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NJ Importer Askes to Recall Tires

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.

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Official: Pro Wrestler Benoit Killed Family, Self

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.

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Ministry Trying to Recover

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.

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Bear Wanders Through West Knox Neighborhoods

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.

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CAC Delivers Fans, Air Conditions

Posted: 4:53 PM Hot doesn't begin to describe a day like today, especially if you're living without air-conditioning. But there are people doing just that at this very moment.

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Emergency Rooms Seeing Heat-Related Illnesses

Posted: 3:57 PM The pools and lakes were packed with people enjoying the first weekend of summer but local emergency departments were busy too, treating people who had a little too much fun in the sun.

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Severe Weather in East Tennessee

Updated: 3:50 PM A FLASH FLOOD WARNING is in effect for Cocke County until 6:30 p.m. In addition to this warning we are experiencing pop-up storms and unstable weather throughout the East Tennessee area.

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Worst Drought On Record Affects Animals Both Wild And Tame

Posted: 2:43 PM The combination of a late freeze and the worst drought on record is affecting livestock and wild animals across the state. It also could prompt the governor to ask for emergency farm relief for the second time this year.

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Fatal Bus Crash in Central Kentucky

Updated: 2:36 PM One woman is dead and 66 people are injured after an early morning bus crash on I-65 South just outside of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Many of the crash victims were children.

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Helpful Heroes Back Home

Posted: 11:01 AM This weekend's Heroes at Home event aimed to live up to its name.

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10 Commandments For Drivers

Posted: 12:07 AM Thou shall not speed isn't in the bible, but it is on a new set of 10 Commandments

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Bloomsday at UT

Posted: 12:00 AM The drought didn't keep folks from checking checking out Bloomsday at the University of Tennessee Gardens.

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Update: Sevier County Thrift Store Fire

Updated: 3:58 PM The embers are still so hot that investigators haven't been able to get and determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a Sevier County thrift store.

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