Corryton News

Corryton couple celebrates 'a good 60 years' Don and Pat Lerch cut the cake at their July 1, 1949, wedding.

East Tennessee automotive suppliers selected to do business with Volkswagen will be able to supply the German automaker's new Chattanooga plant and its international network of facilities, VW officials told suppliers gathered today at Pellissippi State Technical Community College.

Two Knoxvillians were injured this weekend when two bass boats collided on Douglas Lake, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

The 2009 Oakes Daylilies' Daylily Festival is 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 26-27 at the business' display garden at 8153 Monday Road, Corryton.

The widow of a Corryton man shot to death in his home last month was in court today, testifying against three people charged in connection with his death.

A tearful Vickie Graves, the wife of murder victim Bill Graves, Sr., testifies in Knox County General Sessions Court about events on the the Saturday night in May that her husband was killed by two home invaders.

Tim Smiley of White Pine won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Volunteer Division tournament on Cherokee Lake with a five-bass catch weighing 16 pounds, 5 ounces.

Etowah Utilities has the best tasting water in the state, according to the Tennessee Association of Utility Districts .

Edith Marie and Melton Collins of Corryton, Tenn., announce the engagement of their daughter, Patricia Renea Minor of Murfreesboro, to Troy Adam Baxter.

An auto burglary suspect has been arrested after a pursuit through Lake City and Clinton.

A system of potentially severe weather hit east Tennessee Wednesday. Scattered thunderstorms and heavy rain swept through this afternoon.

The severe thunderstorm that rolled through Knox County late this afternoon toppled numerous trees in East Knox County, cut power to more than 6,000 utility customers in North Knoxville and triggered fire alarms across West Knoxville, authorities say.

" Big storms surprised many across East Tennessee on Wednesday afternoon. In North Knox County heavy wind, lightning and rain downed trees and even tour the roof off a building.

A major storm blew through Corryton Wednesday afternoon leaving a lot of damage, but no injuries in its wake.

The three men charged in the May 2 home invasion and shooting that resulted in the death of Billy Graves of Corryton made their first appearance in court today.

The Knox County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday afternoon that three people have now been arrested in the home invasion and murder of Billy Graves, Sr.

It's been 24 hours since the Knox County Sheriff's Office released a sketch of a man wanted for questioning in a home invasion turned murder.

Jamie Bull Jones wanted to practice medicine in the hub of her Corryton community.

A Corryton man shot during a Saturday night robbery at his home died late Sunday night at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, a Knox County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman said this morning.

Investigators with the Knox County Sheriff's Office are looking for two men after a shooting in Northeast Knox County.