OLIVER SPRINGS — An Oliver Springs High School teacher is alleged to have sent someone into her home on an errand after authorities quarantined it because a suspected meth lab had been found inside it.

Knoxville traffic signals in some places rely on computers from the era of the dial-up modem.

KNOXVILLE — A South Knox County man was shot during an alleged dispute with his neighbor Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.

Charlie Daniel cartoon for June 13, 2013

They gathered at the farmhouse in Claiborne County for what appeared to be a family reunion style trip to the beach.

Blount County Schools could lose up to 84 positions, officials say — from teachers, counselors and teaching assistants to an assistant principal, janitors and maintenance technicians — after voters Tuesday sh... Read More

NASHVILLE — Burns Phillips, designated earlier to serve temporarily as commissioner of a troubled state Department of Labor and Workforce Development by Gov. Bill Haslam, got the job on a full-time basis Wednesday.

After months of repairs and additional testing, the Titan supercomputer has finally passed the “acceptance” process, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s pride-and-joy machine is now fully available for ... Read More

NASHVILLE — Twenty-five people have applied to succeed two appellate court judges who have declared they will retire in August 2014 — including Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Joseph Tipton of Knoxville R... Read More

Evolution can come quickly, disturbing or disrupting the status quo, or it can come over longer periods of time in subtle, somewhat imperceptible ways. In either case, change is messy and often painful.