The Knoxville Fire Department is on the scene of a house fire in East Knoxville that sent an elderly mother and her daughter to the hospital with burns on Saturday evening. According to K.P.D....

Murray State's Isaiah Canaan (3) drives past Tennessee-Martin's Jeremy Washington in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Martin, Tenn. (AP...

The Racers (23-0, 11-0 Ohio Valley Conference) brought plenty of fans to cheer the school's longest winning streak. Combined with a "We Back Pat" night dedicated to alum Pat Summitt helping raise...

Hamilton County SWAT negotiators talked a Harrison, Tennessee man out of his home without incident and take him custody. Harrison is a suburb of Chattanooga. A spokeswoman with the Hamilton County...

A Knoxville man faces federal charges in connection to the robbery of a Knoxville Credit Union. Investigators say 39-year-old Daniel E. Lopez was arrested, without incident, at 5:00 p.m. on...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett says Trustee John Duncan III should resign "if all the allegations are...

Hundreds pray around the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center Participants say only way to a better Memphis, is prayer Community prayer is the first of...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A judge has removed the Knox County District Attorney General's Office from the retrial of a convicted rapist as ripples continued from the case of a former judge who...

BRYSON CITY, N.C. (AP) -- The great-aunt of a 15-month-old baby has been charged with murdering the little girl after a yearlong death investigation and an effort to explain why social workers...

Jackson connected on all 12 of his free throws including six in the final 2:12, part of Memphis (16-7) closing the game with a 21-6 rally. Will Barton and Tarik Black finished with 13 points apiece...

NASHVILLE - Maj. Gen. Max Haston, Tennessee's Adjutant General Saturday announced that National Guard Bureau has released limited information on the future missions and force structure of...

A Knoxville woman is dead after a one-car crash in Union County. It happened around noon on Friday, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Officials report 38-year-old Julie Sellers was...

Library of Congress Wagons like these in Atlanta were the favored form of transportation for Federal generals to bring their armies into East...

Modern historians agree that the battles of Forts Henry and Donelson, sometimes called the "Twin Rivers" campaign, were important dominoes that fell early in the conflict, playing a key...

COVE CREEK, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina transportation crews have removed nearly all the 600 tons of rock that fell on to Interstate 40 in North Carolina just three days after a mud and rock slide in...

A crew began gently removing the Nashville landmark's 61-year-old oak floorboards with pry bars Saturday morning. That's the first step in a two-week renovation that will leave the storied...

Factors including an uncertain economy and longevity of life are pushing more seniors into the role of entrepreneur, according to the Memphis Daily News...

OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) -- An official in western Kentucky is asking the city of Owensboro to put up $3 million to start a project that would move and expand a bluegrass museum before it moves to...

Burglars have hit her home over and over and over. A security system hasn't stopped them. Neither have security bars. Now she's reached her breaking point. See the drastic step she's...

The Grizzlies were unable to hold on to a halftime lead and lost Friday's game to the Thunder 101-94 in Oklahoma City. Marc Gasol had 24 points and eight rebounds and Rudy Gay scored 23 with...

The now-reversed decision of the national Susan G. Komen for the Cure to halt funding to Planned Parenthood wouldn't have had a direct effect in Knoxville, local affiliates of both organizations...

Nearly one-fourth of Tennessee contributors to Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney were from Knox County, according to filings with the Federal Election...

CHATTANOOGA -- The Band Perry, recently nominated for a Best New Artist Grammy Award, will headline Wednesday June 13 at this year's Riverbend Festival, according to Joe "Dixie"...

STEROIDS CONFISCATED $500,000 in steroids seized in Murfreesboro MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Murfreesboro, Tenn., report confiscating illegal steroids with a street value exceeding...

We've talked a lot about KTSC President and CEO Gloria Ray's current salary and bonuses, but who is Gloria Ray? Before the controversy over the past month, Ray had a significant impact...

Many of you watch NewsChannel 9 from the comfort of one of the products that's made locally, and shipped around the country and the world.. La-Z-Boy is the largest manufacturer of upholstered...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Dawn Staley was determined to end South Carolina's long losing streak to Tennessee. It had been 32 years since the Gamecocks last beat the Lady Vols, a drought that...

Kevin Durant scored Oklahoma City's last 10 points Friday, breaking open a tight game and bringing the Thunder a 101-94 win over Memphis. Durant's closing 10 points came over the final...

The country star returned to the stage during The Grand Ole Opry on Friday night, hitting a few high notes in his first public appearance since vocal surgery late last...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's administration has fired two top officials at the Department of Environment and Conservation, while a third has announced his...

DYERSBURG, Tenn. (AP) -- Investigators in Dyer County, Tenn., are awaiting the final coroner's report about the death of a woman who was missing for more than a...

The Smyrna-based helicopter unit will travel to Fort Hood, Texas, for specialized training before continuing on to Afghanistan. The mission is medical evacuation of U.S. and NATO forces and...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A former employee of Shelby County Chancery Court has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for embezzling more than $1...

"A city ordinance fine is only 50 dollars. We need state laws, to encourage people to not dump and throw their trash out.", said Collins. "We have a bill in Nashville right now to do...

Governor Haslam is proposing a half cent tax cut to the 5.5% TN grocery tax Haslam wants to expand estate tax exemption to $1.25 Million Will cost the state 32 Million in 2012 but Haslam says the...

(Memphis 2/3/2012) George Coleman entered a guilty plea today in the rape of an 11-year-old girl. Investigators say the child's mother told police something happened after she found out her...

Troubled Economy Is Impacting More So Than Just Humans Dozens Of Mid-South Horses Have Been Abandoned By Their Owners DeSoto County Horse Rescue Works To Care For & Rehabilitate Animals For...

(Southaven, MS 2/3/2012) Greg Davis may be back at city hall, but for the last two days we are told he hasn't been taking any appointments and by noon Friday workers said he was gone for the...

Senator Mark Norris is putting the brakes on a bill that would take the Gray’s Creek area of Shelby County away from Memphis's annex reserve. The co-sponsor says he’s are doing that...

Former Shelby Mayor's son joins race for General Sessions Clerk Rick Rout says wants to restore integrity to office Rout wants audit of clerk's...

Super Bowl spending is expected to top $11 billion. Research shows more than 5% of game watchers will buy a new tv. Prices will likely be better after the Super Bowl. (Memphis, 02/03/2012) Lots of...

Remote Area Medical is bringing their mission home this weekend. The group will provide free medical, dental, and vision care to patients at the Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park, on February 4-5. ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP, abc24.com) - Teachers and lobbyists would be penalized for defaulting on student loans under legislation headed to the governor for his consideration.The measure sponsored by...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP, abc24.com) - Winter is expected to arrive in Tennessee next week, well behind when the calendar indicated it should be here.Forecasters expect a shift to a more northwest flow...

';This community has a legacy of being on the front lines of civil rights issues,'; saysEdward Stanton, III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of...

Forbes ' 2012 miserable cities list, but still ranked among the nation's 20 most miserable. The Bluff City is No. 16 on the list this year. That's an improvement from No. 6 last year,...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Sen. Joe Haynes announced Friday that he will not seek re-election in 2012, saying a newly redrawn district by Republicans wasn't necessarily a factor in his...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has arrested two people for allegedly bribing voters during an election in a local mayoral...

According to the Cookeville Herald-Citizen, a Cookeville-Putnam County Sports Council is being formed under the umbrella of the Cookeville-Putnam County Convention & Visitors Bureau...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- The Peabody hotel in Memphis has a new "duckmaster" to lead the five North American mallards on their daily trek at the...