VICTIM IDENTIFIED, KILLER CHARGED IN KNOX COUNTY WEEKEND STABBING
Knox County authorities this morning released the identity of the man killed in a Saturday-night stabbing in Knox County. Deputies found Adam Cole dead at a home on the 900 block of East Governor Joh ...
COP-KILLING SUSPECT IN CUSTODY AFTER MANHUNT
A massive manhunt for the suspect in an East Alabama shooting has ended. Multiple sources have confirmed 29-year-old Grady Wayne Wilkes has been apprehended about 8:30 CDT this morning near the inter ...
CHATTANOOGA STANDOFF ENDS NON-VIOLENTLY
An hours-long standoff in Chattanooga ended with the suspect being caught Saturday evening. According to police, the suspect was identified as James Waters, who was wanted out of Texas for attempted r ...
STAB VICTIM FOUND NEAR EAST GOV. JOHN SEVIER HIGHWAY SATURDAY NIGHT
The Knox County Sheriff's Dept. has two people in custody in connection with a fatal stabbing which occurred Saturday night. The body of a man was found in the 900 block of East Gov. John Sevier Highw ...
COUNTRY STAR TRAVIS TRITT INVOLVED IN FATAL AUTO CRASH
Country music star Travis Tritt's tour bus was involved in a fatal accident early Saturday morning which left two people dead. According to a social media message from Tritt, a motorist was traveling ...
TENNESSEE DEATH ROW INMATE FOUND DEAD IN CELL
A Tennessee death row inmate died in his cell Friday. Officials say that Charles Wright died of natural causes. He found inside his cell at Riverbend Maximum Security Prison in Nashville. Wright was c ...
LENOIR CITY POLICE IDENTIFY BODY FOUND IN VACANT LOT; AUTOPSY UNDERWAY
Lenoir City police are investigating the discovery of a man's body Thursday morning in a wooded area between Kingston Street and 10th Avenue. Police say the body of 37-year-old Rudy Stricker was disc ...
MULTI-STATE SALMONELLA OUTBREAKS LINKED TO BACKYARD CHICKENS
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the salmonella outbreaks in 21 states that have sickened 52 people, including four in Tennessee, are most likely linked to backyard chicken ...
NASHVILLE-BASED BANK EXECUTIVE HONORED WITH NATIONAL AWARD
Jim Ayers, chairman of the board of Nashville-based FirstBank, was among 13 prominent Americans inducted into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans recently. The Horatio Alger Awar ...
CONVICTED MURDERER SANG HYMNS DURING HIS EXECUTION
Convicted murderer Don Johnson was executed last evening by lethal injection. The first death-row inmate to be put to death in 2019, Johnson was pronounced dead at 7:37 p.m. As the drugs entered his ...
VOLS’ 325-POUND FOOTBALL RECRUIT DUNKS, SINKS FULL-COURT SHOT IN WILD VIDEO
A nearly 325-pound Tennessee Volunteers football recruit showed off his athleticism in a video of him dunking a basketball followed by draining a full-court shot. Elijah Simmons, a 6-foot-1 defensive ...
WEST KNOXVILLE DAYCARE SHUT DOWN AFTER DOZENS OF VIOLATIONS SINCE 2011
The State Department of Human Services has closed a West Knoxville daycare facility after what it called “repeated and escalating” violations. Helping Hands Child Care was ordered to cease operations ...












