Knoxville News

Veterans Day is just days away, and some East Tennesseans are already starting to honor our area's fallen heroes.

Knoxville fire investigators are looking into a suspicious fire that consumed a home at 924 West Woodland Avenue in North Knoxville on Saturday night.

After holding steady for most of the week, Knoxville retail gasoline prices edged lower Friday while oil prices tumbled after the government said the U.S. unemployment rate topped 10 percent for the first time since 1983.

Anne Watts watched the bullets fly but swears she didn't put the bloody picture together until hours later.

A woman under investigation for operating a puppy mill has been charged with six counts of animal cruelty after authorities - for the third time - discovered dogs jammed together in poorly ventilated sheds, jerry-built pens and portable carriers.

The Oak Ridge Police Department announced tonight that officers are rounding up 49 people on 80 charges of illegal drug sales.

A retired Rural/Metro Fire Department officer and former member of the board that governs Knox County's emergency 911 operations was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court to nearly six years in prison on a federal child pornography conviction.

ET police chiefs say idea would be financial burden

If the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation begins charging law enforcement agencies to test everything from blood in drunken driving cases to DNA-stained clothing in slayings, police agencies will be scrambling to find the funds to pay the fees.

If you're headed to downtown Knoxville's Lawson McGhee library, you may want to bring a jacket.

A Knoxville man was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to nearly six years in prison for federal child pornography charges.

A well-known bookstore is being downsized and replaced by a newer chain. The Waldenbooks in Knoxville Center Mall and Kingsport are two of 200 Borders Group's mall stores closing in January , eliminating about 1,500 positions nationwide.

Local women say there are more concerns for their safety after a woman was robbed at knife point near Market Square.

A Knoxville man has been arrested on charges of dragging a small Terrier-mix dog behind a truck in the Middlebrook Pike area Tuesday afternoon.

The soles of Jim Hutchens' shoes might be dirty, but going door to door throughout Historic Parkridge is all about cleaning it up.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. a ' A Knoxville developer has signed an agreement to purchase the Holiday Inn Select Downtown.

Three people were arrested late Thursday in connection with a robbery and shooting in South Knoxville, according to the Knoxville Police Department.

Roane County Sheriff's Office Deputy Bill Jones showed up for work the day he died with a gun on his hip, a ride-along in his patrol car and the Houston brothers on his mind, a former deputy testified Thursday.

By Mark Boxley of The Daily Times Staff Originally published: November 04. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: November 03.

A Knoxville man has been arrested for dragging a small Terrier-mix dog behind a truck in the Middlebrook Pike area.

Every deputy in Roane County knew about the warrant for Rocky Houston - the one the sheriff warned them not to serve.

"He told me not to go down there," Melissa Heidinger, a former deputy, testified today.