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A combined $2.5 million economic incentive package from the state of Tennessee and Knox County will keep Regal Entertainment in Knoxville, multiple sources close to the deal say.

The state has issued an injunction closing the former YWCA of Oak Ridge Building, saying the group that had been operating there was doing so illegally.

A 77--year-old Oak Ridge man on probation for earlier sex crimes, pleaded guilty Friday in Anderson County Criminal Court to attempted aggravated sexual battery.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol has fired a trooper for violating department policy when issuing and dismissing selt-belt citations.

A lively discussion during a Police Advisory and Review Commission meeting this week has prompted Knoxville police to suggest a community meeting on when police can use force and how officers make those decisions.

A jewelry store in a Sevierville outlet mall was robbed at gunpoint Friday morning by a woman in hospital scrubs and a "Bama" hat, police said.

KNOXVILLE — A jury convicted a Knoxville man Friday in a fatal home invasion.

The secret ingredient to the winning pot of chili at the Knox County Engineering and Public Works 5th Annual Chili Cook-off will remain that way.

An Alcoa police officer badly hurt in an off-duty crash Monday is steadily improving, though still in serious condition, according to authorities.

Knoxville Utilities Board officials say they never suspected their veteran employee who was arrested in the hours following a bogus bomb threat call to their operations center April 15.