Governor Bill Haslam on Monday traveled to Monroe County to sign legislation to reduce the state portion of the sales tax on groceries from 5.25 percent to 5 percent. Governor Haslam held a ceremonial bill signing at Sloan’s Grocery in Vonore, Tn. In 2012, the General Assembly passed and the governor signed the first step in reducing the state portion of the sales tax on groceries, ... (click for more)

A 22-year-old man who sold drugs while armed with a revolver on the UT campus after the Florida football game and who was involved in numerous armed robberies and a deadly car wreck is facing at least 82 years in federal prison. Following a three-day trial in U.S. District Court in Knoxville, a jury convicted Tyler James Schaeffer of Seymour, Tn., of three counts of brandishing ... (click for more)

The Delta Queen is a magnificent part of history and in many ways I'm pleased she is in town. Having the boat where she is is the problem. The boat blocks the view of and from the prettiest park in our town. The crew take many of the parking spots around the park leaving families to park across Frazier and schlep their kids, strollers and picnics to the park. You don't get fireworks ... (click for more)

Aimee Copeland reached for a potato chip and, with a pretty smile, popped it into her mouth and crunched it up. It sounds like nothing but it was an incredible “God moment” just one year after her bout with necrotizing fasciitis capitated the world and left a beautiful young woman with no hands, her left leg removed on one side and a right foot amputated on another. Last May ... (click for more)

Silverdale Baptist Academy now knows its first-round opponent in the Class A state baseball tournament in Murfreesboro. The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association announced brackets for the Spring Fling tourney as soon as all the sectional results were in, and the Seahawks (26-2-1) drew Rockwood (25-7). The game is scheduled as Game 1 of the Class A tournament ... (click for more)

The state tournament brackets were released early Sunday morning.  In Class A/AA Notre Dame will face off with White House at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday East Hamilton drew Christ Presbyterian Academy on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.   White House is currently ranked fourth in the state wide Eurosport rankings.  Notre Dame is seventh and Notre dame is seventh. East Hamilton ... (click for more)