Updated: 9:11 PM Cards or pictures colored by your children, even the little Mothers Day gifts your little ones make you at pre-school or in Sunday school like the little flower pots, those are some favorite mothers day gifts.

Updated: 5:39 PM The treatment options for patients with early Parkinson's expanded Wednesday with the approval of a new drug in patch form _ a first for medicines to treat symptoms of the disease.

Posted: 3:53 PM The tax man is really raking it in.

Posted: 2:31 PM Kentucky officials have sued Marathon Petroleum Company Thursday, accusing the fuel supplier of violating state price gouging laws in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.

Updated: 5:03 AM The man accused of killing a former West High School student, who was allegedly having an affair with his wife, has been indicted on murder charges by a Knox County grand jury.

Posted: 12:32 PM A family who has suffered unbearable grief after their daughter’s murder, is getting another glimmer of hope, after a bill is passed Wednesday in her name.

Updated: 12:33 PM Sevierville Police are asking for your help finding a robbery suspect.

Updated: 3:08 PM A Blount County Jail inmate scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning apparently told jailers he would rather have visitation than go to court.

Posted: 10:57 AM The Pentagon is looking for about 1,000 foreign-language speakers who can help the government in times of war and national emergencies.

Updated: 8:19 AM One of President Bush's major allies in the Iraq war, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has announced he is stepping down.

Updated: 7:58 PM Convicted school shooter Kenneth Bartley, Junior, now says he wants to withdraw his plea deal.

Updated: 5:12 AM Fire ants are now marching further north into East Tennessee. UT Researchers say they're now invading subdivisions, schools, and farmland.

Updated: 5:13 AM The Knox County Sheriff's Department is educating parents on the dangers the Internet can pose.

Updated: 5:36 AM Authorities say a Roane County infant, missing for the past week, is now safe and with her father.

Updated: 7:16 AM Every mom deserves some appreciation on Mothers Day. That's the message area shelters are trying to get across with their second annual "Relax With Ross Day."

Updated: 7:17 AM After years of appeals and delays, Phillip Workman is now dead.

Posted: 5:22 PM A judge ordered a Knoxville man to stop operating his envelope-stuffing business Wednesday.

Posted: 4:28 PM From the Volunteer TV Newsroom: Stock prices closed higher on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 54 points to 13,363. Gainers on the New York Stock Exchange outnumbered losers by a 5-3 margin. Stay with Volutneer TV News for the latest.

Posted: 3:50 PM Law enforcement and parks officials say there's no need for Tennessee to allow people to carry concealed guns into state and local parks.

Updated: 7:15 AM A new park named for Tommy Schumpert? Planning money for two branch libraries, better retirement for sheriff's deputies? Knox County’s Mayor says next year's budget can do all that, without raising taxes.

Updated: 7:35 PM Emergency crews are responding to reports of a Knoxville Fire truck involved in an accident.

Posted: 1:50 PM Federal officials say a lightning bolt likely traveled down a pump cable inside a sealed section of the Sago Mine to touch off the methane blast that led to the deaths of 12 miners last year.

Posted: 12:44 PM A group of weekly newspapers in Nashville wants the US Department of Justice to investigate what it calls monopolistic practices by the Tennessean newspaper and its owner, the Gannett Company.

Posted: 12:41 PM The Atlantic's first named storm of the year has formed three weeks before the official start of hurricane season.

Posted: 11:57 AM The air control tower at Dulles International Airport is working out of a backup site right now after fumes cleared the tower Wednesday morning.