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High temperatures and air conditioning problems are forcing nine East Tennessee schools to dismiss early today. Stay with volunteertv.com and Volunteer TV News for continued coverage of this developing story.

A standoff in West Knoxville is over. One man is in custody.

Three lanes of I-40 in West Knoxville closed for a short time Wednesday morning due to a dump truck accident.

Early mornings keep you busy on the roadways, but health experts say it's also one of most active times for mosquitoes and the Knox County Health Department says the blood-hungry bugs have increased ten fold in recent weeks.

Hundreds of security police officers at the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Plant have a new five year contract.

A fire took away their home but now your generosity could give them a fresh start.

Each year it seems school starts earlier and earlier.

One person is dead after his truck crashed into a gas station in Bell County, Kentucky and caught on fire.

An eastern Kentucky mother accused of abandoning her newborn baby on the steps of a church has pleaded not guilty to felony charges.

Three fire departments in Blount County are teaming up to battle fires in the hot weather.

(Kentucky) WVLT-A woman missing from Southern Kentucky has been found 60 miles away in Campbell County.

(Knoxville) WVLT-Parents, check your children's toy box. More massive recalls from Mattel, the second recall in just two weeks.

The lawyer for a Selmer woman convicted last year of killing her preacher husband says she is free today.

(Baghdad) WVLT- The U.S. military confirms five service members have been killed in chopper crash west of Baghdad.

(Monroe Co.) WVLT-A Monroe County man is being held on a $100,000 dollar bond, after authorities say they recovered equipment used to make counterfeit money.

(Monroe Co.) WVLT-Monroe County authorities are investigating child rape allegations.

It was so hot today that one entire East Tennessee school district closed their doors early.

(AP) Toy-making giant Mattel Inc. issued recalls Tuesday for millions of Chinese-made toys that contain magnets that can be swallowed by children or could have lead paint. New details First on Volunteer TV News at Noon.

Knox County Sheriff's Deputies have identified the man who drowned yesterday in the Fox Road Marina.

West Knoxville (WVLT) -A Knox County woman is cited for failure to yield, following an early morning school bus crash.

Parents of students at Greenback School say some classrooms still don't have working air conditioning.

A Tennessee mas has been indicted on several charges in connection with an accident on I-75 that killed an 8 year old boy and a pregnant woman.

When school doors open at the end of the day, teachers have their eyes on your kids, but Knoxville Police have their eyes on you.

Governor Phil Bredesen is taking a look at how to pay for bridge repairs in Tennessee.