Knoxville News

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. a ' A woman was shot Monday evening while driving through northwest Knoxville.

The Knoxville man who drunkenly crashed head-on into the car of a Strawberry Plains woman will spend the next two decades in prison.

According to District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn’s office, Roy Wayne Killion, 32 pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and driving on a revoked license on Monday. It was part of a plea deal which comes with a 20 year prison sentence.

He says it was accident

The man who allegedly dragged his 17-pound terrier mix dog behind his pickup truck earlier this month, says the whole incident was an accident.

“I’m really sorry it happened,” Jimmy Lovell said. “I feel bad about it and stuff.”

He wore Halloween mask, which led to dispute with police

State Rep. Stacey Campfield was escorted from the University of Tennessee home football game Oct. 31 after an incident over a Halloween mask that he was wearing, a university official confirmed Monday.

Two young men working on cable barrier along Interstate 75 north of Knoxville have been killed in a crash.

Cost to begin with $500,000 for land

The Knox County Commission's Finance Committee today sent without recommendation to full commission a proposal to develop an apartment complex to house the chronically homeless in West Knox County.

Survey findings reveal physical and emotional dangers

As risky behavior increases, grades fall. Dr. Kathy Brown, director of Community Assessment and Health Promotion for Knox County, pointed out that correlation to the Knox County School Health Advisory Council at its quarterly meeting last week.

A 50-year-old Knoxville man died after being ejected from a sport utility vehicle that flipped several times along Interstate 40.

Knoxville police are searching for information about a drive-by shooting in East Knoxville.

Two people were killed Saturday in a crash in Roane County involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. a ' A Missouri man wanted for shooting a teenager has been arrested in Knoxville.

KNOXVILLE - Tennessee starting free safety Janzen Jackson was almost a forgotten man Saturday night.

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.