Haslam: 'Occupy' arrests necessary for safety
Updated: 4:17 PM Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam continued Tuesday to defend the arrests of dozens of Occupy Nashville protesters, even though the state has backed down on enforcing a curfew.
Updated: 4:17 PM Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam continued Tuesday to defend the arrests of dozens of Occupy Nashville protesters, even though the state has backed down on enforcing a curfew.
Updated: 9:13 AM Police looking for two armed men who forced their way into a home.
Posted: 11:58 AM Lonny Lee Angel Jr. faces charges of first-degree murder, felony murder and kidnapping in the death of 43-year-old Donny Lawson and is one of four men arrested in the killing.
Posted: 7:56 PM A woman and her on and off boyfriend face charges for stabbing a Fentress County man.
Updated: 7:59 PM A man robbed the Y-12 Federal Credit Union in Jacksboro.
Posted: 4:15 PM A 16 year-old was arrested for a string of car burglaries in north Knoxville which occurred throughout the month, the Knox Co. Sheriff's Office announced on Friday.
Posted: 10:33 AM A medical examination has revealed a single gunshot to the head killed a man as five victims were shot in a house in Chattanooga.
Updated: 11:17 AM A woman charged with killing a Middle Tennessee State University basketball player who was her roommate has been unable to reach a plea agree with prosecutors.
Updated: 10:30 PM An armed man walked into the Cruze Market and Deli, grabbed the cash and took off.
Updated: 8:54 AM Domestic violence victims around Knox County will sleep a little easier Thursday. UT Law School's Order of Protection Day takes trial court on the road.
Updated: 5:12 PM High-rolling, party-mom Leslie Janous learned her fate after pleading guilty to swindling more than $6 million from her former boss.
Posted: 10:57 AM Media outlets report a 4-year-old boy was found unharmed in 52-year-old Keith Gordon Jett's vehicle when he was arrested Wednesday by Fayette County sheriff's deputies in Hico.
Updated: 11:16 PM The Knoxville Police Department says Kayla Stewart is home safe.
Posted: 4:29 PM Authorities have filed federal charges against a man and woman from Tennessee accused of driving a 15-year-old girl they met through Facebook to Illinois to engage in prostitution.
Posted: 2:55 PM A judge in Jonesborough has sentenced a former certified nursing assistant to jail time in a patient abuse case.
Updated: 1:54 PM Parents can drop off an unwanted baby up to three days old to a hospital, fire or police station, the health department or other designated spot.
Posted: 12:07 PM Twenty-one people were rounded up on drug and gun charges over the past several weeks, according to Dept. of Justice indictment unsealed on Tuesday.
Posted: 10:54 AM A Meigs Co. official is behind bars for his alleged role in a murder-for-hire scheme to have his girlfriend's ex-husband killed, according to a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation release.
Posted: 10:00 AM A deputy court clerk in Germantown has resigned and an audit of city funds will be turned over to the district attorney's office.
Posted: 9:57 AM Authorities said William Boyer, who is a pilot for FedEx, owes more than $255,000 in taxes, on which he paid nothing. He was also convicted of trying to conceal his income and filing false tax returns.