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KFD: East Knoxville fire is 'suspicious'
Investigators have labeled an east Knoxville house fire that sent two women to the hospital as suspicious. It happened around 8:30 p.m. Saturday at a home on Morningside Drive. The home was...


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East Knoxville house fire ruled suspicious
KNOXVILLE -- An East Knoxville house fire that sent two residents to the hospital with minor burns Saturday night now is being called suspicious by arson...
Meet Herschend, Dolly's silent partner in family fun parks
Herschend Family Entertainment didn't take center stage last month when country star Dolly Parton and Gaylord Entertainment unveiled plans for a new water and snow family fun park near the...
Westbound lanes back open on I-40 after rockslide cleanup
Officials confirmed Sunday morning that westbound traffic is now moving again on Interstate 40 at at mile marker 451 in Cocke County. Both lanes are back open in North Carolina, according to the...
Mother, daughter injured in Knoxville house fire
The Knoxville Fire Department is investigating a house fire in East Knoxville that sent a mother and her daughter to the hospital Saturday night. According to Capt. D.J. Corcoran, a spokesman for...
East Tennesseans receive free healthcare
Hundreds of East Tennesseans gathered at Chilhowee Park Saturday to receive free healthcare from Remote Area Medical. The Knoxville-based group plans to offer free dental and eye care to over 1,000...
Ray maintains competitive spirit amid KTSC turmoil
In a May 27, 1999 photograph, Knoxville Sports Corporation President and CEO Gloria Ray is seen in the $9.3 million Women's Basketball Hall of Fame during final preparation for its opening....
Haslam seeks more control over Tennessee's agencies
In general, critics see Haslam's legislative proposals as an unwarranted assertion of executive political power that undermines the independent operations of agencies. These agencies, they...
City has no independent record of KTSC performance evaluations
The city of Knoxville has no records of Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corp. performance reviews before it has given money to the marketing group under the current contract, which has been about $1...
TVA's Watts Bar project will take longer, cost more
TVA disclosed Friday that finishing the second reactor at its Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant will take at least a year longer than the five years planned for the...
UT educators like Haslam's budget proposal
$12.3 million increase in funding for the UT system based on the outcomes-based formula outlined in the Complete College Tennessee Act, which rewards schools for increased degree productivity,...
All Westbound lanes back open on I-40 after rockslide cleanup
All lanes of I-40 Westbound at mile marker 451 in Cocke County are back open for traffic following 2 rock slides that closed them last week. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says the lanes opened back up...
T-DOT to open part of I-40 closed by rockslide
Part of I-40 Westbound, that was closed due to a rockslide earlier this week, should be open by early Sunday, according to T-DOT. T-DOT spokesperson Mark Nagi says I-40 Westbound at mile marker 451...
Knoxville-based RAM aims to help more people in more places
JILL MCNEAL 6 News Anchor/Reporter KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Knoxville-based Remote Area Medical offers free care to the poor all over the world. But this weekend they're serving their hometown, like...
Two injured in East Knoxville house fire
KNOXVILLE (WATE) - A woman and her daughter were taken to the hospital after a house fire in East Knoxville. It happened around 8 p.m. on Morningside Drive near Dandridge Avenue. The two women...
Two suffer minor injuries in East Knox fire
Two residents were taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center with minor injuries after fire ignited in an East Knoxville home this...
Mother-Daugher injured in Knoxville house fire
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....
One hundred cruise passengers struck by norovirus
Officials with Princess Cruise Lines say a stomach virus affected nearly 100 passengers on a ship that arrived in South Florida. Meanwhile, passengers on another ship were complaining of...
Haslam administration fires 2 top TDEC leaders
TDEC also plans to roll three divisions that deal with water into one, and it will consolidate the solid and hazardous waste division with the division that deals with toxic...
The Watsons say thanks to EMHE volunteers
Volunteers spent countless hours in the rain and mud to build the Watson family a new home. Saturday they found a way to thank them for it. The Watsons showed their gratitude to volunteers who were...
SWAT standoff ends peacefully near Chattanooga
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...
Knoxville man arrested in connection to bank robbery
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...
Update: Wounded dog gets new home, new name
Wyatt, the 3 year old golden retriever who was found with multiple gunshots and a broken jaw now has a new home and a new name. The animal was adopted on Saturday by Lauren Monroe at the Rocky Hill...
FBI Safe Streets Task Force collars robbery suspect
The FBI and local authorities have arrested a 39-year-old Knoxville man and charged him in connection with robbing the Enrichment Federal Credit Union on...
Knoxville woman dies in Maynardville wreck
According to a THP news release, Julie A. Sellers, 38, died from injuries sustained in a 12:42 p.m. wreck on Friday at 345 Monroe Road. The vehicle, a 1995 Chevrolet Blazer, was westbound and...
TDOT: One lane of I-40 near rockslide could reopen Sunday
One lane of Interstate 40 near Tuesday's rockslide in Cocke County could reopen Sunday. Mark Nagi, spokesman for the Tennessee Dept. of Transportation, says crews have cleared about 70 percent...
Area kids run wild at the zoo
A threat of rain didn't stop area kids from taking part in the Covenant Kids Kickoff run at the Knoxville Zoo. This was the first race in a series of runs over the next 2 months that will end...
Romney eyes win in quiet Nevada caucuses
Republican presidential front runner Mitt Romney reached for his second straight victory Saturday in quiet Nevada caucuses, a contest that Newt Gingrich and the rest of his rivals conceded in...
Business Bulletins February 5
Small Business Development Center, Knoxville: offers a Small Business Startup seminar 9 a.m.-noon Tuesday at the Knoxville Chamber. Registration:...
Medical volunteers busy in free clinic at Chilhowee Park
Dr. Shelia Fuller, left, checks the eyes of Genise Knight during a Remote Area Medical clinic at Chilhowee Park on Saturday, February 4,...
Knoxville-based 134th ARW set to lose aircraft in restructuring
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...
Crews clear nearly all rock from NC I-40 rockslide
RALEIGH - Crews from the N.C. Department of Transportation have made strong progress clearing debris from the rockslide that occurred around noon on Friday, Feb. 3, on Interstate 40 West at mile...
Knoxville woman killed in Union County wreck
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...