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Knox County sheriff's deputies in a special holiday task force are on the prowl again seeking criminals out to victimize unsuspecting shoppers.

A Knoxville speech pathologist has been indicted on a charge of TennCare fraud for falsifying service claims, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

An 8-year-old Monroe County girl was killed and her brother was injured by a falling tree Tuesday afternoon, police said.

Police are searching for the man who stabbed the employee of a West Knoxville restaurant during a robbery Tuesday night.

A judge Dec. 8 will hear arguments in a key motion in the murder case of former Knoxville insurance executive Shawn Smoot, accused of killing his paramour.

KNOXVILLE — A woman was killed Wednesday morning in West Knox County in a single-car crash.

No one was injured in an early morning fire Wednesday.

T-Mobile has asked a federal judge to overturn a decision by Knoxville City Council last month that blocked the company from building a cellphone tower in Fountain City.

These are three times as many cooking fires on Thanksgiving than any other day; follow these tips for a safe holiday.

Several Knox County high schools, including some typically high-performers such as Bearden High, have dropped to the bottom of the state rankings in the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System, or TVAAS.