Pat Summitt will visit the White House on Tuesday to receive the President Medal of Freedom.
NAPLES, Fla. - As Chuck Shriner crossed the stage on Saturday during Bishop Verot's graduation ceremony, he suddenly paused, dropped to one knee, and Tebow-ed his principal.
KNOXVILLE — Knox County authorities are investigating the discovery of a body found in a field near Turkey Creek Medical Center this afternoon.
Not so long ago, Bob Corker was not sure he wanted another six-year term in the U.S. Senate because of frustration over congressional inaction, which he compares to "watching paint dry."
You have to say this much for Desmond Hatchett: He has a way with the ladies.
KINGSTON — The father of a toddler who starved to death earlier this month pins the blame on the mother, who he said "takes pain pills and has lupus," a Roane County Sheriff's Office incident report indicates.
STRAWBERRY PLAINS — Offers have come flooding in from Good Samaritans offering to help 78-year-old Mary Cate Jones save her rural Strawberry Plains home of 56 years.
Last December, a 12-year-old boy was baptized in a Karns Baptist church.
KINGSTON — A 2-year-old Roane County boy starved to death after being fed only once a day, often restrained in a car seat inside his parent's residence, authorities said.
Maryville College has announced changes to its academic programs that will result in four positions being eliminated.
KNOXVILLE — Knox County detectives are investigating the apparent bathtub drowning of a 22-year-old University of Tennessee female student.
LENOIR CITY — An article in the Lenoir City High School yearbook describing the life of a gay student has ignited a storm of controversy that has spilled over onto local blogs and is threatening to disrupt upcoming graduation ceremonies.
If he'd wanted to hit him, he would have hit him. North Knoxville liquor store clerk Harold Edward Williams, though, contends he only wanted to scare a fleeing shoplifter when he fired a single .38-caliber round above the man's head Monday.
NASHVILLE — The Senate approved and sent to Gov. Bill Haslam on Monday legislation that allows criminal prosecution for causing the death of "a human embryo or fetus at any stage of gestation in utero."
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. — A man who allegedly exposed himself while paying for gasoline Tuesday in Rogersville, was later arrested in the McDonald’s drive-thru line wearing nothing but a t-shirt.
BRICEVILLE, Tenn. — A coal company is being fined for illegally dumping more than a million gallons of "black water" into a river that's home to a fish and a plant on the federal list of threatened species.
KINGSTON — Roane County dangled big incentives to land a huge Volkswagen regional distribution center, officials said after groundbreaking ceremonies Tuesday.
LENOIR CITY — Krystal Myers is an honors student, captain of the swim team and editor of her high school newspaper.
Amusement park fans looking for something weird to do this spring can find it right in Tennessee at Dollywood, one of the 10 weirdest theme parks in the world, according to Time.com.
A 13-year-old boy tried to rob a business, then raped a woman employee, according to the Knoxville Police Department.
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has scheduled a trip to Tennessee next week while a poll indicates Rick Santorum is now leading in the state despite his lack of a campaign organization within the state.
A Sevier County bus driver has been fired after being arrested for allegedly carrying a gun on the job.
Looking for a romantic getaway for Valentine's Day? You don't have to go far.
A Bybee, Tenn. man was arrested today after allegedly shooting at a Cocke County school bus with nearly three dozen children on board.
More than 50 cats, plus an unknown number of dead ones, were found today inside an East Knox County home that a veteran animal control officer deemed one of the most rancid scenes he's encountered.
NASHVILLE -- Legislation that will cement Gov. Bill Haslam's deal with Amazon.com will cost the state $22.8 million per year in "foregone revenue" while in effect, but bring a like amount afterwards, according to a legislative staff estimate.
The Advocate, a gay and lesbian magazine, has released a list of the gayest cities in America for 2012 and Knoxville has made the list at number 8.
Aluminum company Alcoa Inc. said today it will permanently close its smelter in Alcoa as part of a global reduction its smelting capacity.
A former East Tennessee Roman Catholic priest convicted of raping an altar boy nearly three decades ago wants a new trial.
Tennessee wide receiver DeAnthony Arnett, who compiled the second-most receptions by a freshman in program history this past season, has asked for a release from his scholarship, a source close to Arnett confirmed to the News Sentinel late Wednesday.
Leslie Wakefield patrols Anderson County in a vehicle with an official insignia on the door and flashing blue lights.
A 50-year-old Knoxville man died this afternoon when he jumped from the seventh floor of an apartment complex, the Knoxville Police said.
KNOXVILLE — A man was jailed today on allegations he attacked his girlfriend in a drunken rage with a claw hammer, threw her son when he tried to help his mother and assaulted two officers responding to the call.
A three-year effort to obtain a pardon from the president of the United States ended Monday when a Jonesborough, Tenn., man learned Barack Obama had pardoned him of a 16-year-old federal felony conviction.
Here's a ranking Knoxville would prefer to forget. Property Scope blogger Josh Flory reports that Forbes magazine ranked the Knoxville area 15th on its dirtiest cities list, which ranks cities according to air quality.
KNOXVILLE — A 14-year-old Knoxville boy, already facing burglary and gun charges, was arrested driving on a city street with a stolen firearm, according to police.
If you were willing to plunk down a hearty contribution, you could have met Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney during a 90-minute Thursday campaign stop in Knoxville.
A Hawkins County woman allegedly stabbed her first cousin multiple times with a pair of scissors during a fight that occurred Tuesday night after she told him she wanted a relationship with him, and did not want to be “a booty call.”
Count David E. Schuster among those who want to be your president. Except for the fact that he has no campaign treasury, no staff, no 50-state strategy and his name will appear on no ballot, his chances are as good as anyone else's.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Department of Justice statistics indicate that complaints of religious harassment in the workplace are on the rise.
In a microbiology lab at the University of Tennessee, while studying yeast proteins that someday could help design better medical drugs, then-freshman Madelyn Crawford decided that was the kind of research she wanted to do for the rest of her life.
KNOXVILLE — An angry Knox County mom foiled the getaway of two men allegedly involved in robbing her home and holding her adult daughter at gunpoint.
The American Civil Liberties Union is now involved after a family has reported to police that a Madisonville teen was assaulted by his high school principal.
KNOXVILLE — Country Music hall of famer Glen Campbell will perform a benefit concert to honor University of Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt.
BRISTOL — A Bristol mother and her two children are accused of placing a package containing dirty underwear in a hospital waiting room and then calling in a bomb threat.
A West Knox County homeowner told law enforcement officers he acted in self-defense when he fatally shot a man who he discovered in bed with his girlfriend Thursday morning.
Three suspects were arrested Wednesday in connection with the death of a North Knoxville couple who were beaten with a hammer during the theft of pain pills and jewelry the night before and left inside as their home was set on fire, a police spokesman said.
Uniformed officers prohibited several protesters dressed in costume from entering TVA's board meeting this morning as directors for the public utility were set to vote on completing the Bellefonte nuclear plant in north Alabama.
KNOXVILLE — After being rescued from a makeshift hiding spot inside an East Knox County storm drain this morning, a Knoxville man readily admitted he dove inside the hole after burglarizing a nearby business and running from authorities.
Oral cancer cases have tripled over the past 20 years. And the most common culprit, doctors eventually discovered, is no longer liquor, or smokes. It's HPV — human papilloma virus.
