Knoxville Photos

Photos by Briana Scroggins

  • Peace Corps volunteer Kaye Bultemeier, center, purchases oranges, ground nuts and carrots in a village market Friday, May 13, 2011 in Lizulu, Malawi. Bultemeier and her husband, Noel Kuck, moved from their home in Oak Ridge to the African country in May 2009 to serve in the Peace Corps. Bultemeier is a professor at the University of Malawi/Kamuzu College of Nursing.
  • James “J.D.” Sizemore checks out the Vol gear at Target, voted Best Department Store in our 2009 poll.
  • Luke Stratton of Rutledge stands among the blight-damaged tomato plants on his farm. Grainger County farmers are having trouble with late blight, a disease caused by excess rainfall that affects the foliage of plants.
  • Christian Academy of Knoxville played a home game against Loudon High School on Friday, September 18, 2009. Loudon High School senior, Matthew Wallace, is tackled during the first half of the game.
  • Christian Academy of Knoxville played a home game against Loudon High School on Friday, September 18, 2009. Loudon High School's football team charges out onto the field before the game.
  • Christian Academy of Knoxville played a home game against Loudon High School on Friday, September 18, 2009. Christian Academy of Knoxville junior Carson Pegram runs the ball during the first half of the game.
  • Christian Academy of Knoxville played a home game against Loudon High School on Friday, September 18, 2009.
  • Christian Academy of Knoxville played a home game against Loudon High School on Friday, September 18, 2009. Loudon High School senior, Dejay Johnson, left takes down Christian Academy of Knoxville senior Blake Houser, right during the first half of the game.
  • Christian Academy of Knoxville played a home game against Loudon High School on Friday, September 18, 2009. Loudon High School's quarterback looks for a pass before deciding to run the ball during the first half.
  • Christian Academy of Knoxville played a home game against Loudon High School on Friday, September 18, 2009. A Loudon High School football player was tackled during the first half of the game.
  • Christian Academy of Knoxville played a home game against Loudon High School on Friday, September 18, 2009. Christian Academy of Knoxville senior Blake Houser, left, runs the ball past Loudon High School's Devan Grissom and Matt Grimes during the first half of the game.
  • Christian Academy of Knoxville played a home game against Loudon High School on Friday, September 18, 2009. Christian Academy of Knoxville warms up during a rain delay before the game.
  • Christian Academy of Knoxville played a home game against Loudon High School on Friday, September 18, 2009. Christian Academy of Knoxville's football team charges out on the field before the game.
  • Christian Academy of Knoxville played a home game against Loudon High School on Friday, September 18, 2009.Christian Academy of Knoxville played a home game against Loudon High School on Friday, September 18 2009. Christian Academy of Knoxville freshman, Davis Howell runs the ball during the first half of the game.
  • Terry Walker-Jefferson, front to back, her son, Michael McBath, both from Knoxville, and Sonya Booker, Terry's sister, from Maryville, pose for a portrait at Jarnigan and Son Mortuary's chapel on Thursday, September 17, 2009 after making funeral arrangements for Terry's son, Christopher McBath, 26, who died on Tuesday during a Western Heights ambush shooting. McBath is the second son that Terry has lost due to street violence.
  • Scenes from Keith Urban's performance at Thompson-Boling Arena on the University of Tennessee's campus on Friday, August 28, 2009.
  • Scenes from Keith Urban's concert at Thompson-Boling Arena on the University of Tennessee's campus on Friday, August 28, 2009.
  • Scenes from Keith Urban's concert at Thompson-Boling Arena on the University of Tennessee's campus on Friday, August 28, 2009.
  • Scenes from Keith Urban's concert at Thompson-Boling Arena on the University of Tennessee's campus on Friday, August 28, 2009.
  • Scenes from Keith Urban's concert at Thompson-Boling Arena on Friday, August 28, 2009.
  • Keith Urban performed at the Thompson-Boling Arena on the University of Tennessee's campus on Friday, August 28, 2009.
  • Sugarland performed at Thompson-Boling Arena Friday, August 28, 2009, opening for Keith Urban during his Escape Together world tour.
  • Sugarland performed at Thompson-Boling Arena Friday, August 28, 2009, opening for Keith Urban during his Escape Together world tour.
  • Scenes from Keith Urban's concert at Thompson-Boling Arena on the University of Tennessee's campus on Friday, August 28, 2009.
  • Sugarland performed at Thompson-Boling Arena Friday, August 28, 2009, opening for Keith Urban during his Escape Together world tour.
  • Scenes from Keith Urban's concert at Thompson-Boling Arena on Friday, August 28, 2009.
  • Scenes from Keith Urban's concert at Thompson-Boling Arena on Friday, August 28, 2009.
  • Sugarland performed at Thompson-Boling Arena Friday, August 28, 2009, opening for Keith Urban during his Escape Together world tour.
  • Scenes from Keith Urban and Sugarland concert at Thompson-Boling Arena on Friday, August 28, 2009.
  • Jessica Evans, left, a freshman from Roanoke, Va., places adhesive stickers on a mirror held by her boyfriend, Wyatt Cobler, in Hess Hall. They are joined by Evans’ mother, Karla Evans, middle, and Melanie Dooley
  • Hyung “Helen” Kyum Jang, left, of South Korea, and Haley Lewis, middle, help Sang Hyun Park, also of South Korea, cart several South Korean students’ luggage to Hess Hall on the University of Tennessee campus on Saturday.
  • First-grade teacher Lee Doane fills a backpack with supplies. Parent volunteers, teachers and others gave their time and money to stuff the backpacks with supplies.
  • Steve and Debra Gentry, of Graysville, Tenn. and their dog, Tanner, browse at Gail Freeman's booth at the world's largest yard sale along US 127 on Thursday, August 6, 2009 near Crossville, Tenn. Freeman, left, and her husband, J.T., are from Baltimore, Maryland. 'I was born in Crossville,' Gail said. 'It's a yearly thing. It is a family reunion, vacation, and a way to make a little money all in one.'
  • Sam Simmons III, of Eads, Tenn., shows an 1950 Donald Duck bicycle that he is selling at the world's longest yard sale Thursday, August 6, 2009 in Crossville, Tenn. He said that he has participated in the event for the past seven years. The sale opened Thursday and stretches over 600 miles from West Unity, Ohio, to Gadsden, Ala.
  • train horn and wagon wheels cast shadows at a yard sale along US 127 on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at South Fentress Community Park near Crossville, Tenn. This weekend is the world's longest yard sale that runs along US 127.
  • David McLemore, of Madisonville, Tenn., prepares his booth on the first day of the world's largest yard sale Thursday, August 6, 2009 along U.S. 127 near Crossville, Tenn. McLemore says he has been participating in the yard sale for the past 5 years. The sale opened Thursday and stretches over 600 miles from West Unity, Ohio, to Gadsden, Ala.
  • Carla Devine, of Crossville, Tenn., removes the protective plastic from her merchandise at the world's largest yard sale along U.S. 127 on Thursday, August 6, 2009 near Crossville, Tenn. 'It is a lot of work, but it is a lot of fun,' Devine said. The sale opened Thursday and stretches over 600 miles.
  • Sam Simmons IV, of Brighton, Tenn., unloads merchandise from a trailer at the world's largest yard sale along U.S. 127 on Thursday, August 6, 2009 in Crossville, Tenn. 'I was raised at a flea market, but this is my first time here,' Simmons said. The sale stretches over 600 miles from West Unity, Ohio, to Gadsden, Ala.
  • Morning mist rises as a car passes a yet-to-open yard sale along U.S. 127 on Thursday, August 6, 2009 near Crossville. The world's largest sale opened Thursday and stretches over 600 miles.
  • Nancy Scott, of Winchester, Tenn., shops during the first day of the world's largest yard sale along U.S. 127 on Thursday, August 6, 2009 in Crossville. The sale stretches over 600 miles from West Unity, Ohio, to Gadsden, Ala., and concluded Sunday.
  • Christian Academy of Knoxville sophomore Kiah Allen, right, dribbles past a Bearden defender Saturday during the KIL girls’ soccer jamboree at U.S. Cellular Soccer Fields.
  • Zella Mims and her son, TaMichael Mims, 10, shop for school supplies in advance of this weekend’s sales tax holiday. The Mims were shopping at Target on Ray Mears Boulevard on Wednesday. TaMichael will be in fifth grade this year at Bluegrass Elementary School.
  • Zack Zavels, 16, of Blaine, picks plums on his farm in Grainger County on Thursday, June 18, 2009. Zack plans to pursue a living in farming, a rarity for his generation.
  • Zack Zavels, 16, of Blaine, picks plums on his farm in Grainger County on Thursday, June 18, 2009. Zack plans to pursue a living in farming, a rarity for his generation.
  • Zack Zavels, 16, of Blaine, takes a break on his farm in Grainger County after picking plums on Thursday, June 18, 2009. Zack plans to pursue a living in farming, a rarity for his generation.
  • A basket of plums sits in the grass on Zack Zavels', 16, of Blaine, family farm in Grainger County on Thursday, June 18, 2009. Zack plans to pursue a living in farming, a rarity for his generation.
  • Leslie Robinette, 42, of Greeneville, Tenn. holds Michael Jackson's Thriller album for a portrait on Friday, June 26, 2009. Robinette met Michael Jackson twice in her lifetime. Once while she was hospitalized in Seattle, Washington with aplastic anemia in 1973, and once before a concert in 1984.
  • A copy of her ticket stub from the 1984 Jackson's Victory Tour is one of the many collectibles that Leslie Robinette, 42, of Greeneville, Tenn. has in her collection.
  • A memorabilia jacket from the 1984 Jackson's World Tour is one of the many collectibles that Leslie Robinette, 42, of Greeneville, Tenn. has in her collection.
  • Lesile Robinette, 42, of Greeneville, Tenn., hugs her pony, Little Man, on her family's farm on Friday, June 26, 2009. Robinette found out this morning about Michael Jackson's death. She has been a fan of Michael's and the Jackson 5 ever since she was a little girl and had the opportunity to meet Jackson twice in her life.