Posted: 12:55 PM Police in Johnson City are investigating an incident that caused the evacuation of students from an East Tennessee State University apartment building.

Posted: 12:03 PM Mixed economic news helped drive gas prices down for the eighth week in a row, according to new numbers from AAA. Nationwide, prices fell over 8 cents since last week and are down 31 cents year to year.

Posted: 9:09 AM A college graduation party turns deadly. Two people were shot and killed.

Posted: 8:50 AM Both Stewart and Houston counties closed schools on Monday because of flood damage.

Updated: 9:00 AM Sheriff's department says two women in their 40's in a house fire in Fayette County.

Posted: 6:06 AM A recent survey says Middle Tennessee consumers are becoming more optimistic about the local economy and are increasingly upbeat about the future.

Posted: 5:53 AM Victims' rights group You Have the Power is celebrating its 20-year anniversary and will be honoring Nashville District Attorney General Torry Johnson with the first annual Powerhouse Award.

Posted: 5:48 AM The student at West End Middle School wrote a five-page letter to U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper to support a renewable energy bill as part of an English assignment and didn't actually expect a reply.

Posted: 5:44 AM The Woodbridge Group is expanding its automotive supply business in Chattanooga with a new plastic products plant that will be located off Amnicola Highway.

Posted: 5:32 AM Students in two Maury County schools are no longer trying to hide their cell phones in backpacks or desks -- they have them out in the open.

Posted: 5:43 PM An East Tennessee instructor is headed to California to pursue his dream of writing screenplays.

Posted: 4:33 PM When a storm hits and damages your home, it can be difficult knowing where to turn, and especially difficult knowing how avoid being scammed by contractors looking to take advantage of homeowners.

Posted: 1:41 PM At a Friday hearing in Gallatin, Sumner County Criminal Court Judge Dee David Gee sentenced Lowe to the maximum 25 years on the aggravated child abuse charges.

Posted: 1:39 PM According to the agency, the first report of failed calls came on Wednesday from a Verizon customer. Subsequent testing confirmed Verizon E9-1-1 call failures from multiple locations in Hamilton County.

Posted: 1:24 PM The league initially declined to renew the city's insurance after city commissioners refused to cooperate with an investigation into whether they harassed city employees.

Posted: 12:14 PM Authorities said 15-year-old Banderas Walker and 19-year-old Michael Ellis pulled the children to safety through windows. Zachary Thomas ran inside to search for the children, unaware they had been pulled to safety.

Posted: 6:27 AM Leaders say the fracturing was to be expected, and they had been warning of it since winning more than two-thirds of the legislative seats in November.

Posted: 6:07 AM The employee was killed Thursday in the factory's paint plant. Bob Light, a spokesman for Complete Automation, said the employee was killed when a large electrical panel fell while it was being moved.

Posted: 6:04 AM The Rutherford County teachers group has filed a formal complaint over the way the state now allows bargaining over pay.

Posted: 6:02 AM UWT Logistics, a company that handles warehousing and product distribution for clients, is expanding its operation in Memphis.

Updated: 12:28 PM The Humane Society of the United States, Blount County SPCA assisted authorities with removing horses from the barn of Tennessee walking horse show trainer, judge

Updated: 5:54 AM Defense Department spokesman Lt. Col. Damien Pickart said Thursday in an email that the department is investigating what is causing the access issue and working diligently to correct it."

Posted: 12:43 PM A Memphis man who was allowed probation on a conviction of stealing a house from the government has apparently moved his family back into the home.

Posted: 12:39 PM The latest incident on the flooded river happened Thursday morning when a barge struck the bridge at Caruthersville, Mo. The bridge carries Interstate 155 traffic between southern Missouri and Tennessee.

Posted: 11:49 AM On Thursday, Secretary of State Tre Hargett announced new changes to the state's voter identification law that will restrict the number of valid forms of ID even further.