Friday renters at the Creekside Inn in Gatlinburg received an eviction notice, hand delivered by the owners lawyers, letting them know that the motel will be closing and they have 10 days to be out.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol plans to increase police and use several different traffic safety enforcement tools to reduce the number of serious injury and fatal crashes across the state during this year's Memorial Day holiday period.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The president of the University of Southern California has agreed to step down amid a raging sex scandal involving a university gynecologist who is accused of conducting inappropriate exams for decades, the chairman of the school's board of trustees said Friday. The university's board has "agreed to begin an orderly transition and commence the process of selecting a new president," Rick J. Caruso, the board's chairman, said in a letter to students and faculty members.
A Knoxville gym hopes to make everyone feel welcome. Rocky Top CrossFit is reaching out to athletes with disabilities, offering special classes every week. Workouts are adapted to each individual and their abilities.
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, a Gatlinburg man who lost his wife and two daughters in the 2016 Sevier County wildfires is suing the National Park Service for $13.5 million, saying the park service was negligent in its efforts to contain the fire. The fire claimed 14 lives, injured 191 and damaged or destroyed 2,500 homes, buildings and other structures.
Florida and Mississippi launched emergency preparations Saturday ahead of the arrival of Subtropical Storm Alberto, a slow-moving system expected to cause wet misery across the eastern U.S. Gulf Coast over the holiday weekend.
An Indiana middle school student armed with two handguns opened fire inside his science classroom Friday, authorities said, wounding a classmate and a teacher whose swift intervention was credited with saving lives.
