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Half an hour into deliberations, jurors in the murder trial of Clifford Leon Houston asked for several items apparently to help them sort through evidence.

A dozen Roane County jailers, a paramedic and a doctor cannot use the shield of immunity to spare them a civil trial over whether they ignored the health woes of an alleged baby killer who later died behind bars, a federal appellate court ruled Friday.

A 22-year-old South Knox County man was shot while walking his dog in his backyard Friday afternoon, according to the Knox County Sheriff's Office.

What do a German spy, a crooked labor leader, a cop killer, an assassin and a slew of corrupt lawmen and politicos have in common? They were all put in handcuffs by FBI agents assigned to the bureau's Knoxville ...

Police this afternoon caught a man in Lonsdale suspected in the armed robbery of a Clinton Highway business where the employees were bound with straps.

The West Nile Virus has officially returned to Knox County for the first time in three years.

Some mosquitoes and a bird have tested positive for West Nile Virus in the East Knoxville 37914 zip code area, health officials say Friday.

What began as a robbery turned into an all day police chase, involving dogs and a helicopter, searching for the suspect.

A number of critical violations at four Knoxville area restaurants brought health inspection scores way down this week.

It was a sight no one wants to come upon while driving: a woman traveling on Mascot Road Friday morning found a six-month-old baby with no diaper in the middle of the street.

Scammers are calling cell phones and land lines in at least two East Tennessee communities, trying to gain access to some people's bank accounts.

Reporter: Stephen McLamb, Jul 25, 2008

Maryville (WVLT) - A Blount County woman feels scammed after she's spent more than a month trying to get a refund on a self help program from an internet company she says only amounted to getting some training manuals with a pricetag of $2,500. Instead of making a million dollars like she hoped, she's just hoping to get her initial payment back.

Carmike director of marketing calls it part of a "long term experiment".

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Gas prices have more Knoxvillians parking cars, riding buses, while KAT considers route cuts to accommodate fuel expense.

Ohio authorities are seeking East Tennesseans' help in finding a missing teenage boy whom they believe may in the Knoxville area with a man he met on the Internet.

GREENBELT, Md. -- Researchers using a fleet of five NASA satellites have discovered that explosions of magnetic energy a third of the way to the moon power substorms that cause sudden brightenings and rapid ...

Tuesday night's brawl between the Detroit Shock and Los Angeles Sparks brought the WNBA unprecedented national attention, and punishments announced today will likely be equally noteworthy.

Tennessee football coach Philip Fulmer was served with a subpoena this morning, ordering him to give a deposition Sept.

Thanks A Mil . . . No, Make that 5.4 Million

Editor's note: not technically a news story, but it tickled my funnybone, so I thought I'd share it.

Newport couple fear names may never be cleared

By Marti Davis, Thursday, July 24, 2008

Photo: Amy Smotherman-Burgess