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Authorities said Tuesday they do not suspect foul play in the death of a man whose body was discovered Monday night in the basement of a house.

A McMinn County man is accused of swiping thousands of gallons of diesel fuel through an elaborate scheme.

Submitted by WDEF News 12 and AP on July 28, 2008 - 12:54pm. News McMinn County News Two teenagers died in a head-on collision on McMinn County Road 220 at Highway 305 Sunday.

An alert Athens police officer put an end to a fuel-stealing operation allegedly run by a 38-year-old Decatur man.

Don Daugherty, former Knox County Democratic Party chairman, said Wednesday he will run for Knox County Criminal Court Clerk in the Nov.

Police in Athens say a man detained a suspected drunken driver in a school yard before the suspect was given his eighth DUI charge.

Police in Athens say a man detained a suspected drunken driver in a school yard before the suspect was given his eighth DUI charge.

On a bright, sunny Saturday morning well before many people rose for the day, 106 runners gathered on Grove Street in Loudon for the Loudon Lions Club 5K Run for Vision.

Police in Athens say a man detained a suspected drunken driver in a school yard before the suspect was given his eighth DUI charge.

Only Arkansas, Mississippi and West Virginia spend less on their local libraries than Tennessee.

ATHENS, - An East Tennessee musician is raising money and awareness of pancreatic cancer through his love of bluegrass.

Cleveland Police Detective Dean Beverly is asking for the public's help in identifying and locating the woman in these photographs.

Two attorneys from East Nashville are battling to become the area's representative at the Statehouse - and accusing each other of failing to uphold the progressive political cause.

Earl Romines picks blackberries from his motorized chair. His berries are sold at the Oak Ridge Jackson Square farmers' market and the market at Laurel Church of Christ.

On Friday night around 5:30pm a 12 year old boy riding a bicycle was struck by a SUV on N Jackson St at Fisher St in Athens.

Submitted by WDEF News 12 and AP on July 2, 2008 - 12:51pm. News Crime McMinn County News An Athens man faces reckless homicide by automobile charges for the death of his girlfriend more than a year ago.

Mike Stewart has out raised his primary competitor Eric Stansell in the first-quarter fund-raising race to fill Rob Briley's House seat.

An Athens man is charged with reckless homicide by automobile for the death of his girlfriend who fell off the trunk of a moving car more than a year ago.

Athens police are looking for a 33-year-old man who allegedly attacked his wife after dropping off his son and her two younger brothers at the Athens Regional Park playground late Thursday.