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Wake up and smell the corpse flower: Stinky, rare plant to bloom at University of Tennessee The Knoxville News-Sentinel 9 hrs ago Travis Dorman, Knoxville News Sentinel Massive and stinky corpse flower set to bloom at the University of Tennessee Replay Video Four words: massive, hot, stinky flower. If reading that got you on the edge of your seat, you're in luck. The University of Tennessee Knoxville's first corpse flower is expected to bloom within the next week and stink up the Hesler Biology Building in a big way. The public is encouraged to come see — and smell ...
From a garden trying to reduce food insecurity to a sports group working to teach kids teamwork, Knoxville organizations are aiming to counter violence with opportunities. This summer, 13 community groups will employ young people ages 12 to 21 who have been identified as being at high risk of suffering from or perpetrating violent crime. The groups will receive money from the city to make it happen. The city is launching the pilot program in response to a prolonged spike in fatal shootings that has claimed the lives of five Black teenagers in Knoxville this year. Similar summer jobs...
The numbers are high so far this year, too, and now children are dying. Since the beginning of 2017, according to my data, a total of five people under 18 have been killed in shootings within Knoxville city limits. Four of those five shootings have happened this year. The first happened Jan. 27. His name was Justin Taylor. He was 15 years old. He died after being shot inside a vehicle at night, not close to the school. Police said it was accidental. Investigators quickly arrested a 17-year-old boy on a charge of criminally negligent homicide. Now, it’s clear from this reporter’s general t...
You've probably seen the recent headlines about "Cocaine Bear," the working title of a movie that'll tell the story of a bear who ate a bunch of cocaine and then died. If you assumed such a tale must have a Knoxville connection, well, you were right: A parachuting smuggler — clad in combat fatigues, carrying several weapons and tied to a bag of cocaine — fell from the sky Sept. 11, 1985, and died just minutes from downtown. Elizabeth Banks has signed on to direct the Cocaine Bear film, which will be produced by "The Lego Movie" filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Variety reported...