The University of Tennessee has extended Athletics Director Dave Hart's six-year contract by one year, Chancellor Jimmy Cheek announced today

Launched in February, Pet Food Stamps has received over to 160,000 applications from needy families across the country. Marc Okon is the charity's founder.

Knox County developer Tony Cappiello wants to help bring a new woman’s clothing store to Bearden, but at the cost of closing Ben Atchley Street and handing it over for development.

The Color Me Rad 5k kicks off on August 10th at 9:00 a.m., the East Tennessee Children's Hospital announced on Monday.

A circuit court judge in Sevierville has denied lesser punishment for a man who pleaded guilty to killing his son-in-law.

NBA veteran center Jason Collins has become the first active male professional athlete in the major four American sports leagues to come out as gay.

Mixed economic news helped drive gas prices down for the eighth week in a row, according to new numbers from AAA. Nationwide, prices fell over 8 cents since last week and are down 31 cents year to year.

The Department of Energy and General Motors challenged 15 universities in North American to take a stock 2013 Chevrolet Malibu and make it eco-friendly.

Lawyers for Pilot Flying J successfully convinced a judge not to impose a restraining order that would of prevented them from contacting trucking companies.

Several Bearden businesses have banded together to appeal to city council members to keep Ben Atchley Street open between Kingston Pike and Homberg Drive

Tebow will now have to pass through waivers, teams will have until 4 p.m. ET Tuesday to put in claims for him.

The statute gives the Department of Human Services until July 1, 2014, to begin screening people receiving welfare for illicit drug use.

On Monday, KUB plans to shut down the road from Keith Avenue to Richmond Ave. at 9:00 a.m. so it can work on its sewer system improvement project.

The Appalachian Trail isn't the only challenging footpath to run through the Smokies. A two-hour hike on the first section of the Mountains to Sea Trail will be held Saturday, May 4.

The Tennessee Valley Authority has approved more than 250 small-scale renewable energy projects for 2013, the overwhelming majority relying on solar energy.

A public funeral will be held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville for country music superstar George Jones, who died Friday at the age of 81.

Celebrities are joining the opposition to an animal abuse bill in Tennessee that is waiting for the governor's signature.

A state prosecutor will not seek charges against a Dollar General store manager who shot and killed a fleeing robber in the back.

Blount County Director of Schools Rob Britt told commissioners that revenue from a wheel tax would help, but officials still expect to be dealing with a shortfall.

Knoxville police are trying to find the man who reportedly kicked open the door of a north Knoxville home and shot a man sitting on a couch early Monday morning.

A domestic welfare check leads to a meth lab bust in east Knox County.

The Knox County Sheriff's Office is searching for three men who attempted to rob a home in south Knox County Sunday evening.

A Rogersville man faces drug charges after authorities find pain pills at his home.

Cheers and applause filled the lobby of McGhee-Tyson Airport Monday as eight soldiers stepped off a plane from Afghanistan.

It was Tennessee's first win in Gainesville since 2007.