Face your fears, have fun, and find thrilling excitement all for a good cause.
On Sunday, June 4 2023 you can take part in the annual Over the Edge fundraiser, which allows many people the opportunity to have a once-in-a-lifetime experience while also helping those in need.
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Stanley’s Greenhouse is a family-owned and operated garden center and plant farm in Knoxville, Tennessee. The greenhouse will offer a class on Saturday, April 1st, called “Nuts about Natives!”
The class offers people an opportunity to learn how to grow more plants that are native to East Tennessee in their gardens and landscape.
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Too cool for school, or is something else happening?
Undergraduate college enrollment dropped 8% from 2019 to 2022 across the United States, according to data from the National Student Clearinghouse. The steepest slide on record with at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Runners of all ages and places will be taking on the course for the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon, some of them tackling the 26.2-mile challenge for the first time.
Bryson Shannon is running his first marathon on Sunday.
“Whenever I start running I kind of get in a zone,” Shannon said. “I get away from everything, just kind of get focused.”
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A well-known Knoxville repair shop owner is retiring and closing the shop after it first opened 36 years ago.
David Ammons has been working in the TV repair business since the early 70s.
“I’ve worked on black and white TVs, and colored TVs had started before I got into repair, and I’ve seen a lot of changes,” he said.
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With dozens of new faces around the program this spring, Tennessee football will undoubtedly rely on its veteran players to provide continuity and serve as mentors to the young influx of talent brought in from Josh Heupel‘s highly rated 2023 signing class. The second week of spring practice kicked off Tuesday as the Vols took Haslam Field for a morning of on-field development.
One leader that has stood out is redshirt senior tight end Jacob Warren, who elected to return for his sixth season with the program in 2023. The room is led by first-year tight ends coach Alec Abeln, who discussed Warren’s role and experience in comments to local media Tuesday afternoon.
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Clouds are in and out for the first couple of days to start the week, bringing stray showers but also bringing temperatures back down for several days.
Join us on the WVLT First Alert Weather app for iPhone or Android, so you can stay informed on the go and in between newscasts. We share custom videos, plus you can choose to get messages from us on the latest conditions and forecast.
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With Big Ears Festival ticket sales outpacing 2022 numbers and approaching a sellout, Knoxville will have tons of new visitors in town March 30 through April 2 for the avant-garde musical exhibition.
“It’s no exaggeration to describe the Big Ears Festival as one of the most unique and eclectic musical gatherings one may ever be fortunate enough to encounter,” Relix, a live music magazine, described the festival.
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Drivers should expect delays over the weekend on I-75 South and I-40 West as Tennessee Department of Transportation crews work to replace an overhead dynamic message sign in the areas.
On Saturday, crews were working on I-75 South at mile marker 110 near Callahan Drive.
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Jared Dickey’s walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth capped a wild back-and-forth affair between No. 11/12 Tennessee and No. 12/21 Texas A&M, propelling the Big Orange to a 8-7 series-clinching victory on Saturday afternoon at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
Dickey came up big time after time, finishing the day 3-for-4 with two RBIs, including a triple in the bottom of the seventh that scored Hunter Ensley and cut the deficit to one. Dickey scampered home to tie the game a few pitches later on a wild pitch to tie the game at seven.
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