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Accused murderer Norman Lee Follis Jr.and his girlfriend, Tammy Sue Chapman, wait for their preliminary hearing to resume Thursday in Anderson County General Sessions Court.

Rickey L. Bright, 55, formerly of Powell, was sentenced Tuesday morning in federal court in Knoxville.

Central Street is Knoxville's defining axis. All addresses in the county from here to Farragut are numbered from it.

A while ago, I told you about a wedding that involved the beheading of a croquembouche with an epee in Powell.

The man accused of strangling his elderly uncle in December and hiding the man's body under a staircase in the victim's residence was assigned a court-appointed attorney during a video arraignment Friday.

Sign-ups: For Halls Community Park spring rec league. Saturday and Feb. 11 at 10 a.m. hcpsports@msn.com or www.hcpark.org . Tryouts: Knoxville Mayhem for fifth-grade boys.

His girlfriend watched as Norman Lee Follis Jr. choked his elderly uncle to death last month, according to arrest warrants against Follis and Tammy Sue Chapman.

Trees are blooming, flowers are poking through the soil, and garter snakes are leaving their dens to enjoy this winter-that-sometimes-feels-like-spring. But cold weather could be back this weekend, and a meteorologist says the mild winter isn't abnormal - at least so far.

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Dr. Charles Samuel Rudder, 85, a well-known dentist who practiced 45 years at the Medical Arts Building, died Sunday at his home in Lonoke, Ark., and was buried in New Gray Cemetery in Knoxville Friday morning.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition The Reveal for "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" is now set for 10 a.m. on January 18.

Knoxville Dermatopathology Lab/ KDL Pathology announced that its Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments-registered laboratory has been accredited by the College of American Pathologists following an on-site inspection by the Accreditation Committee of CAP.

Before Extreme Makeover: Home Edition came to Knoxville, many people had not heard about the Watsons' ministry to help single moms called the Restoration House .

On April 3, 1968, during the last speech he would ever make, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" reality show project manager Jimmy Hawkins, left, talks with Dempster Poured Foundations co-owner Ross Dempster Thursday at the home of Daniel and Mandy Watson in West Knoxville.