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Government & accountabilityKnox TN Today · Jul 13, 2026
A military draft poll reveals a deeper question about trust
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Government & accountabilityKnox TN Today · Jun 29, 2026
Tennessee’s budget explained: How to read the money
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Government & accountabilityKnox TN Today · Jun 22, 2026
How should Tennessee measure child welfare success?
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Government & accountabilityKnox TN Today · Jun 1, 2026
What Tennessee’s bail amendment would actually change
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Faith & communityKnox TN Today · May 25, 2026
Marine shares what Memorial Day asks us to remember
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Government & accountabilityKnox TN Today · May 11, 2026
Why some Knox County races are effectively decided before the General Election
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Recovery & second chancesKnox TN Today · Apr 27, 2026
Recidivism is not a mystery. It is a measurement problem
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Government & accountabilityKnox TN Today · Apr 13, 2026
Public safety and practical government: What East TN hears in the governor’s race
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Drugs & public healthKnox TN Today · Apr 6, 2026
Inside Knox County’s effort to connect people in jail with mental health treatment
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Faith & communityKnox TN Today · Apr 3, 2026
Tennessee’s Butch Wilmore says Artemis is about more than reaching the moon
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Faith & communityKnox TN Today · Mar 30, 2026
United Way’s strongest work may be happening before families reach crisis
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Government & accountabilityKnox TN Today · Mar 23, 2026
How emotions hijack criminal justice debates in East Tennessee sheriff races
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Government & accountabilityKnox TN Today · Mar 16, 2026
Sheriff races underway: So what does ‘crime is up’ actually mean?
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Recovery & second chancesKnox TN Today · Mar 9, 2026
After prison, purpose matters: One Knoxville ministry is built around that truth
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Faith & communityKnox TN Today · Mar 2, 2026
Faith-Based women’s health clinic plans opening in Downtown Lenoir City
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Faith & communityKnox TN Today · Feb 23, 2026
Inside the Second Harvest system that moves food across Knox County and East Tennessee
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Drugs & public healthKnoxville News Sentinel
Officers carry the weight long after the call. X7 can help
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Faith & communityKnox TN Today · Feb 16, 2026
How a historic South Knoxville church recovered after a 2022 Fire
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Drugs & public healthKnox TN Today · Feb 13, 2026
Regional Forensic Center: 19 deaths linked to new synthetic opioid in East Tennessee
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Recovery & second chancesKnox TN Today · Feb 9, 2026
New Purpose after a pardon: Reentry in East Tennessee
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Recovery & second chancesKnox TN Today · Feb 2, 2026
Renew Clinic is showing Knoxville what real recovery can look like
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This year's Florida budget can help reduce recidivism
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Government & accountabilityKnox TN Today · Jan 26, 2026
Hear from Knox County sheriff candidates: What voters should know before the Primary
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Addiction is distributed evenly; help is not.
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Recovery & second chancesKnox TN Today · Jan 19, 2026
The Reentry Success Act — Are We Staying the Course?
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How tattoo studios can help state fight human trafficking
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Recovery & second chancesKnox TN Today · Jan 12, 2026
FOCUS Ministries is changing what reentry looks like for women in East Tennessee
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Recovery & second chancesKnox TN Today · Dec 29, 2025
What Gov. Bill Lee’s recent clemency actions mean — and what they don’t
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Recovery & second chancesKnox TN Today · Dec 23, 2025
What people don’t see about ‘life after jail’ in Knoxville
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Government & accountabilityKnox TN Today · Dec 22, 2025
What marijuana reclassification would, and would not, mean for Tennessee
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Faith & communityKnox TN Today · Dec 22, 2025
Mission of Hope at Christmas — and Every Other Day of the Year
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Government & accountabilityKnox TN Today · Dec 17, 2025
Is cyberbullying becoming a police matter too fast?
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Faith & communityKnox TN Today · Dec 17, 2025
Regional swim teams gather at UT for the 2025 Ray Bussard Invitational
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Recovery & second chancesKnox TN Today · Dec 15, 2025
What redemption looks like in Knoxville: A day inside Men of Valor
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Faith & communityKnox TN Today · Sep 4, 2026
Labor Day honors more than work. It honors the people who keep a community moving
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Government & accountabilityKnox TN Today · Jan 1, 2026
Tennessee will launch the nation’s first Domestic Violence Offender Registry
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Recovery & second chancesKnox TN Today · Jan 5, 2026
What a conversation about reentry revealed about recidivism in Tennessee
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