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Knoxville area high school football is back! Here's your guide to the 2024 TSSAA season
Raucous student sections. Packed stadiums. Competitive athletes and coaches. Friday night lights. Soon, these will all be a reality as the Tennessee high school football 2024 season is fast approaching. If you want to prepare for everything that the Knoxville area football has to offer this TSSAA 2024 season, this is the place...
Knox County Schools fighting against teacher shortage with packed staff
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Knox County Schools start classes on Aug. 8 and this year, the classrooms will look more full. Compared to last year, KCS have filled more than 100 vacant positions that were empty last year. The vacancies were related to the national teacher shortage. KCS reported that...
Federal funding changes mean these Knox County schools will gain or lose staffers
Two Knox County schools will gain additional federal funding for the upcoming school year and two will lose their Title I funding entirely. A shift in economic demographics is behind the changes. Federal Title I funds give an extra boost to schools with the highest levels of poverty, and Knox County Schools...
Important dates and costs University of Tennessee families must know before fall semester
University of Tennessee at Knoxville students and their families should mark their calendars before campus reopens for the fall semester, as deadlines are quickly approaching for tuition payments, parking passes and more. For those seeking Tennessee Promise eligibility, the deadline to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid was extended to...
UT Knoxville Achieves Historic $332 Million in Gifts
KNOXVILLE - More than 69,000 donors from across the country and around the world showed their unwavering support for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, by contributing a historic $332 million to the state’s flagship university during the 2023-24 fiscal year. This marks the third consecutive record fundraising year for the Knoxville campus and the first to surpass $300 million.
Katie Hannah on the University of Tennessee Press
A Knoxville native, Todd began working at WUOT in 2006 as jazz coordinator now serves as music director and host of Studio 865/Flipside, Improvisations and Changing Course. Todd's newest podcast is Improvisations to Go. Todd got his start in radio at WUTK, where he served as both news and music director while earning his undergraduate degree in journalism at UT. He later earned a master’s degree in education, also at UT. Recently, Todd was inducted into the East Tennessee Writer's Hall of Fame.
Eastman and University of Tennessee Fans Break Records With 44,950 Pounds of Recycling
In 2022, Eastman set a world record with the University of Tennessee’s “Good Sports Always Give Back” program by recycling 38,452 pounds of waste. In 2023, they challenged the University of Michigan, pitting Neyland Stadium against The Big House. Tennessee fans competed to recycle the most game day waste in a single day, resulting in an impressive 44,950 pounds of waste recycled.
National Club of the Year: LSMSA Eagles Soar at 2024 National JCL Convention
Six LSMSA students served on Louisiana’s sixteen-member delegation to the National Junior Classical League (NJCL) Convention, July 22-27, 2024 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. LSMSA students who attended were: Issac Billiot (’26), of Bourg; Bailey Derouen (’25), of Reeves; Jacob Hypes (’25), of Natchitoches; Daniel Norwood (’25), of...
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