Knoxville

2024 US Olympic diving trials coming to Knoxville, Tennessee

Jan. 12, 2023 05:39 PM EST
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. diving trials for the 2024 Olympics will be held in Knoxville, Tennessee. USA Diving awarded the competition to the...

Debbie Antonelli, a 2022 inductee into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor poses next to the hoop she used growing up, Saturday, June 11, 2022 in Knoxville, Tenn. Debbie Antonelli, Becky Hammon, Doug Bruno and Penny Taylor are among the 2022 inductees Saturday night into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. Title IX also is being honored with the hall’s Trailblazers of the Game award at its 50th anniversary. (AP Photo/Teresa M. Walker)

One Knoxville SC vs South Carolina United FC 6/11/2022

Jun. 11, 2022 08:04 PM EDT

FILE - Former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt smiles as a banner is raised in her honor before the team's NCAA college basketball game against Notre Dame in Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 28, 2013. The Late Pat Summitt, Lindsey Vonn, Michelle Kwan, Mia Hamm and Billie Jean King are among the nine individual women who will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame this summer. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

Notre Dame-Tennessee (Women) 1/28/2013

Jun. 06, 2022 11:06 AM EDT

AP Top 25 Podcast: Start 2021 season with 5 games in 5 days

Ralph D. Russo May. 26, 2021 09:44 AM EDT
From Knoxville, Tennessee, to Tallahassee, Florida, with stops in Blacksburg, Virginia, and Atlanta along the way. ...

Judge keeps restaurant aid priority for women, minorities

By Jonathan Mattise May. 24, 2021 01:35 PM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled against a conservative legal group that sought an immediate halt to the priority status for restaurants and...

New course in Dallas for last stop before PGA Championship

By The Associated Press May. 11, 2021 10:38 AM EDT
PGA TOUR AT&T BYRON NELSON Site: McKinney, Texas. Course: TPC Craig Ranch. Yardage: 7,468. Par:...

In this April 27, 2021 photo, students walk out of school at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tenn. Members of the Black community in Knoxville, Tennessee, are calling for reforms to dispel longstanding disparities between Blacks and whites. They say that is one of the steps that needs to be taken to reduce increasing violence that has claimed the lives of five high school-age students this year. (AP Photo/Kimberlee Kruesi)

Knoxville's Black community protests after student deaths

By Kimberlee Kruesi May. 06, 2021 12:58 PM EDT

Tennessee gov: Virus now not statewide public health crisis

By Jonathan Mattise And Adrian Sainz Apr. 27, 2021 02:23 PM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declared Tuesday that COVID-19 is no longer a statewide public health crisis, saying he is removing the option...

Knoxville police work the scene of a shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School Monday, April 12, 2021, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Mayor's request for release of school shooting video denied

By Adrian Sainz Apr. 15, 2021 12:26 PM EDT

Officer wounded in school wasn't shot by student's gun

By Adrian Sainz Apr. 14, 2021 06:30 PM EDT

Tennessee eyes 2-week tax holiday for restaurants, groceries

By Kimberlee Kruesi And Jonathan Mattise Apr. 13, 2021 12:47 PM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is proposing a $100 million, two-week sales tax holiday on restaurants, bars and groceries, as his...

Resource officer shot at Tennessee high school recovering

By Adrian Sainz Apr. 13, 2021 11:48 AM EDT

Police work in the area of Austin-East Magnet High School after a reported shooting Monday, April 12, 2021. Authorities say multiple people including a police officer have been shot at the school. (Brianna Paciorka/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)

Student fires at officers at Tennessee school, is killed

By Travis Loller And Adrian Sainz Apr. 12, 2021 07:29 PM EDT

UT to return to 'fully in-person' campus starting in fall

Mar. 12, 2021 09:24 AM EST
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee on Thursday announced that it will return to a “fully in-person campus experience” in Knoxville starting in...

Auditor, police asked to investigate box of missing vaccines

Feb. 15, 2021 03:53 PM EST
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Officials in eastern Tennessee have hired an external auditor and asked police to investigate after a box of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines...

Rhiannon Potkey displays sports equipment Jan. 30, 2021, in Knoxville, Tenn. Goods4Greatness, the nonprofit started by Potkey, works to get much-needed gear to low-income children and teens to make sure the high cost of equipment doesn't stop their athletic dreams. (AP Photo/Teresa Walker)

Journalist gets much-needed sports gear to low-income kids

By Teresa M. Walker Feb. 14, 2021 01:09 PM EST

RN Lauren Dean fills syringes with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine inside of the pharmacy at the Hamilton County Health Department's new COVID Vaccination POD at the CARTA Bus Terminal on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Troy Stolt/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

Tennessee county reports 975 missing vaccines

By Kimberlee Kruesi Feb. 10, 2021 05:35 PM EST

Tennessee coach Rick Barnes speaks to a referee during the team's NCAA college basketball game against Colorado on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Knoxville, Tenn. (Caitie McMekin/Knoxville New-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

No. 12 Tennessee gets past Colorado in long-delayed opener

By Al Lesar Dec. 08, 2020 08:19 PM EST

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to reporters about Georgia's COVID-19 outbreak, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at the state Capitol in Atlanta. Kemp says that Georgia is making progress in reducing coronavirus infections, but is urging people to get a flu shot in addition to practicing social distancing, wearing masks and washing hands. (Riley Bunch/The Daily Times via AP)

The Latest: Kentucky sees near-record number of new cases

By The Associated Press Oct. 30, 2020 04:27 AM EDT

UT-Knoxville leader: COVID case count rising 'way too fast'

Sep. 08, 2020 07:21 PM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The chancellor of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville said Tuesday that COVID-19 cases are increasing “way too fast” and that...