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A Tennessee appellate court will decide whether Eric McLean, who was convicted in the shooting of his wife's teenage lover, must spend a dozen years on probation.

An Anderson County woman was killed and two people were injured in a crash on U.S. Highway 25W just after 3 p.m. today, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

Sam McKamey, 12, gets help from his mother Kara McKamey and Larry H. Bohanan, president and CEO of Quadriciser Corp., while using a Quadriciser therapy machine Friday, November 13, 2009 at Quadriciser Corp.

Around 300 students, parents, educators, administrators and citizens gathered at Fulton High School on Saturday morning to discuss lower-than-average graduation rates at some schools and brainstorm how to improve them.

It wasn't simply that the Bearden Middle School student disliked reading. She wasn't very good at it.

A man and woman have been arrested in East Tennessee for allegedly raping their three children.

Holice Powell Elementary School was selected as a 2009 Blue Ribbon School. Only about 3.9 percent of schools nationwide have received this honor.

A Powell man was killed over the weekend and three others injured in a small plane crash in Anderson County, north of Knoxville.

By Steve Wildsmith of The Daily Times Staff Originally published: October 19. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: October 19.

The News Sentinel will profile two local teachers who each have about 40 years of education experience within the community in this twice-monthly series.

David Rausch, left, the Knoxville Police Departmenta TMs new deputy chief, receives congratulations from Mayor Bill Haslam, center, as Chief Sterling P. Owen IV stands nearby Monday during a ceremony at Knoxville Civic Coliseum.

The 70-year-old driver of a school bus that crashed Saturday night in North Knox County has been issued a citation in connection with the wreck, authorities say.

All four Greene County high schools won first- or second-place awards in the Greeneville Band Classic held Saturday at Tusculum College's Pioneer Field.

Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, announced new agreements for orthopedic soft goods have been awarded to DeRoyal Industries of Powell, Tenn.; DJO, LLC of Vista, Calif.; and Ossur Americas Inc.

A former Marine's guilty plea Thursday solved one mystery but created another: Who took on the persona of an undercover cop to steal a motorist's painkillers? Charles Peck, 55, admitted at a hearing before Knox County General Sessions Court Judge Chuck Cerny that he was the man who a Knoxville mother was convinced was a police officer when she was ...

Offering activities such as exercise classes, dances and bridge, the Frank Strang Senior Center in West Knoxville has become so popular that patrons' cars often back up into a nearby residential neighborhood or a nearby grassy field.

According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals 35 local subjects have been indicted by a Sevier County Grand Jury as a result of a four month drug sting investigation code named "Operation Painkiller". The Sting, Lead by Sevier County Sheriff Seals, also involved Blount County Sheriff Deputies and the U. S. Marshall.

Sevier County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 22 suspected criminals as part of 4 month drug sting Thursday.

Just a 145-pound tailback, Pigeon Forge High School sophomore doubled his weight in rushing yards Friday night - and then some.

Protect children from would-be predators September 24, 2009 This week, a former Northeast High School teacher pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of showing pornography to a student by e-mailing a photo of her nude upper body to a 17-year-old male teen.