A coal company is trying to get permission to mine state land in the Catoosa Wildlife Management Area on the Cumberland Plateau. Hmmm. What’s in that neighborhood? Well, there is the Justin Wilson Cumberland Trail State Park.

A conservative Republican state senator joining a protest of one of the nation’s top corporations? How can this be?

Imagine if by some bizarre occurrence all the line officers of the Knoxville Police Department resigned and the city was faced with rebuilding the force overnight.

You didn’t know Middlebrook Pike is a Scenic Highway?

The guy who will oversee an internal investigation of Pilot Flying J was once Gov. Bill Haslam’s boss and now he works, indirectly, for Bill Haslam. Haslam, of course, is one of the owners of Pilot Flying J.

In every state in the Southeastern Conference there is a radio network that carries all the games for flagship universities, selling advertising and providing revenue for radio stations and state universities. That’s all about to change.

With FCC approval, Johnny Pirkle’s sale of the 100,000-watt FM station WNOX to Journal Broadcasting is complete, one of the biggest shake-ups in Knoxville radio-land in years.

The Knox County school system has been calling people in the local law enforcement community to check the references and do a background check on Knoxville Deputy Police Chief Gus Paidousis.

It is unusual for a government department head to go to the media with a budget-busting proposal without clearing it with the boss.

But who are the members of the current board of directors?

Is Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett considering a run for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Lamar Alexander? Rumors are swirling...

The failed effort to locate a megasite along Interstate 81 has cost the Jefferson County economic-development community $133,000.

The situation would make a good case study for a journalism class, illustrating the different roles between independent newspaper newsrooms and the paper’s business side.

Restaurant managers in Knoxville have begun telling servers that they will not be allowed to work more than 30 hours a week because, if they do, the restaurants will be required to provide health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, ...

Callers to RSVP Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero’s budget lunch at Ijams Nature Center have been surprised to log their response with an operator in Orlando, Fla.