Knoxville News

Homeowners in East Tennessee have the opportunity to nominate their home for an Extreme Makeover as the ABC hit TV show comes to the Knoxville region.

Knox County Criminal Court Clerk Martha Phillips died Tuesday afternoon, her office staff says.

Hundreds of dogs rescued from a puppy mill in Hickman County could be in new homes by next week.

Police in Murfreesboro said two men were fatally shot and another was wounded when a fight erupted at a going-away party.

A Friendsville man was sentenced today to eight years in prison for the 2006 death of bicyclist Jeffrey E. Roth.

The death of a man near Lebanon is being called a homicide, but sheriff's investigators aren't labeling the apparent dragging fatality a murder.

Police say three Middle Tennessee teenagers died when their sport utility vehicle became stuck in mud which plugged the exhaust system.

Two wandering bears have been sighted today in Knox and Blount counties. One was spotted on East Bull Run Valley Drive.

The Batman roller coaster reopens Monday at Six Flags Over Georgia following a fatal accident on Saturday.

Some Tennessee college students may think being 18 means freedom from parent oversight.

39-year old Bobby Brown, singer, actor, and ex-husband of Whitney Houston, was uninjured this week in an auto-accident in Cocke County, where Brown has been filming "Outsider's Inn" with singer Carnie Wilson, formerly of the pop trio Wilson Phillips, and Maureen McCormick, of Brady Bunch fame.

Knox County School Board opted to postpone a recommendation made by interim Knox County Schools superintendent Roy Mullins to stagger start times for some middle and high schools.

3 of the top 4 highest paid public employees in Knoxville are sports coaches. See who your UT tuition and taxes are paying for.

Ron Clayton, news@knoxnews.com, Saturday, June 28, 2008

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

The Sea Ray plant at Forks of the River Industrial Park in Knoxville. Brunswick Corp.

Two popular restaurants didn't score well this week when Knox County health inspectors checked them.

Baptist Hospital downtown will transfer inpatient services to other Mercy Health facilities beginning next week, officials announced Friday.

A nationwide sweep recently took down child prostitution rings in 16 U.S. cities, netted 300 suspects and rescued 21 children, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III announced Wednesday.

By Bob Fowler, Friday, June 27, 2008

After busting a Claxton community man on a Roane County indictment, law enforcement officers posed as drug dealers at his home and arrested buyers as they came calling.

Views vary on whether gun ruling on target

By Matt Lakin, Friday, June 27, 2008