Knoxville News

Prosecutor wants jury in torture slayings to hear racial remark

Explain or inflame?

Prosecutor Leland Price argued Friday he wants a jury to hear a racially charged comment attributed by authorities to torture-slaying suspect George Thomas in a bid to explain why he should be held criminally responsible for the deaths of Channon Christian, 21, and Christopher Newsom, 23.

Police are investigating the death of a 3-month-old infant at an unlicensed day care center in Murfreesboro.

The case of a man accused of criminal homicide in the death of a 69-year-old Knoxville woman who had been bound and run over by a vehicle has been sent to a Blount County grand jury.

The former Knox County Sheriff's Office deputy accused of identity theft pleaded not guilty in her first appearance in court Friday.

Judge strikes down 'vague' law; supporters vow to appeal ruling

Tennessee's new law allowing people with handgun permits to be armed in bars and restaurants that serve alcohol is unconstitutionally vague, a judge ruled Friday.

A Kingsport football player who died during a game in Knoxville earlier this year had a heart valve problem, according to the medical examiner's report.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. a ' A drunk driver slammed head-on into an ambulance Friday night in North Knoxville.

Thursday evening, Knox County Parks and Recreation held a meeting with residents in Halls.

Criminal homicide charges against a Knoxville man were sent to a Blount County grand jury today in the death of a 69-year-old woman.

President Barack Obama has nominated a former press secretary to President George W. Bush and a past chairman of CNN to the Broadcasting Board of Governors.

Some Knox County bar owners may soon find themselves in hot water for allegedly allowing illegal video gambling machines into their establishments, officials say.

Gambling machines were confiscated recently from the B&M Lounge, 8508 Asheville Highway.

Authorities have released the name of a man who was shot Wednesday by an off-duty Knox County Sheriff's Office deputy at a Farragut grocery store.

A physician and three other suspects were arrested today after being indicted on charges including prescription fraud, extortion, conspiracy and filing false reports.

Knoxville City Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved a $15 million, tax-exempt bond issue for a local developer to renovate the Holiday Inn on the World's Fair site.

Ansel Adams , "Dawn, Autumn Forest, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee", 1948.

In August, 6 On Your Side reported about an elderly Knoxville woman who lost tens of thousands of dollars to an insurance agent she trusted.

Panel selected for trial of slayings suspect

Forget prosecutorial claims of a slam dunk case against torture slaying suspect George Thomas.

Instead, prosecutor Takisha Fitzgerald's outline of the state's case against Thomas offered Wednesday in the final round of jury selection sounded more like a Hail Mary pass she's hoping to land in the end zone.

No eyewitnesses. No forensic proof. Circumstantial evidence. Drug-using witnesses. DNA pointing, not to Thomas, but his three co-defendants.

One of two shoplifting suspects sought after an officer-involved shooting Wednesday at a Farragut-area Kroger turned up two hours later at a Jefferson County emergency room seeking treatment for gunshot wounds to his neck and shoulder, according to the Knox County Sheriff's Office.

KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. a ' A Knoxville man has been arrested on child pornography charges.

The panel says most women under 50 don't need mammograms. Bronwyn Shupe worries about what would have happened if she'd waited to be tested.