Updated: 4:40 PM A former Harriman Police officer's been found guilty of official misconduct by a Roane County judge.

Updated: 9:13 PM The lack of rain this year is taking a toll on the East Tennessee crops, especially corn and hay.

Updated: 3:54 PM It's a firefighter’s worst scenario, a drought, heading into the biggest time of the year for fireworks.

Updated: 9:19 PM The massive blaze that destroyed the New Hope Thrift Store on Highway 66 was arson.

Updated: 2:28 PM The Federal Reserve left a key interest rate unchanged on Thursday, hoping that a year-long economic slowdown will cause inflation to retreat further.

Updated: 10:29 PM 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.

Updated: 12:15 PM 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.

Updated: 8:10 AM Tennessee dismissed walk-on Justin Jackson on Thursday after an arrest on a felony charge of possessing and selling crack cocaine.

Posted: 11:27 AM The American Bald Eagle is soaring again in Tennessee thanks to state and citizen-led restoration efforts. But activist Al Cecere says the work to fully restore the national bird isn't over.

Updated: 12:23 PM The Senate drove a stake Thursday through President Bush's plan to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants, likely postponing major action on immigration until after the 2008 elections.

Posted: 10:35 AM State Ethics commissioners, charged with making state government more accountable and ethical, want to meet privately with a representative of the state Attorney General's Office.

Updated: 2:55 PM The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected school diversity plans that take account of students' race in two major public school districts but left the door open for using race in limited circumstances.

Updated: 3:29 PM Continental Flight 2175 from Nashville to Houston is diverted to Knoxville after a landing gear problem. The plane landed safely at McGhee Tyson.

Updated: 5:23 AM Police in Lenior City are looking for a man who robbed a gas station.

Posted: 5:21 AM Fire crews in Monroe County battled a fire at a trailer that may have exploded.

Updated: 8:40 AM Firefighters are investigating a difficult house fire that damaged a home in North Knoxville and sent one firefighter to the hospital.

Updated: 7:41 AM The ongoing drought may dry up more than your lawn. It could also leave your wallet barren as well.

Posted: 10:42 PM A Knox County Sheriff's Deputy is involved in a minor accident.

Updated: 4:18 PM Nineteen-million-dollars. We told you Tuesday that's how much more money Knox County could get to spend on education.Now, this number $3.8 million, that's how much less Sevier County's getting than expected.

Updated: 8:57 PM A number of states and local governments have held off on passing their own immigration crackdowns, waiting for federal action. But as Volunteer TV’s Gordon Boyd found out, some have run out of patience already.

Updated: 9:03 PM The annual National HIV Testing Day campaign produced by the National Association of People with AIDS tries to encourage people at risk to receive voluntary HIV counseling and testing.

Posted: 4:00 PM The State Department of Economic and Community Development announced the creation of a new position to manage the state's energy policy Wednesday.

Updated: 9:05 PM If you smoke, you have until Sunday, then Tennessee more than triples its tax on cigarettes.

Updated: 7:41 AM Manufacturer Boeing is ceasing operations in the Secret City after 25 years. Boeing will be handing over the manufacture of USEC American Centrifuge parts to BWXT.

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