Knoxville News

The Knox County Sheriff's Office says they obtained a warrant to search the home on Sunset Avenue in East Knoxville after a six-month investigation.

Grammy-nominated country star Hunter Hayes just dropped his new album Encore on Tuesday and celebrated the release in the best way possible - with his beloved Hayniacs.

A Knoxville Fire Department arson investigator has taken one person in custody and is questioning others regarding an apartment fire this morning.

Asim Sujud of East Knoxville holds up his new CD mix, "I am Muslim, No More Lies!" Sujud will perform at the Kuumba Festival at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday at Chilhowee Park.

Three Pilot Flying J employee pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to charges of conspiracy and wire fraud.

Witnesses saw smoke pouring from one of the units at Cedar Springs Apartments at Gleason Drive and Gallaher View Road.

Mark Michael Bote, 23, of Thornton was charged Monday with one count of false information and threats while aboard Frontier Airlines Flight 601 en route from Knoxville, Tenn.

A group that helps raise money for the University of Tennessee met for the first time since one of its executives were arrested on child porn charges.

A Colorado man who acted nervously and told a flight attendant there was a bomb in his backpack on a flight from Knoxville, Tenn.

More than a dozen people gathered in Krutch Park Monday to show their support for immigration reforms that don't involve mass deportation and detention.

Police are searching for a suspect accused of shooting outside a Bearden-area club on Chambliss Avenue early Saturday morning.

KNOXVILLE The family of a Roane County woman shot to death says they feel like they've hit another roadblock in the path to justice.

J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL Lavonte Dominique Simmons, left, waits for a hearing with Public Defender Mark Stephens on Monday in General Sessions Court in Knoxville.

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officers set up a trap Monday afternoon to catch a black bear spotted several times in South Knoxville.

Timothy Kaufman has been in jail since his arrest in April at business near his grandfather's Albany-area home.

Two men charged in the murder of a 21-year-old mother of four were bound over to a grand jury Monday.

Firefighters responded to a two alarm fire Sunday afternoon just after 3 p.m. at the St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church near the Donelson area located at 1943 Dabbs Avenue.

Charanissa L. Humphrey of Jourolman Avenue died in the 3:50 a.m. Saturday crash, according to Knoxville Police Department spokesman Darrell DeBusk.

Knox County, which did not meet EPA air quality guidelines for smog and ground-level ozone, is in a three-year review period to make sure air quality levels do not backslide.

SAUL YOUNG/NEWS SENTINEL Knoxville Fire Department firefighters battle the mulch fire at Shamrock Organic Products on April 16, 2012.