To wear a helmet while riding your motorcycle or not? Is it a question of safety or a question of freedom? Depends on who you ask.

A shirt...a tie...no fun? Well, it all depends on where you wear it. Volunteer TV's Jim Freeman is wearing his at the Street Rod Nationals South right here in Knoxville.

The TBI has arrested two people in connection with a murder on New Years Eve of 2000.

Two local sheriff's deputies are out of a job as an investigation into on-the-job sexual misconduct allegations continues.

State Representative Frank Niceley hasn't decided how he would vote on proposed cable competition legislation backed by telecommunications giant AT&T, but he really likes the high-speed internet access he gets from the company.

WIVK-FM, The Frog Station Picks Up Its Third Radio Industry Award For 2007.

Local authorities now say the preliminary cause of death of body found in West Knoxville is smoke inhalation.

No charges have been filed against a mother who's child was found wandering in Knoxville alone Friday.

Authorities have charged a Morristown man with aggravated animal cruelty for attempting to kill a dog with arrows.

A pet food maker is once again expanding its recall.

A recovering meth addict warns teens that taking meth once is one time too many.

Hands are clasped and heads are bowed as Americans throughout the nation observe "The National Day of Prayer."

New details on a possible Parvo outbreak at a local animal shelter.

Thousands of students will be impacted by the rezoning plan, and while some may adjust to change very well, others may have a more difficult time.

Some parents and students fear the "tweaks" to the Knox County School rezoning plan won't be enough to preserve some family traditions, or years-long friendships.

Shocking new concerns about drug abuse in Knox County, according to the Metropolitan Drug Commission, alcohol remains the most commonly used substance by high school students.

Some school board members offered their own changes, aimed at calming parents and students concerns.

A local church is planning to hold a memorial service for a Knoxville solider killed in Iraq last month.

A Knoxville man is out on bond this morning, accused of raping an employee at Fort Sanders Hospital.

The son-in-law of a woman found bludgeoned to death in her East Tennessee home has been charged in her murder.

KUB's new proposed budget for next year would raise rates for gas and water customers by up to 10 percent.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol calls it the largest such inspection event our country has ever seen.

From the Volunteer TV Newsroom: A Tri-Cities girl at the center of an Endangered Child Alert has been found and the alert has been cancelled. More information available on VolutneerTV.com

An East Tennessee man, involved in a chase and shot by a Grainger County Sheriff's deputy has been arraigned on theft and evading arrest charges.

Twenty-two-year-old Bret Smith was arrested after turning himself in Wednesday on charges of evading arrest and leaving the scene of an accident.