More than generating money for educational programs and agricultural grants, there may be another added benefit to the cigarette tax increase taking effect Sunday.

A chance of rain this weekend is just what local lawn care services have been hoping for.

A warrant has been issued for Jason Stanke, the man convicted of leaving the scene of an accident that killed a college student last year.

A fire breaks out at the Grainger County Jail Friday afternoon.

The Campbell County Sheriff's Department has arrested more than a dozen suspected drug dealers.

A man accused of killing three kittens is now facing aggravated animal cruelty charges.

A Knoxville pornography actress didn't show up in court at Lebanon Friday morning on a speeding citation.

A warrant has been issued for Jason Stanke, the man charged with leaving the scene of an accident that killed a college student last year. The latest on Volunteer TV News at Noon.

Another Prostitution sting in East Knoxville busts 13.

A Knoxville man has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty after Knoxville Police say he killed three kittens.

An Alcoa teen takes a plea deal that will put him behind bars for four decades.

Two people were hurt when a semi-truck overturned in Jefferson County.

Knoxville Police say speed played a role in an early morning crash that killed a Seymour woman.

An East Tennessee man gets an unwelcome visitor on his patio.

A member and a relative of the Clinton 12 talk about today's Supreme Court ruling.

For those of you that smoke, you'll be able to save about 32 cents a pack on cigarettes, even after the cigarette tax goes into effect July 1st, all by just driving to Kentucky.

Thursday, the US Supreme Court handed down a major ruling surrounding race and schools.

A forensic anthropologist says the skull and bones found near an East Tennessee lake are those of a woman who went missing nearly 29 years ago.

A former Harriman Police officer's been found guilty of official misconduct by a Roane County judge.

The lack of rain this year is taking a toll on the East Tennessee crops, especially corn and hay.

It's a firefighter’s worst scenario, a drought, heading into the biggest time of the year for fireworks.

The massive blaze that destroyed the New Hope Thrift Store on Highway 66 was arson.

The Federal Reserve left a key interest rate unchanged on Thursday, hoping that a year-long economic slowdown will cause inflation to retreat further.

Imports of five species of farmed Chinese seafood will be detained until they can be shown free of potentially dangerous antibiotics, federal health officials said Thursday.

Some good news for drivers who can fill up with E-85, the alternative environmentally friendly fuel that is said to strengthen the US economy by reducing its energy independence.