Kristi L. Nelson

• Toxic treats? Owners say China-made chicken treats killed dogs Updated 02/06/2012 at 3:32 p.m.

  Nov. 18, 2011: Raymond Parker of Knoxville remembers the date with a heavy heart. It's when Sarge, the Corgi-Chow mix he'd had for seven years, ate a treat Parker is certain killed him.

• Tom Kim's Free Medical Clinic celebrates 10,000th patient Published 02/02/2012 at 4 a.m.

  With no money for a doctor visit or medications, she showed up to the Free Medical Clinic of America hoping to get some help controlling her asthma.

• Advocates: HIV misinformation makes 'uphill battle' even harder Published 01/31/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Spreading misinformation about HIV could actually increase the spread of the virus itself, said some local HIV advocates.

• Free series helps with diabetes management Published 01/26/2012 at 6:16 p.m.

  Celebrity Southern cooking chef Paula Deen's announcement that she has Type 2 diabetes puts her in what's becoming a sizable chunk of the American population — especially in this part of the country.

• Families, residents angry over closure of Blount County nursing home Published 01/13/2012 at 7:20 p.m.

  The bitter cold and biting wind seemed to mirror the feelings of several families who showed up at a Friday afternoon meeting to hear state officials explain exactly why Colonial Hills Nursing Center in Maryville lost its certification as a ...

• Maryville's Colonial Hills Nursing Center to relocate all residents Updated 01/11/2012 at 10:48 p.m.

  Facility lost Medicare certification

• New Year surprise: First baby of 2012 doesn't heed mother's careful plans Updated 01/01/2012 at 4:20 p.m.

  Nikki Hunt is extremely organized, down to the last detail.

• After the fire: Before 2011 began, Mt. Calvary was rebuilding from December 2010 inferno Published 12/31/2011 at 4 a.m.

  It was just before 5 p.m. on a bleak December day when the Rev. Leroy Franklin got the phone call from his secretary, minutes after eight Mt. Calvary Baptist Church parishioners, prepping for a Christmas party, followed the smell of ...

• Heartbeat transplant: Seymour man seeks to share love of African drums Published 12/30/2011 at 4 a.m.

  Up in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, far from the drone of U.S. Highway 441 traffic, beats a rhythm from West Africa. In Shorty Palmer's rural Seymour workshop, carved hardwood drum shells are stacked to the ceiling, with rows ...

• A choice to live at home: Program lets New Tazewell man stay in own apartment Published 12/28/2011 at 4 a.m.

  Norman Hotham finds the nursing home a nice place to visit, but he doesn't want to live there.

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