Updated: 9:26 PM Every two hours someone, somewhere, dies in a house fire and the winter months are often the worst for that to happen.

Updated: 9:27 PM The case against a woman, charged with animal cruelty is now in the hands of the grand jury.

Updated: 6:12 PM A retailer that accounts for about 40 percent of all DVD sales is going to offer about 3,000 movie and TV shows to buy and download over the internet.

Posted: 3:50 PM Young Aaron Estep is being thanked for his courage in Kingsport.

Posted: 12:09 PM The Sheriff's Department is not releasing the names of the four children in the Debuty family. But we know that three children killed in the fire went to school at Friendsville Elementary.

Updated: 9:24 PM A man accused of breaking into the home of a Loudon County elderly couple Monday night, is now behind bars.

Posted: 11:25 AM Police have cited two people, involved in an early morning crash on Rutledge Pike.

Updated: 3:21 PM Nelson County Coroner Field Houghlin says the death toll in a morning house fire in Bardstown has risen to ten. Nine bodies were found in the house and one died at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown.

Posted: 6:14 AM Fire has destroyed a vacant home in Sevier County Monday night.

Posted: 6:12 AM The Knoxville Fire Department is investigating a house fire that sparked late Monday night in West Knoxville.

Updated: 10:51 AM A tragic fire in Blount County has killed four children. Around 5:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, firefighters responded to frantic 911 calls from Miser Station Road in the community of Friendsville.

Updated: 9:09 AM Authorities have one person in custody after a home invasion.

Updated: 8:46 AM Governor Bredesen talks about his plans for the future of education in Tennessee.

Updated: 8:38 AM To fund these new initiatives, Governor Bredesen proposed using some state lottery funds, as well as an increase in the state's cigarette tax, which is now among the lowest in the nation.

Posted: 6:19 PM More questions are arising about the backgrounds of newly appointed commissioners.

Updated: 9:18 PM Nearly two hundred union workers are on strike at Loudon's International Muffler Company, formerly known as Maremont.

Updated: 9:17 PM Our Tennessee Traveler attends a very special birthday party.

Posted: 5:31 PM On New Year's Day, Knoxville Police officers were on guard while six women, victims of domestic violence, packed their belongings and escaped their abusers. Domestic violence is a vicious cycle of abuse that most victims find hard to break.

Updated: 9:21 PM Jefferson County's long awaited justice center is finally open. The $16 million dollar courthouse and jail has been in the works for more than three years.

Posted: 4:07 PM From the Volunteer TV Newsroom: There's been a large water main break at the intersection of University and Western. If your commute home this afternoon takes you through this area, you should consider an alternative route. Volunteer TV News has a crew en route to the scene and Pete Michaels is headed over the area right now, we'll have the latest on FIRST at 4:00.

Updated: 5:57 PM Three days after his case was transfered to adult court, Kenny Bartley, Jr, has been indicted in connection with the Campbell County school shooting.

Posted: 3:55 PM Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale has announced his selection for the new Knox County Ethics Committee.

Updated: 9:19 PM Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale is asking county commissioners to un-do, what Tennessee's Supreme Court ruled that they, and only they could do: replace the term-limited twelve.

Posted: 2:06 PM More than 250 East Tennessee auto plant workers are on strike this afternoon.

Posted: 2:01 PM Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam's annual budget retreat is underway.