Photos by J. Miles Cary

  • Students cut through the snow dusted lawns and parking lots of Knoxville's Worlds Fair Park on Friday January 13, 2012.
  • Nikki and Hoss Hunt of Vonore are the parents of Knoxville's first baby of the year. Charlotte Hunt was born at 9 minuets after midnight Park West Hospital in West Knoxville. Charlotte is 7 pounds 8 oz. and 20 inches long.
  • Nikki and Hoss Hunt of Vonore are the parents of Knoxvilles first baby of the year. Charlotte Hunt was born at 9 minuets after midnight on Sunday, January 1, 2012 at Park West Hospital. Charlotte is 7 pounds 8 oz. and 20 inches long.
  • Nikki Hunt of Vonore with the first baby born in a Knoxville hospital in 2012. Charlotte Hunt was born at 9 minuets after midnight on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012 at Park West Hospital. Charlotte is 7 pounds 8 oz. and 20 inches long.
  • Carrie Palmer stayed bundled up outside the hhgregg store in Turkey Creek on Thursday. Palmer was waiting to buy a tablet on Black Friday.
  • Steve McDaniel plays with a tablet device as he waits in line outside Best Buy in Farragut, Tenn., on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. McDaniel was among many others who were waiting for the start of Black Friday shopping.
  • A group of waiting shoppers outside Best Buy in Turkey Creek passed the time watching a football game on a flat screen TV powered from a hybrid car. The group got in line on Wednesday to await the start of shopping on Black Friday.
  • A supporter of Madeline Rogero for Mayor is encouraging voters to vote.
  • Early morning with Knoxville mayoral candidate Mark Padgett.
  • Knoxville mayoral candidate Mark Padgett at Krispy Kreme early on election day.
  • Knoxville mayoral candidate Mark Padgett talks to workers at Krispy Kreme early on election day. He was out well before the polls opened at 8 a.m.
  • Jenny Mosahak, Associate Athletics Director for Sports Medicine works with Lady Vols Senior Forward Alicia Manning before the start of practice and media day Monday October 31, 2011. (J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL )
  • Lady Vol senior forward Glory Johnson waits for the start of media day on Monday Oct. 31, 2011, at Thompson-Boling Arena. (J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL )
  • Lady Vols coach Dean Lockwood, right, talks about the upcoming season at media day on Monday October 31, 2011. (J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL )
  • Lady Vol freshman forwards Isabelle Harrison (20), left, and Cierra Burdick (11), clown around during a break in interviews at media day on Monday Oct. 31, 2011, at Thompson-Boling Arena. (J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL )
  • Lady Vol senior guard Briana Bass warms up on the court before the start of media day and practice on Monday October 31, 2011 at Thompson-Boling Arena. (J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL )
  • Lady Vol head basketball coach Pat Summit talks about the team at media Day Monday October 31, 2011. (J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL )
  • Lady Vol senior forward Glory Johnson responds to questions from the media on Monday October 31, 2011, at Thompson-Boling Arena. (J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL )
  • Lady Vol Glory Johnson chats with reporters during her team's media day at Thompson-Boling Arena on Monday October 31, 2011. (J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL )
  • Lady Vols junior guard Kamiko Williams reads the team's media guide while she waits to be interviewed during media day on Monday October 31, 2011, at Thompson-Boling Arena. (J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL )
  • Lady Vol Isabelle Harrison waits for the start of media day on Monday Oct. 31, 2011, at Thompson-Boling Arena. (J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL )
  • UT swimmer Ryan Harrison
  • Voters head to the polls at Norwood Public Library to cast ballots in Knoxville City elections Tuesday, September 27, 2011.
  • Barbara Dooley, mother of UT football coach Derek Dooley, helps kick off the United Way of Greater Knoxville's 2011 community campaign on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, at the Convention Center. She led the crowd in the Stevie Wonder song "I Just Called to Say I Love You". The campaign has a goal of $12 million. (J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL )
  • Barbara Dooley, mother of University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley, helps kick off the United Way of Greater Knoxville's 2011 community campaign Wednesday at the Convention Center. Dooley led the crowd in the song "I Just Called to Say I Love You," by Stevie Wonder. The campaign has a goal of $12 million. (J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL )
  • United Way Board Chair Rosalyn Tillman from Pellissippi State Community College kicks off of the United Way of Greater Knoxville's 2011 community campaign on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, at the Convention Center.(J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL )
  • Coverage of the kick off of the United Way of Greater Knoxville's 2011 community campaign on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. Barbara Dooley, mother of UT football coach Derek Dooley, helped lead the kickoff. (J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL )
  • Campaign Chair Pam Fansler from First Tennessee kicks off the United Way of Greater Knoxville's 2011 community campaign on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, at the Convention Center.(J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL )
  • Lady Vols head coach Pat Summitt leads the cheers after winning the Women's NCAA National Championship 67-44 against Louisiana Tech on March 29, 1987 in Austin , TX. Celebrating with Summitt are players, from left, Melissa McCary, Kathy Spinks, Bridgette Gordon, and Dawn Marsh. The victory earned the Lady Vols their first national championship.
  • J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL University of Tennessee baseball Coach Dave Serrano talks to reporters on July 6. Serrano is confident that the Vols can "compete" in 2012.
  • Brad and Shelia Mayes consult as Howard Phillips of Powell Auction and Realty waits for bids during an auction of the Solway Greenwaste Facility. Brad Mayes is a competitor of Natural Resources, and has sued the company twice.
  • Brian Phillips of Powell Auction and Realty, left, signals that Natural Resources Recovery of Tennessee has the winning bid for the Solway Greenwaste Facility at an auction on Wednesday.
  • Knoxville Police Department officer Jason Artymovich, KPD officer Ron Trentham and KPD investigator Patty Tipton, from left, were honored Thursday as officers of the month for April, March and May, respectively.
  • Tennessee baseball coach Dave Serrano sits in front of his assistants, Gregg Wallis, left to right, Greg Bergeron, and Bill Mosiello.
  • Crown Plaza restaurant manager Casey Hamilton explains the new Southern cooking lunch buffet to Patti and Walter Reed Friday July 1, 2011.
  • The Mercy Medical Center West campus is seen June 22, 2010. Health Management Associates announced plans on July 1, 2011 to acquire Mercy Health Partners in a $525 million deal that is expected to be completed by Oct. 1, 2011.
  • Marathon Mart Manager Amber Bentley talks about the warehouse fire that started after last year's 4th of July fireworks display Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Sweetwater, Tenn. 'It was already engulfed in flames, only 20 or 30 minutes after the fireworks,' said Bentley. The owner of the historic 60,000-square-foot warehouse has filed a $20 million lawsuit against the city and the company that produced the fireworks display.
  • The ruins of the Mid-Lab Building that burned after last year's Fourth of July fireworks display are seen Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Sweetwater, Tenn. The owner of the historic 60,000-square-foot warehouse has filed a $20 million lawsuit against the city and the company that produced the fireworks display.
  • Injured bicyclist Steve Hancock visits the farmers’ market Wednesday on Market Square. After Hancock was hit and seriously injured by a motorist in May, the driver of the car was charged with a class C misdemeanor. An amended law that takes effect Friday will beef up the penalty to a Class A misdemeanor for motorists who strike bicyclists or pedestrians.
  • Injured bicyclist Steve Hancock and his wife, Tana, visit the farmers’ market Wednesday in Market Square. After Hancock was hit and seriously injured by a motorist in May, the driver was charged with a class C misdemeanor.
  • Knox County Schools Superintendent Jim McIntyre inspects roof damage at Whittle Springs Middle School on Wednesday after an overnight storm. Summer classes have been moved to Fulton High.
  • Knox County residents line up to register for disaster food stamp aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency at the Tennessee Department of Human Services Building on Middlebrook Pike on Thursday.
  • Rocky Joe Houston blasts Roane County officials Monday after his bid for a new trial was turned down. Houston was convicted in connection with a 2004 police chase.
  • Special Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood orders Rocky Joe Houston, right, to stop interrupting his lawyer Gerald Gulley, left, on Monday in Roane County Circuit Court.
  • Villa Collina, a 36,720-square-foot, eight-bedroom mansion on Lyon’s View Pike in West Knoxville was bought Wednesday for $8.5 million.
  • Grayson, 9, and Sydney, 7, Petersen check out Gretel, a Mexican porcupine, held by Knoxville Zoo animal show trainer Nikki Edwards on Tuesday at McGhee Tyson Airport. The children were boarding the inaugural Frontier Airlines Knoxville to Denver flight with their mother, Stacey Petersen.
  • Beth Hamilton wife of the new UT Athletic Director Mike Hamilton and their children Matthew, 4, and Madison, 7, in a Neyland Stadium sky box in December 2001.
  • On the night that Lane Kiffin announced he was leaving UT for USC, Bud Ford dictated Kiffin's ground rules for coverage to the media.
  • Bud Ford, Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations, left, watches former football coach Lane Kiffin talk to the media during a news conference on November 24, 2009.

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