Posted: 1:05 PM longtime friend of former Governor Don Sundquist gets probation on his guilty plea in an investigation into state contracts.

Posted: 12:35 PM There has been another heat-related death in Memphis, bringing the statewide toll to 10.

Posted: 12:12 PM The Internal Revenue Service insists the Hamilton County School system must pay $650,000 dollars in penalties and interest for under-reporting payroll taxes.

Posted: 12:11 PM Fed Moves to Stabilize Market With 1 Half-Percentage Point Cut to Loan Discount Rate

Posted: 11:54 AM The family of Staff Sergeant Alicia Birchett says the mother of three died while changing a truck tire when the vehicle's brakes failed.

Posted: 11:43 AM A large organization of doctors in Tennessee is asking colleges to ban alcohol ads in connection with sports programs.

Updated: 10:51 AM From the Volunteer TV Newsroom, all 8 Morgan County schools will dismiss students at 1 PM this afternoon because of air conditioning problems. Stay connected with Volunteer TV News and volunteertv.com for the latest school closings.

Updated: 10:51 AM Utah's governor says there's nothing more selfless than someone giving their life in pursuit of saving someone else, after three of the rescuers working to reach the missing miners were killed last night.

Updated: 11:32 AM For the first time in almost 60 years, an East Tennessee Little League team has won a world series!

Updated: 11:32 AM Expansion Management Magazine ranks the area as the third best in the nation for business and expansion.

Posted: 6:18 PM For the first time a group of girls in Morristown can call themselves world champions.

Updated: 8:23 PM Hundreds of McMinn County residents are looking for a new place to work tonight.

Updated: 8:20 PM Experts say it's important to try and find ways to stay safe during a heat wave, because there are casualties every year.

Posted: 4:44 PM Tennessee's unemployment rate for July remained 4.1 percent, the same as last month.

Posted: 4:41 PM A judge has denied a request by state Senator Ophelia Ford of Memphis to have the state pay the attorney fees she incurred after being ousted from the Legislature.

Posted: 3:42 PM About 37,000 Classic Beautyrest Electric Warming Throws are being voluntarily recalled due to a possible fire hazard.

Posted: 3:17 PM Officials of Robert Bosch Tool Corporation say there is a problem with the trigger switch.

Posted: 3:00 PM An apartment complex manager has sent a threatening letter to residents, telling them if they are in the country illegally they must leave their homes by the end of the month or be arrested and deported.

Updated: 2:52 PM Jurors reached a verdict Thursday in the trial of Jose Padilla and two co-defendants charged with supporting al Qaeda and other violent Islamic extremist groups overseas.

Updated: 2:58 PM Moody's Investors Service today upgraded Tennessee's bond rating following Governor Bredesen's recent presentation to New York rating agencies.

Updated: 2:35 PM Crews from the Knoxville Utility Board are working to repair a 30-inch water main break on Riverside Drive, just east of downtown.

Updated: 8:26 PM A preliminary hearing is underway for two men charged in the murder of a Roane County Sheriff's deputy and his ride-along auxiliary officer.

Updated: 12:33 PM There are two early dismissals for schools today in East Tennessee.

Updated: 3:04 PM Beginning in November, Allegiant Air will offer non-stop jet service to Fort Lauderdale, Florida from McGhee Tyson.

Posted: 11:37 AM The man convicted of leaving the scene of an accident that killed a college student last year learned his fate in a Knoxville courtroom this morning.