Posted: 3:37 PM A 39-year-old Maine man was arrested in connection to a child porn case in Monroe County.

Posted: 2:04 PM A former Democratic candidate for the state House has filed notice that he will appeal the dismissal of his libel lawsuit against state Sen. Stacey Campfield.

Updated: 1:38 PM Prosecutors in Knoxville say former Knox County Trustee Mike Lowe paid employees who never performed work.

Updated: 1:38 PM An antiquated tariff designed to protect American textile mills from foreign competitors is being blamed for threatening a Rockwood company that manufactures carbon fiber.

Updated: 1:27 PM Connor Murphy of Knoxville zooms around in a power wheelchair. He has has limited mobility due to SMA. But, that will soon change, thanks to Sam's Club and Milk-Bone Canine Assistants sponsorship.

Posted: 12:53 PM It's the end of school and the start of summer vacation for thousands of students in Knox County.

Updated: 12:48 PM A husband and wife had to be cut from their SUV after it flipped several times off an I-75 overpass and onto Emory Rd. during rush hour Wednesday morning, authorities said.

Updated: 6:03 AM Investigators determined the it was started near a wall socket in the front living room and ruled it an accident. Two people were sent to the hospital.

Updated: 11:31 PM Scott County's hospital is getting ready to make a comeback after massive layoffs and a total shutdown. The paperwork for Pioneer Health Services to acquire the hospital is on the desk of the Attorney General.

Updated: 11:37 PM A new law, designed to protect those that can't help themselves, is signed into law in Caryville.

Updated: 6:22 PM Help Local 8 News Saturday morning anchor and reporter Allie Spillyards raise money for Horse Haven by buying a painting.

Updated: 6:06 PM A safety team in Dollywood's safety department tracks severe storms approaching the area to keep guests safe.

Updated: 10:43 PM Less than 24 hours after a devastating tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma, people in the volunteer state were gearing up to help.

Updated: 6:58 PM Many of us in East Tennessee know what people in Oklahoma are going through. A tornado last year killed two people in Cumberland County and another twister ripped through Tellico Plains. Teachers are talking to kids about disaster and death.

Updated: 6:27 AM The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph.

Updated: 4:28 PM An emergency official said Oklahoma has reinforced tornado shelters in hundreds of schools across the state, but the two that were hit by this week's storms in suburban Oklahoma City did not have them

Posted: 3:57 PM Six people are charged after two meth labs were found in one place.

Updated: 5:33 AM A tornado is often considered the most powerful storm on earth wind speed can exceed too miles per hour. We classify these tornadoes based on what's called the Enhanced Fujita scale.

Posted: 11:26 AM Gov. Bill Haslam has signed into law revisions to the state conservatorship statute allowing the court to appoint a conservator to manage the assets of a person found unable to handle his or her own affairs.

Updated: 11:07 AM Knoxville pet sitting pro wants to help people heading to Oklahoma to be with family affected by the tornado.

Updated: 12:09 PM Two injured in bus accident on Johnson Gap Road

Updated: 7:13 AM The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development says the new facility to apply finishing services to rebar now made at the company's Lonsdale mill.

Updated: 5:21 AM Pop Culture kicks off National orange Popsicle Week of stroke awareness.

Updated: 11:07 AM Tina and Stewart Hedger spent Monday afternoon calling on friends and family in Oklahoma to make sure they survived the massive tornado. They knew family is safe, but there was still one couple they hadn't heard from.

Updated: 11:42 PM Rats, snakes, and garbage: just a few of the problems in an abandoned house in one neighborhood.