May 19, 2013
Updated: 05/18/13 - Thousands of people headed to downtown Knoxville Saturday for the International Biscuit Festival. Read More
Updated: 05/18/13 - Hundreds of people celebrated a summer of reading at the 9th Annual Children's Festival of Reading. Read More
Updated: 05/18/13 - A judge has sentenced a Clarksville woman convicted of assault for pouring hot oatmeal on her husband to diversion. Read More
Updated: 05/18/13 - If you're feeling lucky today, you might want to buy a Powerball ticket. The jackpot is $600 million - the highest in the game's history! Read More
Posted: 05/18/13 - A Maryville man died in a car wreck Saturday morning according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Read More
Updated: 05/18/13 - Plan your weekend with this Knoxville weekend event planner from Local 8 News. Read More
Updated: 05/17/13 - The jury sentenced George Thomas to life with parole for the murders of Channon Christian and Christoper Newsom. He'll be eligible for release in 45 years, since he's already served six years. Read More
A program to help soldiers get loans to purchase homes has gotten a permanent extension. Read More
Maryville College professor Frances Henderson is making history at the East Tennessee school. Read More
A judge has sentenced a Clarksville woman convicted of assault for pouring hot oatmeal on her husband to diversion. Read More
Searchers in the woods near Bell Buckle have found the body of a man who had been missing for three days. Read More
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home at 7253 Meadowbrook Circle around 2:40 a.m. on Saturday morning after a man was found lying in a pool of blood on the front porch. Read More
Monroe County deputies bust $30,000 worth of marijuana, thanks to a tip. Read More
Sevier County deputies arrested a Knox County man in connection with several rental cabin burglaries. Read More
Police are looking for a man who held up the Wendy's at 8305 Kingston Pike just before 9:30 Thursday night. Read More
Witnesses described a frantic scene and close calls after an elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a small Virginia mountain town's parade. Read More
A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million. Read More
Millions of U.S. children are living with mental health disorders, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Read More
Habitat for Humanity spent years in Granbury's Rancho Brazos Estates subdivision, helping to build many of the 110 homes in the low-income area. Read More
A French police official says jewelry worth about $1 million has been stolen from a safe in a Cannes hotel room, against the backdrop of the Riviera resort town's film festival. Read More
Authorities in Germany are investigating the death of a Japanese chef following a fight with two customers who had complained about his food. Read More
In Basra, mourners on Friday carried the coffin of Mohammed Aboud, who they say was killed by a sniper fire near the shrine of Sayida Zeinab outside the capital of Damascus five days before. Read More
A six-member U.N. team led by a former Syrian planning minister is drawing up a comprehensive postwar reconstruction plan even as the country's civil war rages on with no apparent end in sight. Read More
Posted: 05/17/13 - Country star Randy Travis has sued two agencies to block the public release of patrol car video of his 2012 DWI arrest in North Texas. Read More
Posted: 05/17/13 - Millions of fans actually watched the season-two finale of the ABC drama "Scandal" the old-fashioned way: on a TV screen, as it was fed from the network to their local affiliates. Read More
Updated: 05/17/13 - Millions of U.S. children are living with mental health disorders, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Read More
Posted: 05/17/13 - The U.N.'s global health agency said Friday that its expert group on immunization believes a single dose of vaccination is sufficient to confer lifelong immunity against the disease. Read More
