Knoxville

• Tiger on the loose? Deputy’s claim triggers major search in Tennessee

  Knox County officials launched a full search for the alleged tiger, though the sighting was still unconfirmed on Thursday.

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  Sep 10, 2020
  
• Tennessee Santa defends himself while questions grow about veracity of dead child story

  Eric Schmitt-Matzen, the man behind the viral story of a Santa granting a final wish to terminally ill boy who apparently died in the man’s arms, is standing behind his claims, despite questions about several facts in the story that have gone unanswered.

  World

  Dec 15, 2016
  
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• Santa Claus grants terminally ill boy’s final wish as child dies in his arms

  Schmitt-Matzen is a professionally trained Santa actor who works about 80 engagements a year as Father Christmas. His wife, Sharon, often plays Mrs. Claus.

  World

  Dec 12, 2016
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• Albertan accused of sharing extremely graphic child porn with U.S. prison inmate

  ALERT said a man from the Kikino Metis Settlement was allegedly sharing child pornography with an inmate serving time in Knoxville, Tenn.

  Crime

  Sep 23, 2016
• Legendary Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt dead at 64

  Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who uplifted the women's game from obscurity to national prominence during her 38-year career at Tennessee, died Tuesday morning. She was 64.

  Sports

  Jun 28, 2016
• Train derailment, fire prompts evacuation in Tennessee

  Authorities say at least one train car carrying a flammable and toxic gas has derailed and caught fire in eastern Tennessee, prompting an evacuation within a 1-mile radius.

  Jul 2, 2015
• ‘Can the bride and groom kiss?’ Misunderstanding leads to cute wedding day moment

  A misunderstanding (or was it?) led to a cute wedding photobomb when the photographer asked the couple to kiss – and a cute flower girl seized her moment.

  World

  Jun 17, 2015