Posted: 1:33 PM US Representative Zach Wamp criticized the Tennessee Valley Authority for paying $1.6 million in a severance package to a top executive who left the utility after three years.

Posted: 12:24 PM Christmas came a little early for the Karns Volunteer Fire Department.

Updated: 3:06 PM Miss USA Tara Conner, who had come under criticism amid rumors she had been frequenting bars while underage, will be allowed to keep her title, Donald Trump announced Tuesday.

Updated: 12:03 PM It's still slow going for people driving through one North Knoxville neighborhood.

Updated: 10:29 PM The White House says First Lady Laura Bush had a skin cancer tumor removed from her right shin in early November.

Posted: 12:06 AM Authorities are investigating two different incidents within less than an hour of each other.

Updated: 7:51 AM How to protect your home from getting broken into this Holiday season.

Updated: 9:32 PM You likely walked past many Angel Trees while Christmas shopping, maybe even grabbing one or two. WVLT Volunteer TV's Stacy McCloud shows you the gratitude of some East Tennesseans receiving gifts from an angel tree you didn't see.

Posted: 6:16 PM Tennessee school systems will get vouchers for Microsoft software, amounting to about $16.40 for each student, from a settlement of an unlawful trade practices lawsuit against the technology company.

Posted: 5:49 PM University of Tennessee officials hope work can begin next year on the first residence hall built at the flagship campus since 1969.

Posted: 5:43 PM It's shaping up to be a busy week on the roads and in the air. AAA predicts 65-million people will be going somewhere for Christmas, more than 52 million by car and 8 million by air.

Updated: 9:35 PM Your rights as a voter were the focus of part of today's Knox County Commission meeting.

Posted: 4:56 PM General Motors may build a large crossover vehicle for Chevrolet at the plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, that now builds Saturns.

Updated: 9:30 PM A suspected bank robber is nabbed in a limo trying to get out of town.

Posted: 3:33 PM The government on Monday filed civil charges against former Fannie Mae chief Franklin Raines and the mortgage giant's former finance chief and controller, seeking fines and the return of millions in bonus money said to be tied to an improper accounting scheme.

Updated: 5:06 PM Residents around Tellico Plains were shaken awake this morning by a small earthquake.

Updated: 2:30 PM Federal prosecutors announced today that Former State Senator John Ford has been indicted on new charges.

Posted: 12:05 PM The wait is over after years of trying to figure out what to do with the former site of the Farmer's Market.

Updated: 6:07 AM A family that moved to Sevier County after losing their home to Hurricane Katrina and then lost their house to a fire in Sevierville are getting some support from some new friends from back home.

Updated: 11:40 AM A body found in a snow cave on Mount Hood by searchers looking for three missing climbers is the same climber who placed a distress call to relatives a little more than a week ago, a person close to the family and a military official said Monday.

Posted: 9:35 PM On the grounds of Church Street United Methodist this afternoon you could hear the sounds of Bethlehem.

Posted: 9:32 PM An Ohio man has been brought back to Bell County Kentucky to face charges of rape.

Updated: 6:25 AM Union County Officials have discovered the body of a Knoxville man in an area trailer park.

Updated: 9:33 PM For the second time in two months, two abandoned houses in East Knoxville have fallen victim to fire.

Updated: 9:38 PM One person is under arrest, another, sent to UT hospital after an incident in the 22-hundred block of Martin Luther King Junior Avenue just after 2 this morning.