The commission approved the referendum Monday night and voters will decide whether to increase the current $75 tax on vehicle registration by $25.

Chattanooga Police Chief Bobby Dodd said a neighbor saw two men kick in the door of a home and called police. Neighbors said there they heard several gunshots.

NFS President Joseph G. Henry said government regulators conducted a rigorous review of the plant's safety and environmental practices and concluded the facility can operate safely for another 25 years

Police foundJennifer Pomeroy put the toddler on the floor of her sedan as she drove a teenager to school and then came back home with four other small children in the car.

City officials say the county or the state would have to take over the operation if the Council approves defunding the $2.7 million annual inspection process.

Sarah Moore Greene, one of Knoxville's most respected leaders in civil rights to the classroom, was laid to rest today after she passed away last week at the age of 102.

An Alcoa police officer is being remembered after he passed away over the weekend.

WTVC-TV reported the shootings happened outside a home on a gravel road that has five houses which are all occupied by members of the same family

Associate Vice-Chancellor Chuck Cantrell said the university is having some growing pains. Cantrell said that's especially true in lab courses like biology, chemistry and physics.

Wacker is building a $1.8 billion integrated polysilicon production plant that will have an annual capacity of 18,000 metric tons when it begins production in late 2013.

Metro Nashville firefighters have recovered a body from the Cumberland River. The recovery was made just after 7 a.m. Monday.

Authorities allege Antonio Whitlow killed Bobby and Annette Whitlow on July 28 and abducted his 12-year-old sister. Whitlow was found hours later in Memphis with the girl.

The man who found the boat with no one on board marked the spot and towed the boat to a marina. It was there that authorities found Crenshaw's sport utility vehicle and boat trailer.

Students at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin are studying the water quality of area streams and creeks as part of a nationwide grant program funded by the National Science Foundation.

Authorities say they suspect arson as the cause of a fire at a business in Hawkins County.

Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood denied a defense motion to recuse himself from the retrials of the defendants previously convicted of the killings of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom

A California produce supplier is voluntarily recalling romaine lettuce shipped to 19 states, including Tennessee. It's over fears of possible E. Coli contamination.

Officials have canceled classes at an East Tennessee elementary school after a large sinkhole was found nearby.

A Memphis high school football team is forfeiting its season opening game after an alleged hazing incident.

The forfeit was announced in a letter from Memphis City Schools superintendent Kriner Cash. The letter announced disciplinary action against several players, head coach Devin Rutherford and members of his staff.

The department has had 10 chiefs in 11 years and the mayor recently disbanded the reserve unit after a dash camera caught an officer using racial slurs.

CIA Director David Petraeus returned to Fort Campbell to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the famed 101st Airborne Division, a unit he once led in combat in Iraq.

The department said 33-year-old Charles Masters called 911 late Thursday night, to report there was a dead body in his apartment.

Federal authorities say David Johnson stole from client trust funds and used the money to make loans or to invest in personal business interests. In some cases.

Jennifer Bailey of the nonprofit Community Food Advocates in Nashville said Fowler's attitude dehumanizes food stamp recipients and says no human being is without dignity.