Two crimes, an alleged rape and assault, are raising major questions about safety in some areas of Knoxville.

A new West Knoxville nightclub is set to open at the former location of Michael's restaurant and bar.

Authorities launched a multi-agency search after a man allegedly took off with his six year old daughter.

Donna Renfro says she continually asked God for answers and she finally received them in an unlikely situation.

It's the end of an era at Alcoa. When the first shift arrives at the plant Thursday, someone will be missing.

Officially, Knox County doesn't even have a timetable, much less marching orders, for any re-working of who goes to which elementary or middle school. Unofficially, Volunteer TV’s Gordon Boyd learns, some parents are plotting strategies to give themselves more of a say.

The Tennessee Lottery has announced East Tennessee’s newest millionaire. A spokesperson for the Tennessee Lottery says Kathy Rochat of Knoxville is one of four winners of the Million Dollar Madness game.

You're paying more than 40 percent more for a gallon of gas in East Tennessee than you were in January.

More than one hundred workers evacuated from a Y-12 building Wednesday won't know until Wednesday night if they'll be allowed back in the building Thursday.

A student suing the Anderson County School District over their ban of the Confederate Flag has lost a battle in federal court.

Family and friends of a 20-year-old UT student killed in a hit and run accident in September finally have some questions answered.

A Sevierville man is in the hospital after police say a device he was trying to make exploded in his hands.

Knoxville Police Department investigators are looking into whether two overnight assaults are connected.

More than just the Falwell family is mourning the Reverend's death Tuesday in Lynchburg.

Doctors tell a woman her child will need a medical miracle to recover from an illness.

Police say 24-year-old Rafael Mazyck snatched up at least six women's purses at various West Knoxville gas stations last week and was wanted for car theft in South Carolina and more theft in Blount County.

The nation is mourning the loss of reverend and broadcaster 73-year-old, Jerry Falwell.

Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law, but what about the things you write?

WVLT’s Pilot Pete Michaels reports the FAA is calling off the search for the military plane reportedly crashed in Southeastern Kentucky.

Stay with WVLT Volunteer TV News for the latest information.

The Knoxville Fire Department is on the scene of a house fire at 315 Oglewood Drive, that's in North Knoxville.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says TVA can restart the Unit One Reactor at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Alabama.

If you played the Tennessee Lottery's "Million Dollar Madness" game and you bought your ticket in Knoxville, double check your numbers, because you might be a winner!

University of Tennessee officials say they will comply with a subpoena seeking the identities of students accused of illegally sharing music online.

From the Volunteer TV Newsroom: A Liberty University executive says that Reverend Jerry Falwell has died. Details as they become available on VolunteerTV.com and on Volunteer TV News beginning on FIRST at 4:00.

Police in Loudon County are searching for a Kingston man they say stole a semi-truck in Florida and drove it to East Tennessee.