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Report finds more than half of all homes sold in East Tennessee went for asking price or above in May
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — People looking to buy a home in East Tennessee continued to face increasingly higher prices in May, according to a new report. The East Tennessee REALTORS group said the median sale price for a home in the region increased to around $365,000 in May, a jump of around 8.96% compared to the previous year. In April, the realty group said the median home sale price was around $354,450. It also said around half of the homes sold in the region were under contract in 13 days or less.
Early Voting Begins on Friday, July 12
NEW – WEST KNOX/FARRAGUT – KNOX COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION (109 Lovell Heights Road) (Located behind Synergy Car Wash on Kingston Pike) NEW – GIBBS RURITAN CLUB (7827 Tazewell Pike, Corryton) NEW – CARTER ELEMENTARY (8455 Strawberry Plains Pike) Downtown West (1645 Downtown West Blvd., Unit 40)
Rural Metro Urging Everyone to Use Caution While Cooking after Stove Fire Damages North Knoxville Home
Rural Metro Fire is reminding everyone to use caution when cooking at home after crews responded to a fire at a Knox County home. Jeff Bagwell with Rural Metro says crews were called to a home on Rifle Range Road last night (Tuesday). They found a small kitchen fire on...
Knoxville police, Knox County Sheriff’s Office responding to Corryton home
CORRYTON, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Knoxville Police Department and Knox County Sheriff’s Office is responding to a home in Corryton as part of what the agencies are calling an ongoing investigation. According to KPD Communications Manager Scott Erland, officers are executing a search warrant. This is a developing story....
AMR owes Knox County almost $500,000 in contract compliance penalties - just from May
Knox County's ambulance provider was fined almost $500,000 for failing to respond to emergency calls fast enough in May. AMR improved its overall response times, but still missed its goal on 23% of calls and turned in worse response times on serious calls within the city in May compared to April.
Knox County Board of Education chair wrong about the benefits of school vouchers
Knox County Board of Education Chair Betsy Henderson recently penned a Knoxville News Sentinel guest column, "We can support both public schools and school choice," in which she opined that supporting public schools is compatible with supporting school vouchers. Nope. Henderson uses the nauseating euphemism for vouchers: school choice. She wrote, “[W]e need to...
Knox Pride receives $10K donation to expand resource center, asking community to match
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT)—Knox Pride announced Monday that it had received a $10,000 donation to expand the Knox Pride Community and Resource Center. According to the group, though, there’s still work to be done. The donation, which came from Grayson Subaru, will expand the center by 1,500 square feet....
‘An avid animal lover’ Family honors Deputy Tucker Blakley’s 30th birthday by raising money for shelter
It has been nine months since Knox County Sheriff's Deputy Tucker Blakely was shot while responding to a domestic call in west Knox County. He was taken to the UT Medical Center on October 1, 2023, where he later died.
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