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After a month-long battle, American soldiers surrender to the Japanese Army at Malinta Tunnel on Corregidor Island in May 1942.

The final day of the Braves Country Caravan wound its way to Thursday. Enthusiastic fans arrived early in the morning .

Tennessee Wesleyan put together a five-run seventh inning to swing momentum in its favor and register an 8-5 victory over Shorter University on Wednesday afternoon in a non-conference game in Athens, Tenn.

Super Bowl XLVI was a great metaphor for who we are as a nation. Just listening to Amanda and Blake Shelton sing America the Beautiful and Kelly Clarkson's Star Spangled Banner said it all for the athletes and fans and all the viewers who, for a brief moment in time, all came together with a deep feeling of love for our country, no matter what our ... (more)

To hear Mitt Romney tell it, presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is a terrible lout, a real stinker of a guy who has been spectacularly lousy in public office and even worse as a three-time husband.

T. Wayne Waters/ Special to the News Sentinel Tennessee Valley Machine Knitters Club vice president Joan Suggs, left, Margie Davis, president, center; and Marie Hickson, secretary, with a few of their creations.

ATHENS - Mayfield Dairy President Scottie Mayfield said Friday he will run against Congressman Chuck Fleischmann in the August race for the 3rd District.

ATHENS - Two of four suspects accused of an armed robbery of a man Sunday at a McMinn County rest stop were captured, despite changing vehicles several times.

Just when the field for the upcoming 3rd District congressional race looked set, an ice cream mogul dropped a big scoop.

A man dressed up as his dead sister a day after her death in an attempt to get her prescription drugs.

Visitation and a funeral service will be today for Brig. Gen. John M. Calhoun, an Athens, Tenn., native who served in the U.S. Army during two wars, received the Purple Heart and held a lifelong deep love for his country.

State officials said Thursday that 11,200 people gained employment last month over November when the rate was 9.1 percent.

WAFF.com: North Alabama News, Radar, Weather, Sports and Jobs-Man wears wig and poses as dead sister for drugs ATHENS, Tenn.

Billboards are popping up alongside a new but unopened stretch of Volkswagen Drive and Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield says the city's plan for a "scenic corridor" has been "degraded." "The most disturbing point in the matter is that the area now being degraded would have been protected if not for resistance and delay in the city's annexation ... (more)

The Tennessee Dept. of Health has awarded over three million dollars to help fund abstinence education programs in the state.