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KPD arrested three teens in two separate burglaries Tuesday after neighbors witnessed suspicious activity and called police.

Police were on the scene Tuesday evening of shooting in West Knoxville that has left at least one person wounded.

Ralph Hutchison, peace activist and long-time coordinator of the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, said he got a surprise visit Monday morning from two agents who flashed their badges and identified themselves as being with the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force.

University of Tennessee campuses are preparing action plans to impliment a plan to fix the university funding model.

Authorities have't decided if charges will be filed against the parents of a boy accused of the shotgun slaying of an 8-year-old White Pine girl.

Authorities cited a passenger Tuesday morning after discovering a loaded .22-caliber pistol in a carry-on bag.

Attorneys for a Knoxville nonprofit have won the right to offer free legal services to accused truants in the lobby of the Knox County Juvenile Court, the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee announced today.

The Blount County Commission is set to take up a resolution that asks God to spare its citizens from an anticipated wrath associated with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that legalized gay marriage nationwide.

Seventy-two deaths, 113 injuries and $37.2 million in property damages were caused by smoking-related fires in Tennessee from 2010-2014, according to state statistics.

There will be a safety center open in Knox County by the time Sheriff Jimmy "J.J." Jones leaves office, he said.