Updated: 4:18 PM A public interest education group wants states to overhaul what it calls antiquated teacher policies.

Posted: 8:49 AM Tennessee's defense attorneys receive less than half the financial resources that are available to prosecutors in indigent cases.

Posted: 8:45 AM A ten million dollar lawsuit has been filed as a result of the fatal accident during a charity parade in Selmer, Tennessee.

Updated: 4:48 AM Today is National HIV Testing Day.

Updated: 3:52 PM A new traffic study may just get you to your destinations a little faster.

Posted: 10:40 PM An inmate accused of escaping from a police cruiser last week is back in custody.

Updated: 9:37 PM More than 60 million American families have at least one pet. Most of us think of our pets as a member of the family.

Updated: 9:19 PM It's hard for most of us to imagine life without one of our senses, especially not being able to see or hear, two of the things we rely most on each day.

Updated: 9:38 PM Tennessee is receiving national attention after being named a national hub for bio-energy.

Updated: 9:34 PM This drought we've been in can attract rodents to your home.

Updated: 8:55 PM Volunteer TV News is receiving reports of storm damage in McMinn County, including roofs ripped off homes and trees down. Stay with WVLT Volunteer TV News for the latest information.

Posted: 3:30 PM The driver of a tour bus that crashed in Southern Kentucky has died at a Nashville hospital.

Updated: 2:10 PM The Senate voted Tuesday to jump-start a stalled immigration measure to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants.

Updated: 2:09 PM A coroner says a number of bone fragments found in a metal barrel in the Lilly community of Southern Kentucky were human.

Updated: 4:36 PM Authorities say a Tennessee man who lost his ball in a Venice, Florida, golf course pond survived a gator attack.

Posted: 12:12 PM An annual report shows the Volunteer State is taking steps to improve the welfare of its children, especially in the area of infant mortality.

Updated: 9:25 PM Two accidents within two hours this morning, on the same road, claim two lives, and leave two young girls injured.

Updated: 4:25 PM Paris Hilton is a free woman.

Posted: 10:31 PM Federal Safety officials have ordered a tiny tire importer in New Jersey to recall as many as 450,000 tires that it bought from a Chinese manufacturer and sold to U.S. distributors.

Updated: 9:22 PM A law enforcement official close to the investigation tells The Associated Press that pro wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife and smothered his son before hanging himself in his weight room.

Updated: 3:58 PM A Sevier County church is rebuilding it's drug and alcohol rehabilitation ministry after the thrift store that funded it burned to the ground on Friday.

Posted: 6:00 PM You now have another choice in where you can give blood.

Updated: 10:12 PM Controversy surrounding questionable spending in Knox County government has led county officials to take a closer look at some of the procedures in place.

Updated: 4:18 PM Governor Bredesen has signed over Knox County’s share of basic education funding for next year.

Updated: 5:12 PM TWRA officers caught a black bear in Alcoa Friday night, but received several calls this weekend about another bear on the loose in North Knox County.