Louisville News

Owner Ron Emery helps Judy Rentz, right, during the "Cash Mob" at Emery's 5&10 on Chapman Highway in South Knoxville Friday, Feb.

A Blount County grand jury has elected not to indict a Louisville man on criminally negligent homicide and reckless burning charges in connection with an 2010 house fire that left his ex-girlfriend dead from smoke inhalation.

Mr. Mitchell most recently served as chief operating officer for Life Care Centers of America, a sister company of Life Care Home Health.

KNOXVILLE - Four so-called "head shops" were padlocked Thursday in Knox County, due to what authorities say are increasing sales of sometimes deadly synthetic marijuana.

A vacant lot at the corner of Gallaher View Road and Kingston Pike will soon be home to a Cheddar's Casual Cafe, the Property Scope blog reports.

The former Tennessee Commerce Bank is in its second day of operations under a Louisville lender that says it hopes to keep as many employees as possible while pivoting quickly to run the Franklin institution its own way.

When the sun came up Friday, Tennessee remained the largest state to have avoided a bank failure since the economic collapse.

Matt Murray, associate director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee and a resident of Louisville, has been appointed director of the Howard H. Baker Center Jr.

Kentucky gets back the number one ranking following a week in which they first got a victory at home against Arkansas, 86-63. After that came another win at home against Alabama, 77-71. Syracuse lost their number one ranking with a win against Pittsburgh, 71-63 and a loss to Notre Dame, 67-58. Florida State breaks into the Top 25 at #23 with a win ... (more)

ALCOA - After two diners and a waitress got into a fight over beer Tuesday in Alcoa, a woman was struck by an SUV and the diners were taken into custody.