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Photos by MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL Patty Boardwine, chief victims witness coordinator, hugs Hugh Newsom after a jury said guilty of all counts Friday in the re-trial of George Thomas accused of taking part in the January 2007 kidnappings and killings of Channon Christian, 21, and Chris Newsom, 23.

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE More than 600 business and community leaders gathered on May 3, 2013 to celebrate the finest businesses and individuals in East Tennessee, where Bandit Lites lit the ninth annual Pinnacle Business Awards Gala .

The Powerball jackpot hits a record high of $600 million and it could go even higher.

The Powerball jackpot hits a record high of $600 million and it could go even higher.

Knox County school bus No. 946 sits parked next to the road on Friday, May 17, 2013, after students were forced to exit it following a fire.

A Knoxville man was arrested Friday in connection with a string of rental cabin burglaries in Sevier County, according to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals.

KNOXVILLE - At high schools everywhere, this is the time of year when graduating seniors say goodbye to their classmates and to their friends.

University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro defended the Knoxville campus's spring "Sex Week" program under critical questioning Thursday from state Sen.

Members of special Senate panel are raising questions about University of Tennessee fees being used to pay for speakers at a student-initiated program about sex.

Three people accused of multiple burglaries in Tennessee were arrested Thursday in Florida after high speed chase with state troopers.

A longtime Knoxville lawyer and the first female president of the Tennessee Bar Association has been nominated by President Barack Obama to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

A 31-year-old South Knoxville woman whose van erupted in flames outside her Maryville Pike apartment building has been charged with trying to make methamphetamine.

Senior Judge Walter Kurtz is now charging the jury, giving them their instructions before they begin deliberations in the George Thomas trial.

Moments after the state completed presenting its case against George Thomas Thursday morning, his defense attorneys rested their case without presenting any witnesses.

Josh Flory/News Sentinel Mitch Steenrod, chairman of the Knoxville Chamber, talks about the Competitive Airfare Partnership on Wednesday.

THE DAILY TIMES A Knoxville Area Transit bus travels down Merchant Drive in Knoxville.

Knox Heritage is engaged in dialogue with the University of Tennessee in an attempt to come up with an alternative to demolishing these privately owned properties on White Avenue.

Ask Tim Hill why the former JCPenney building should get so much public money, and he has a ready answer.

"Whenever I spray, I'll leave for a little while then come back. I will get rid of the dead ones, but it is as if I never sprayed," tenant Leslie Lee said.

The personnel file of a University of Tennessee administrator fired this week provided new insight into the woman at the middle of the scandal.