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A Loudon County woman was crossing railroad tracks at U.S. Highway 11 in Loudon when she was struck by a northbound train and thrown from her truck.

A Saturday afternoon wreck at Sam Houston School Road in Aloca left one man dead and sent three people to the hospital.

Chris Brodecki tilted back his glass of enticingly named Vlad the Impaler barrel-aged imperial stout beer, took a swig and let a big smile crease his face.

East Tennesseans usually associate October Saturdays with watching football, taking hayrides, visiting pumpkin patches and drinking apple cider.

It may be Knoxville's last Zombie Walk, but two local charities benefited from walkers who liked to dress scary.

KNOXVILLE — A Knox County Sheriff's Office deputy remains in the hospital today after being injured by a drunk driver in an early-morning crash on Interstate 75 North, authorities said.

The second in a series of "Community Matters" meetings in Oak Ridge will be this Sunday at Oak Valley Baptist Church.

The 70-acres of wilderness on a ridge overlooking downtown Knoxville will likely be transferred from Legacy Parks Foundation to the city in the next two months.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, of Knoxville will shine a spotlight on the plight of people with mental illness in jails and prisons at its annual meeting next week.

One woman was killed and two other people hospitalized during a three-vehicle wreck Friday afternoon on Alcoa Highway.