calls it quits
  

  A beloved East Knoxville church pastor is calling it quits after nearly twenty years in the pulpit.

• Guest information for Monday's Show
  

  Eiko is the featured artist of August at the Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris.

• Man taken to hospital after fire caused by smoking
  

  A man overcome with smoke this morning after catching his mattress on fire was given the option by his living companions of going to the hospital or with the police.

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 seven years earlier. 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

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
• St. John's Lutheran Church
• Caswell-Taylor House
• Market Square, Knoxville
• North Hills Historic District
• Knollwood
• Johnson Bible College
• Pellissippi State Technical Community College
• South College
• Tennessee Technology Center at Knoxville
• Tennessee School of Beauty of Knoxville Inc
• Fountainhead College of Technology
• Reuben-Allen College
• ITT Technical Institute-Knoxville

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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