Lafollette Man Shoots Would-Be Robbers
Updated: 12:43 PM They didn't get quite what they were expecting, after Campbell County authorities say two men tried to rob a home in Lafollette.
Updated: 12:43 PM They didn't get quite what they were expecting, after Campbell County authorities say two men tried to rob a home in Lafollette.
Updated: 1:33 PM Funeral arrangements are complete for Christopher Newsom.
Updated: 1:44 PM It has been an eventful day for investigators looking into the murder of one man and the disappearance of his girlfriend. Around 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, police announced the discovery of a second body.
Police confirm they have positively identified that body as that of 21-year-old Channon Christian.
Updated: 3:13 PM Republicans have seized control of the Tennessee Senate Speakership and the Lieutenant Governor title that goes with it.
Posted: 11:59 AM National Coal Corporation of Knoxville has canceled plans to acquire an unidentified West Virginia surface mine because it could not agree with the seller on the assets' value.
Posted: 11:45 AM The trial for a Sevier County man, charged with child rape, is expected to begin Tuesday.
Posted: 11:17 AM Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander has asked President Bush to include in his budget money to replace the Tennessee National Guard's gear.
Posted: 11:14 AM The State Safety Department will absorb the Homeland Security Department. That's one of the cabinet changes Governor Bredesen is putting into action.
Updated: 4:40 PM Highway 131 in Union County is reopened at this hour after a car and a dump truck collide on the road around 8:30 this morning.
Posted: 10:57 AM At least one person was wounded in a shooting Tuesday morning outside a Las Vegas high school, officials said.
Updated: 1:33 PM Knoxville Police are asking for the public's help in looking for a missing woman. At a news conference held Monday evening, Knoxville Police say the body 21-year-old Channon Christian's boyfriend, 23-year-old Christopher Newsom was found along the railroad tracks near 9th Avenue. Channon Christian is still missing.
Posted: 4:53 PM Governor Bredesen named a new Safety Commissioner and filled two other vacancies in his cabinet Monday.
Posted: 3:25 PM A Moroccan who helped the September Eleventh Hijackers has been sentenced to 15 years by a German court.
Updated: 4:43 PM From the Volunteer TV Newsroom: Officials in Miami have blown up a packaged that had tested positive for explosives. Authorities now say the package did not have explosives in it. We'll have the latest on VolunteerTV.com as it becomes available, and on WVLT News at 5:30 and 6:00.
Posted: 2:10 PM New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says there is no indication the air is unsafe to breathe, despite a mysterious gas-like odor that's covered parts of Manhattan and New Jersey.