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blogs.knoxnews.com — One of the interesting questions after yesterday's parking garage announcement is what such a structure -- which is being considered for the north end of downtown -- would look like. A TVA spokesman said design work hasn't yet begun (because the project hasn't been approved) but that didn't stop one commenter from calling for mixed-use programming in the garage.

knoxnews.com — West High's Steven Patrick returns the ball during the Class AAA match against Brentwood at Old Fort Park during the BlueCross Spring Fling XVIII in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

blogs.knoxnews.com — The West End Mercury Area remediation project continues, extending the schedule and the cost of the work. The latest information, acquired over over the past couple of weeks from B&W Y-12, the government's managing contractor at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, indictates that subcontractor Safety & Ecology Corp., completed its activities in mid-March.

blogs.knoxnews.com — Construction of the new Recovery Act-funded Maximum Building Energy Efficiency Research Lab at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is reportedly 75 percent complete and scheduled for occupancy in October. That's about two months earlier than the previous forecast, according to info provided by construction project chief Gary Bloom.

blogs.knoxnews.com — The Rogero administration is working with TVA on a deal to build an 800- to 1,000-space parking garage between Locust and Walnut streets, in downtown Knoxville.

knoxnews.com — Attorneys for three of four defendants granted new trials in a pair of January 2007 torture slayings are urging the state Supreme Court to reject an emergency appeal request.

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m.knoxnews.com — MURFREESBORO - Field conditions were perfect, but Pigeon Forge's fielding was not. Four errors cost the Tigers (27-8) dearly in a 6-2 Class AA baseball loss to Goodpasture (35-3-1) on a sun-splashed Tuesday at Blackman High School. "Those four errors set the tone for the game and we stranded a lot of runners, but give Goodpasture credit," Pigeon Forge coach Mike Guinn said.

m.knoxnews.com — MURFREESBORO - In its own defense, Bearden will take the fifth. The Bulldogs changed momentum with a big fifth inning Tuesday and went on to a 7-5 victory over Franklin, Bearden's first baseball state-tournament victory in the current format. The Bulldogs (29-12) will be back at Oakland High School gunning for a second win today at approximately 1:30 p.m.

m.knoxnews.com — SMYRNA - The Christian Academy of Knoxville baseball team allowed five runs on only two hits in the top of the sixth inning Tuesday evening in a 7-2 loss to Smith County in the opening game of the Class AA state tournament.

m.knoxnews.com — MURFREESBORO - Had the breaks gone his way, Xander Helton's two-hitter Tuesday would have been a performance to cherish. Instead, the Grace Christian Academy senior right-hander had to find a way to stomach a 1-0 loss to Eagleville in the Rams' opener in the Class A state tournament.

m.knoxnews.com — MURFREESBORO - Taking down a defending state champion is never easy. Four-time defending state champions are even harder to beat. Ask the Mt. Juliet High School baseball team that discovered that Tuesday night. Farragut, which has won the last four Class AAA state tournaments, rallied from five runs down to beat Mt.

knoxnews.com — CAK's Barbara Smith returns the ball in a match against Union City's Maddie King at Old Fort Park during the BlueCross Spring Fling XVIII in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

blogs.knoxnews.com — IMPACT Services leases an 8 1/2-acre site on the far west end of the East Tennessee Technology Park from the Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee, which is community's agent for developing surplus properties from the Department of Energy. CROET President Lawrence Young today declined to specify the financial arrangements of that lease.

blogs.knoxnews.com — Department of Energy archives/Ed Westcott photo This 1944 photo is part of the collection of old and not-so-old photographs that DOE's Oak Ridge office is making more available to the public via its flickr photostream.

knoxnews.com — DETROIT (AP) - Ford Motor Co. is getting its blue oval logo back. Moody's Investors Service raised Ford's debt ratings to investment-grade Tuesday for the first time in seven years. The upgrade means that all Ford's assets, including factories and the blue oval logo, are back in the company's hands and will no longer be used to secure the company's debt.

blogs.knoxnews.com — According to IMPACT Services' Radioactive Material License with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, the company has provided financial assurance of $1,233,460. The money is required, in accordance with "State Regulations for Protection Against Radiation," the license states. "There is a $1.2 million Surety bond," TDEC spokeswoman Tisha Calabrese-Benton said today.

blogs.knoxnews.com — The Government Accountability Office today released a report questioning the purpose and direction of a Department of Energy effort reduce the number of in-house safety directives and encourage the use of industry/commercial standards. The title of the report is titled, DOE needs to Determine the Costs and Benefits of Its Safety Reform Effort.

blogs.knoxnews.com — J.R. Biggs, general manager at IMPACT Services' waste-processing facility, this morning said he could not discuss the company's plans but confirmed that some waste generators are being allowed to pick up empty containers at the site on the west end of the East Tennessee Technology Park.

blogs.knoxnews.com — The Department of Energy is revving up for another season of public bus tours of the Oak Ridge federal reservation, which will run from June 4 through Aug. 31.

knoxnews.com — Hours after former Knox County Trustee Mike Lowe was arraigned Monday on felony theft charges, his attorney went on the attack, asking a court to toss the case because, he says, the state tarried too long and crucial records are missing as a result. Defense attorney Gregory P.

knoxnews.com — One of four finalists to be the University of Tennessee's next police chief has endured a letter of no confidence signed by 10 officers and four sergeants, as well as department scandals that include K-9 abuse and cops sending pornographic emails from university computers.

knoxnews.com — POWELL - Authorities are investigating a triple homicide shooting after three women were found dead inside a Powell apartment Monday afternoon. Knox County Sheriff's Office deputies responded shortly before 3 p.m. to the apartment at 7310 Old Clinton Pike, where they discovered the three victims, all of whom had been shot, said KCSO spokeswoman Martha Dooley.

blogs.knoxnews.com — Bradley E. Scher, chairman of the board of IMPACT Services, had no comment this evening when reached by telephone. When about the status of the nuclear waste company, its future and its employees, he declined to answer. "At this point, we have no comment to make," Scher said.

blogs.knoxnews.com — IMPACT Services, which reportedly shut down its Oak Ridge waste-processing business on Friday, currently has about 1 million pounds of radioactive waste in storage at the site, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation said this afternoon.

blogs.knoxnews.com — IMPACT Services' nuclear waste processing facility at the East Tennessee Technology Park was reportedly shut down on Friday, and a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation today confirmed that state officers are on site to make sure that the waste is secure and conditions are safe.

knoxnews.com — KNOXVILLE - Former Knox County Trustee Mike Lowe and three of his former employees were arraigned this morning on felony theft charges. Knox County Criminal Court Judge Steve Sword set a Dec. 3 trial date for Lowe and former employee Ray Mubarak. He did not set trial dates for former Trustee's Office employees Delbert Morgan and John Haun.