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Federal court records filed Tuesday reveal the FBI was suspicious of the arrest of a veteran KUB worker in a bogus bomb threat.

Regal Entertainment, the country's largest movie theater chain, is in negotiations with the city to move its Halls headquarters to the former Baptist Hospital site on the South Knoxville waterfront.

A Georgia trucker ripped the top off a new box truck Wednesday when he misjudged the clearance on a railroad overpass.

KNOXVILLE - A former security guard admitted today he called in a fake bomb threat at KUB.

KNOXVILLE — The 13-year effort to save a crumbling, fire-gutted Queen Anne mansion in Fort Sanders is likely over.

KNOXVILLE — Regal Entertainment, the country’s largest movie theater chain, is in negotiations with the city to move its Halls headquarters to the former Baptist Hospital site on the South Knoxville waterfront.

Authorities said an armed man on Monday night robbed the JumpJam Trampoline Park in West Knox County.

A 49-year-old Knoxville man was killed in a crash early Wednesday on Interstate 75 in Bradley County, authorities said.

Authorities have charged an 18-year-old security guard in connection with an April 15 bomb hoax against the Knoxville Utilities Board. Veteran KUB worker Gregory Jacobs, who was cleared in the case, blames a "sloppy investigation" for his own arrest.

Historic preservation workshops will wow attendees during the seventh annual East Tennessee Preservation Conference, scheduled for Oct. 22-24.