Updated: 12:41 PM Police were tipped March 11 that a school bus was sitting in a church parking lot with the engine running. Police found Hembree sitting behind the wheel. There were no children on board.

Posted: 12:29 PM The Tennessee Department of Children's Services has disciplined three high-ranking employees over child death record-keeping.

Updated: 5:23 PM Aluminum giant Alcoa will add 200 hundred new permanent jobs as part of a $275 million dollar expansion to its rolling mill in Alcoa.

Updated: 3:04 PM A local commissioner thought it was just a mosquito bite, but it was much worse. He was bitten by a brown recluse spider.

Updated: 12:16 PM As the sun rose, flames rekindled and smoke started pouring out again forcing firefighters to come back, too, to take care of hot spots.

Updated: 11:46 PM Surveillance video showed a man dressed in black inside the Sprint Store on the Parkway. Police say this thief stole more than $50,000 in iPhones and other smart phones.

Updated: 5:21 AM The city of Knoxville is working to update its sign ordinance. Tonight, a task force hosted a public forum to get your feedback.

Posted: 10:45 PM A former Harlan County pastor faces 20 yearS behind bars after a jury found him guilty of sex abuse.

Updated: 11:17 PM Some UT workers are fighting back against what they call disrespect and abuse from their bosses. They had a community forum to show unity and air grievances against their supervisors.

Updated: 6:53 PM Several dozen people gathered in Knoxville's Krutch Park Wednesday to rally for immigration reform.

Updated: 6:39 PM How would you like to have a record of your parents' thoughts and memories? Maybe a collection of your life stories for your children to read? That's what one group in Knoxville is creating.

Updated: 10:36 PM Now, the morning after pill is available to girls as young as 15 and they don't need their parents' consent.

Posted: 5:10 PM Two people in Hawkins County now face charges in connection with the theft of several items from a Rogersville property.

Posted: 1:52 PM When the legislature failed to extend the life of the Judicial Nominating Commission, it effectively ended merit-based selection of judges in Tennessee.

Posted: 1:49 PM Proponents of a new set of uniform benchmarks for math and reading say they're needed to better prepare students for college and the workforce.

Updated: 5:27 AM One of the nation's most influential attorneys has signed on to serve as "special independent counsel" to Pilot Flying J as it battles federal allegations it underpaid on rebates.

Posted: 1:15 PM The money will help farmers and forestland owners install conservation practices that manage nutrients, pathogens, and sediments.

Posted: 12:59 PM The 56 year-old is charged with possession of schedule II controlled substance with intent to deliver and Child abuse/neglect. She is being held in the Hawkins Co. Jail on $20,000 bond.

Posted: 12:47 PM The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation today increased the reward for the remaining at large fugitive wanted for the murder of a Franklin County man in March 2013.

Posted: 12:47 PM Since 2002, they've been releasing predatory beetles, which feed only on adelgids, and hope that these two new beetles will help them keep the species under control.

Updated: 5:06 PM Some of the lowest-paid workers at the University of Tennessee are meeting to discuss long-standing grievances, which they say had led to a 50% turnover rate.

Posted: 10:28 AM TWRA Executive Director Ed Carter said anglers have a good safety record in fishing below Cumberland River dams and the agency doesn't see the justification of banning tailwater fishing.

Posted: 10:22 AM Thirty-eight year old Steven Gifford has been charged with Aggravated Arson, according to the Knoxville Fire Dept.'s Fire Explosive Investigation Unit.

Posted: 8:43 AM A young Sevierville man, charged in a fatal crash with a church van, has pleaded guilty in an earlier robbery scheme.

Updated: 5:34 PM A Campbell County woman's showing her Volunteer Spirit for the hospital caring for her granddaughter, by collecting blankets.