Posted: 6:27 AM - Monday's tornado killed at least 24 people, destroyed countless homes and reduced one elementary school almost entirely to rubble, killing seven children inside.

Posted: 05/21/2013 - Six people are charged after two meth labs were found in one place.

Updated: 05/21/2013 - A safety team in Dollywood's safety department tracks severe storms approaching the area to keep guests safe.

Updated: 05/21/2013 - Many of us in East Tennessee know what people in Oklahoma are going through. A tornado last year killed two people in Cumberland County and another twister ripped through Tellico Plains. Teachers are talking to kids about disaster and death.

Updated: 05/21/2013 - Less than 24 hours after a devastating tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma, people in the volunteer state were gearing up to help.

Updated: 6:27 AM - The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph.

Updated: 5:33 AM - A tornado is often considered the most powerful storm on earth wind speed can exceed too miles per hour. We classify these tornadoes based on what's called the Enhanced Fujita scale.

Updated: 05/21/2013 - An emergency official said Oklahoma has reinforced tornado shelters in hundreds of schools across the state, but the two that were hit by this week's storms in suburban Oklahoma City did not have them

Updated: 5:47 AM - A former death row inmate is set to be released from prison after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder of a Memphis police officer.

Posted: 05/21/2013 - With the spring semester of his sophomore year in the books, Richardson is spending the month of May in his hometown of Edmond, Okla.

Updated: 05/21/2013 - Two injured in bus accident on Johnson Gap Road

Updated: 05/21/2013 - Sexual assault suspect, Richard Sullivan, was captured around 9:00 p.m. Monday night.

Updated: 05/21/2013 - Death toll revised down to 24 but likely to rise as rescuers sift through area savaged by mammoth twister; at least 7 kids killed

Updated: 05/21/2013 - Tina and Stewart Hedger spent Monday afternoon calling on friends and family in Oklahoma to make sure they survived the massive tornado. They knew family is safe, but there was still one couple they hadn't heard from.

Updated: 05/21/2013 - Help Local 8 News Saturday morning anchor and reporter Allie Spillyards raise money for Horse Haven by buying a painting.

Updated: 05/21/2013 - Knoxville pet sitting pro wants to help people heading to Oklahoma to be with family affected by the tornado.