Knoxville News

A woman was found unresponsive in a pool in Donelson late last night. The 30-year-old was transported to Summit Hospital where she was pronounced dead after being pulled from a pool at The Cedars at Elm Hill apartments just before 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, according to police.

Target has announced a job fair this weekend in hopes of hiring 150 people for its new Knoxville store, which opens in July.

Joe Watson, 36, was arrested Tuesday night when the Knox County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Unit found an indoor marijuana growing operation in his North Knoxville house.

YMCA officials in Knoxville say the downtown "Y'' had to be closed after a fire sprinkler malfunction flooded it.

University of Tennessee organic farming program members Elias Attea, left, Becca Smith and Mary Rogers set out produce Friday at the UT Harvest Market in Knoxville.

A couple of weeks ago, my husband and my staff allowed me to take a couple of days off to attend the Southern Food Writers Conference in Knoxville, Tenn.

The Knoxville City Council voted to approve a "Memorandum of Understanding" between the city and TVA that could result in the construction of a new parking garage in downtown Knoxville.

A man convicted of shooting a Knoxville police officer has learned his sentence.

The operation, conducted Saturday night and early Sunday, targeted areas in North and East Knoxville in response to citizen complaints and patrol officer investigations, according to a news release from KPD spokesman Darrell DeBusk.

Authorities are looking for Josiah Samuel Jones, 29. He's suspected in the fatal shooting Tuesday of Gerald Voiles, the executive director of the Scott County Homeless Shelter and food bank.

The TGA Scholarship Foundation provides scholarships to children of member company employees.

Knoxville, Tennessee-based BioPets Vet Lab is trying to clean up lazy dog owners' act, one turd at a time.

Accidents and emergencies have made for a busy Memorial Day at local hospitals. It's especially true for the pilots and paramedics who work for Vanderbilt Lifeflight.

A report in October from a Knoxville fire captain stated the city-contracted mulch operation Shamrock Organic Products was "overloaded with material," and in April the huge mulch piles there caught fire and burned for a week.

The amount of American veterans who have applied for disability benefits has dramatically increased in comparison to two decades ago.

Police say Raymond Bond and another homeless man got into a fight over food this afternoon in Cenntennial Park.

"We brought the shirt out with us to the Pacific when we started in Torrance dipped it into the Ocean in the Pacific and each rider has carried this in their back pocket," he said.

The Knox County Sheriff's Office has released more information about a weekend crash that sent 6 teenagers to the hospital.

In a recent letter, a Knoxville senior citizen asked to be "left alone," not to have to help pay more taxes to help educate other people's children.

Bill Myers looks through mementos of his uncle, World War II C-47 co-pilot William H. Myer, earlier this month at his home in North Knoxville.