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Three new playgrounds are planned for Skyline Park in East Knoxville, Inskip Park in North Knoxville, and at Fountain City Park.

Leaders said vandals drove their cars onto the fields at the parks, after they had been recently upgraded.

Shopper Blog: Groups focus on future of Sutherland Avenue The Knoxville News-Sentinel 1 day ago Knoxville News Sentinel © John Shearer/Shopper News A former United Methodist Church, pictured on April 28, 2021, has in recent years been converted into an architect’s office and the Golden Roast coffee shop. BEARDEN John Shearer, Shopper News Whether buzzing down Sutherland Avenue in an automobile or studying it from the side of the road or through a computer map, one can quickly deduce it is eclectic. In fact, the local business association has called it the most eclectic ...

View Comments In an effort to erase community hesitancy in reporting violent crimes, Knoxville has joined a program that puts up a barrier between tipsters and police.  City leaders on Wednesday announced the creation of the East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers Program. It's a tool to help investigators as so many of the city's murders go unsolved, including the deaths of two teens this year.  The national program allows anyone to provide anonymous information about criminal activity and pays them in cash if the information leads to an arrest. That emphasis on anonymity was the selling ...