Yeah, nothing like a 20-page document from the NCAA with 12 violations allegations for the Vol men’s basketball and football programs received Feb. 22 to leave a fan craving some good news, any bright spot. It’s a stretch, but here’s ...

The 2010 County Health Rankings, a first of its kind study conducted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, ranked Knox County #2 in health factors compared to the other 94 counties in ...

At last! It’s now possible to check out eBooks from the Knox County Public Library system. Here are a few pertinent numbers.

Knoxville’s first Restaurant Week runs Feb. 27-March 4, with local restaurants from Aubrey’s to La Costa and Ruth’s Chris Steak House offering fixed-price three-course meals at $25 or $35. It’s a swell deal just on the surface, but the second ...

According to hockeyfights.com, Ice Bears forward David Segal is the fightingest player in the Southern Professional Hockey league, with 20 fights for the 2010 season as of January 30.

What great timing! Knoxville’s Public Service Division had a new Salt Brining Mixing and Deployment System, with tank trailers built and delivery vehicles modified by the Fleet Services division, all ready to go in time for the series of “snow ...

Allison Fulmer, way to go! The UT graduate student is leading the Dancing with the Knoxville Stars cast in donations solicited for the Feb. 17 event’s beneficiary, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital Association.

he State Report Card released on Jan. 7 held good news for Knox County Schools.

What a difference a decade makes: Tennessee’s population increased 11.5 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to early Census results released Dec. 21. That makes us the state with the 11th highest increase in population.

Frigid temps challenge the Tennessee Valley Authority’s power-producing abilities, and once again it’s persevered, meeting a record peak load of 31,436 megawatts Dec. 14 (at 8 a.m. with 15-degree temps)—the highest December peak in TVA history.

That’s according to the 2010: How Business-Friendly Are Tennessee’s Cities? study released in late November by the Tennessee Center for Policy Research.

Here’s a sample of the calorie-conscious website’s recommendations for some airlines that fly into McGhee-Tyson Airport.

The results are in, and UT fans are 3.99 times trashier than Vanderbilt fans. That’s according to the just-released data from the EPA’s Game Day Challenge, which found that Vanderbilt fans generate the least waste, per capita, of any SEC ...

Our much admired local real estate agent/blogger, Suzy Trotta, who writes allaroundktown.com, wrangled figures from the latest Knoxville Home Sales Report, and found a tad of good news in there—and a bit more not-so-great news, and some outright bad news. ...

According to its 2009 annual report, Knoxville-based Second Harvest serves an 18-county region and saw a 28 percent increase in demand for food services this past year. Here’s how it combats hunger in our region.