Knoxville News Sentinel

Knoxville area bloggers are celebrating the Fourth in many ways from enjoying events to offering opinions. Some are writing and some are posting photos. Enjoy the holiday weekend with them.

Knoxville area bloggers are celebrating the Fourth in many ways from enjoying events to offering opinions. Some are writing and some are posting photos. Enjoy the holiday weekend with them.

PITTMAN CENTER - Archaeologist Erik Kreusch expected to dig up history as part of his work for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It came as a surprise that burials also are part of the job.

PITTMAN CENTER - Archaeologist Erik Kreusch expected to dig up history as part of his work for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It came as a surprise that burials also are part of the job.

The fireworks display at World's Fair Park went off nearly an hour later than planned Friday after a severe thunderstorm moved through the area. Tens of thousands of people gathered earlier for the fireworks display at the Festival on the 4th at the park were told to leave as the thunderstorm was moving in. They were told to go to their cars or into the adjoining Knoxville Convention Center.

The fireworks display at World's Fair Park went off nearly an hour later than planned Friday after a severe thunderstorm moved through the area. Tens of thousands of people gathered earlier for the fireworks display at the Festival on the 4th at the park were told to leave as the thunderstorm was moving in. They were told to go to their cars or into the adjoining Knoxville Convention Center.

It's been 18 years since Knox County voters have elected anyone other than Tim Hutchison for sheriff, and both contenders in the August general election are hoping they will get the public's blessing to head the 1,000-strong law enforcement agency for the next four years.

The Friday morning shooting of a restaurant manager was the latest in a series of violent crimes in a section of Broadway in North Knoxville, prompting some business owners and managers to wonder if it is time for more police patrols in the area.

It's been 18 years since Knox County voters have elected anyone other than Tim Hutchison for sheriff, and both contenders in the August general election are hoping they will get the public's blessing to head the 1,000-strong law enforcement agency for the next four years.

The Friday morning shooting of a restaurant manager was the latest in a series of violent crimes in a section of Broadway in North Knoxville, prompting some business owners and managers to wonder if it is time for more police patrols in the area.

When 18-year-old diver Thomas Finchum hit the water Friday afternoon at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center, he hardly made a splash or ripple.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Running a partial schedule the past two years, Mark Martin was able to rekindle his passion for racing and ponder the championship that has eluded him his entire career.

WIMBLEDON, England - Venus and Serena Williams have a busy schedule today.

BENTON, Tenn. - A state comptroller's audit of money missing from a Copper Basin High School football fund has been turned over to the Polk County district attorney's office.

Troy Brown's father never came back from Vietnam. Brown, a 46-year-old Maryville resident, was 7 when his father, Warren, died on July 14, 1968, shot down while flying a combat mission with the Iowa Air National Guard's 185th Tactical Fighter Group.

NASHVILLE - Taking an HIV test in the pulpit Sunday morning was itself simple.

BENTON, Tenn. - A state comptroller's audit of money missing from a Copper Basin High School football fund has been turned over to the Polk County district attorney's office.

Troy Brown's father never came back from Vietnam. Brown, a 46-year-old Maryville resident, was 7 when his father, Warren, died on July 14, 1968, shot down while flying a combat mission with the Iowa Air National Guard's 185th Tactical Fighter Group.

NASHVILLE - Taking an HIV test in the pulpit Sunday morning was itself simple.