Updated: 9:10 PM Prosecutors in Knoxville say former Knox County Trustee Mike Lowe paid employees who never performed work.

Updated: 1:38 PM An antiquated tariff designed to protect American textile mills from foreign competitors is being blamed for threatening a Rockwood company that manufactures carbon fiber.

Updated: 1:23 PM A British government official who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the investigation said details had emerged that were indicative of a "terrorist-motivated attack."

Posted: 12:53 PM It's the end of school and the start of summer vacation for thousands of students in Knox County.

Updated: 12:48 PM A husband and wife had to be cut from their SUV after it flipped several times off an I-75 overpass and onto Emory Rd. during rush hour Wednesday morning, authorities said.

Updated: 11:31 AM A man being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case was shot to death at his home by an FBI agent Wednesday after turning violent, officials said.

Updated: 1:46 PM Monday's tornado killed at least 24 people, destroyed countless homes and reduced one elementary school almost entirely to rubble, killing seven children inside.

Updated: 6:03 AM Investigators determined the it was started near a wall socket in the front living room and ruled it an accident. Two people were sent to the hospital.

Updated: 5:47 AM A former death row inmate is set to be released from prison after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder of a Memphis police officer.

Updated: 11:31 PM Scott County's hospital is getting ready to make a comeback after massive layoffs and a total shutdown. The paperwork for Pioneer Health Services to acquire the hospital is on the desk of the Attorney General.

Updated: 11:37 PM A new law, designed to protect those that can't help themselves, is signed into law in Caryville.

Updated: 6:22 PM Help Local 8 News Saturday morning anchor and reporter Allie Spillyards raise money for Horse Haven by buying a painting.

Updated: 6:06 PM A safety team in Dollywood's safety department tracks severe storms approaching the area to keep guests safe.

Updated: 10:43 PM Less than 24 hours after a devastating tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma, people in the volunteer state were gearing up to help.

Updated: 6:58 PM Many of us in East Tennessee know what people in Oklahoma are going through. A tornado last year killed two people in Cumberland County and another twister ripped through Tellico Plains. Teachers are talking to kids about disaster and death.

Updated: 6:27 AM The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph.

Updated: 4:28 PM An emergency official said Oklahoma has reinforced tornado shelters in hundreds of schools across the state, but the two that were hit by this week's storms in suburban Oklahoma City did not have them

Posted: 3:57 PM Six people are charged after two meth labs were found in one place.

Updated: 5:33 AM A tornado is often considered the most powerful storm on earth wind speed can exceed too miles per hour. We classify these tornadoes based on what's called the Enhanced Fujita scale.

Posted: 2:10 PM With the spring semester of his sophomore year in the books, Richardson is spending the month of May in his hometown of Edmond, Okla.

Posted: 11:26 AM Gov. Bill Haslam has signed into law revisions to the state conservatorship statute allowing the court to appoint a conservator to manage the assets of a person found unable to handle his or her own affairs.

Updated: 11:08 AM President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history.

Updated: 11:07 AM Knoxville pet sitting pro wants to help people heading to Oklahoma to be with family affected by the tornado.

Updated: 12:09 PM Two injured in bus accident on Johnson Gap Road

Updated: 7:13 AM The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development says the new facility to apply finishing services to rebar now made at the company's Lonsdale mill.