Not much has changed in that Republicans and Democrats alike are finding it difficult to find good candidates to replace the departing state Rep. Harry Tindell, D-Knoxville.

Outside a power outage, the most contact Knoxville Utilities Board has with customers is its sometimes controversial tree-trimming program.

Much of the focus of the controversy over Gloria Ray’s compensation by the Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corp. is over $400,000 due her with salary and bonuses—but this isn’t something that started this year.

Inquiring minds want to know if Gloria Ray benefits from a hail storm.

When Bistro at the Bijou owner Martha Boggs told state Sen. Stacey Campfield he wasn’t welcome at her restaurant on Sunday due to his views on homosexuality and AIDS, little did she know she would become a national cause célèbre.

An Illinois judge has refused to reinstate a $1.1 billion judgment against State Farm won by Knoxville attorney Gordon Ball.

Former Outlaws motorcycle club president Mark Lester has been released from a federal prison in North Carolina to a halfway house in Knoxville.

The kerfuffle over Gloria Ray’s compensation heading the non-profit Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corp. has rocked the city’s establishment and frayed friendships.

He didn’t get all the money he wanted, but the developer behind the Oliver Hotel got enough of a facade improvement grant from the Central Business Improvement District to say that Asheville restaurant Tupelo Honey Café will indeed open on ...

State Sen. Stacey Campfield, R-Knoxville, was in South Carolina Saturday night helping Newt Gingrich celebrate his victory over Mitt Romney in the Republican primary.

State Rep. Harry Tindell, D-Knoxville, has decided not to run for re-election. The Democrats are no longer in charge, he is no longer a committee chairman, and the Republicans redrew his seat to make re-election an uphill battle. But thus ...

Democrats are encouraged by the final makeup of state Rep. Harry Tindell’s district.

Steve Hunley has been establishing himself as a go-to guy in politics in east and north Knox County and countywide. The publisher of the Knoxville Focus is not bashful about candidates he supports.

Great (?) minds think alike?

While the city of Harriman is nearing completion of its Princess Theater reconstruction in an effort to revitalize its downtown, municipal leaders are also apparently turning to the dead for new life.