May 19, 2013
A Local 8 Weather Alert has been issued for today. Because of the threat of rain, thunder and even hail, outdoor activities may be disrupted or inconvenienced. What's going on? An upper-level low will be moving across East Tennessee today, creating a more unstable atmosphere.
Posted: 11:47 AM - A Maryville man died in a car wreck Saturday morning according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Read More
Updated: 8:44 AM - Plan your weekend with this Knoxville weekend event planner from Local 8 News. Read More
Updated: 05/17/13 - The jury sentenced George Thomas to life with parole for the murders of Channon Christian and Christoper Newsom. He'll be eligible for release in 45 years, since he's already served six years. Read More
Posted: 05/17/13 - The nightmare for the Christian and Newsom families began in 2007. One Saturday night, a date night for Chris and Channon turned out to be their last. Read More
Posted: 05/17/13 - Church responds after former pastor turns himself in. Read More
Updated: 05/17/13 - Monroe County deputies bust $30,000 worth of marijuana, thanks to a tip. Read More
Updated: 05/17/13 - The sound of bluegrass and smell of barbeque is in downtown Sevierville this weekend as an annual festival gets underway. Read More
Updated: 05/16/13 - One Morgan County man was arrested after police found a loaded gun in his back pocket. Johnny Swint told police he didn't know he still had that gun when he walked in to file some paperwork. Read More
Posted: 05/17/13 - Authorities in Germany are investigating the death of a Japanese chef following a fight with two customers who had complained about his food. Read More
Posted: 05/17/13 - Sevier County deputies arrested a Knox County man in connection with several rental cabin burglaries. Read More
Updated: 05/17/13 - Time to roll out the dough! Grab your appetite and the family for some weekend food and fun in Downtown Knoxville. Read More
Updated: 05/17/13 - Around thirty middle-school and high-school students were forced to make an extra stop this morning when their bus caught fire near the intersection of Bradshaw Garden and Pleasant Ridge. Read More
Updated: 05/16/13 - Police are looking for a man who held up the Wendy's at 8305 Kingston Pike just before 9:30 Thursday night. Read More
Updated: 05/17/13 - Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize. Read More
Posted: 05/17/13 - Millions of U.S. children are living with mental health disorders, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Read More
A judge has sentenced a Clarksville woman convicted of assault for pouring hot oatmeal on her husband to diversion. Read More
Searchers in the woods near Bell Buckle have found the body of a man who had been missing for three days. Read More
An inmate who escaped from a Kentucky prison more than two years ago has been caught in Kingsport, Tenn. Read More
A gang leader has been sentenced to serve more than 78 years in a federal prison for his role in three armed home invasion robberies in Nashville. Read More
Monroe County deputies bust $30,000 worth of marijuana, thanks to a tip. Read More
Sevier County deputies arrested a Knox County man in connection with several rental cabin burglaries. Read More
Police are looking for a man who held up the Wendy's at 8305 Kingston Pike just before 9:30 Thursday night. Read More
No verdict in the George Thomas. The judge dismissed the jury at 8:00 p.m. for the night. Read More
Millions of U.S. children are living with mental health disorders, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Read More
Habitat for Humanity spent years in Granbury's Rancho Brazos Estates subdivision, helping to build many of the 110 homes in the low-income area. Read More
The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's border woes. Read More
Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize. Read More
A French police official says jewelry worth about $1 million has been stolen from a safe in a Cannes hotel room, against the backdrop of the Riviera resort town's film festival. Read More
Authorities in Germany are investigating the death of a Japanese chef following a fight with two customers who had complained about his food. Read More
In Basra, mourners on Friday carried the coffin of Mohammed Aboud, who they say was killed by a sniper fire near the shrine of Sayida Zeinab outside the capital of Damascus five days before. Read More
A six-member U.N. team led by a former Syrian planning minister is drawing up a comprehensive postwar reconstruction plan even as the country's civil war rages on with no apparent end in sight. Read More
Posted: 05/17/13 - Country star Randy Travis has sued two agencies to block the public release of patrol car video of his 2012 DWI arrest in North Texas. Read More
Posted: 05/17/13 - Millions of fans actually watched the season-two finale of the ABC drama "Scandal" the old-fashioned way: on a TV screen, as it was fed from the network to their local affiliates. Read More
Updated: 05/17/13 - Millions of U.S. children are living with mental health disorders, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Read More
Posted: 05/17/13 - The U.N.'s global health agency said Friday that its expert group on immunization believes a single dose of vaccination is sufficient to confer lifelong immunity against the disease. Read More
