Provides the latest RSS feeds for Knoxville News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Knoxville Times.com http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/10/id/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/ en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:40:56 -0500 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:40:56 -0500 30 The Knoxville Fire Department is on the scene of a house fire in East Knoxville that sent an elderly mother and her daughter to the hospital with burns on Saturday evening. According to K.P.D. ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203242832/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:16:33 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203242832/ Officials with Princess Cruise Lines say a stomach virus affected nearly 100 passengers on a ship that arrived in South Florida. Meanwhile, passengers on another ship were complaining of ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203241155/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:25:07 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203241155/ TDEC also plans to roll three divisions that deal with water into one, and it will consolidate the solid and hazardous waste division with the division that deals with toxic ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203241398/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:25:03 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203241398/ Volunteers spent countless hours in the rain and mud to build the Watson family a new home. Saturday they found a way to thank them for it. The Watsons showed their gratitude to volunteers who ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203241397/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:24:59 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203241397/ Hamilton County SWAT negotiators talked a Harrison, Tennessee man out of his home without incident and take him custody. Harrison is a suburb of Chattanooga. A spokeswoman with the Hamilton ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203241051/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:24:57 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203241051/ A Knoxville man faces federal charges in connection to the robbery of a Knoxville Credit Union. Investigators say 39-year-old Daniel E. Lopez was arrested, without incident, at 5:00 p.m. on ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203241050/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:24:56 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203241050/ Wyatt, the 3 year old golden retriever who was found with multiple gunshots and a broken jaw now has a new home and a new name. The animal was adopted on Saturday by Lauren Monroe at the Rocky ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203239886/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:34:16 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203239886/ The FBI and local authorities have arrested a 39-year-old Knoxville man and charged him in connection with robbing the Enrichment Federal Credit Union on ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203239884/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:23:44 -0500 Knox News http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203239884/ According to a THP news release, Julie A. Sellers, 38, died from injuries sustained in a 12:42 p.m. wreck on Friday at 345 Monroe Road. The vehicle, a 1995 Chevrolet Blazer, was westbound and ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203239885/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:23:37 -0500 Knox News http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203239885/ One lane of Interstate 40 near Tuesday's rockslide in Cocke County could reopen Sunday. Mark Nagi, spokesman for the Tennessee Dept. of Transportation, says crews have cleared about 70 percent ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203238448/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:39:13 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203238448/ A threat of rain didn't stop area kids from taking part in the Covenant Kids Kickoff run at the Knoxville Zoo. This was the first race in a series of runs over the next 2 months that will ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203238232/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:39:10 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203238232/ Republican presidential front runner Mitt Romney reached for his second straight victory Saturday in quiet Nevada caucuses, a contest that Newt Gingrich and the rest of his rivals conceded in ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203237919/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:39:08 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203237919/ Small Business Development Center, Knoxville: offers a Small Business Startup seminar 9 a.m.-noon Tuesday at the Knoxville Chamber. Registration: ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203236983/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:53 -0500 Knox News http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203236983/ Dr. Shelia Fuller, left, checks the eyes of Genise Knight during a Remote Area Medical clinic at Chilhowee Park on Saturday, February 4, ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203238447/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:52 -0500 Knox News http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203238447/ NASHVILLE - Maj. Gen. Max Haston, Tennessee's Adjutant General Saturday announced that National Guard Bureau has released limited information on the future missions and force structure of ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203236535/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:25:42 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203236535/ RALEIGH - Crews from the N.C. Department of Transportation have made strong progress clearing debris from the rockslide that occurred around noon on Friday, Feb. 3, on Interstate 40 West at mile ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203236854/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:25:39 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203236854/ A Knoxville woman is dead after a one-car crash in Union County. It happened around noon on Friday, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Officials report 38-year-old Julie Sellers was ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203236536/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:25:37 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203236536/ An fire early Saturday morning destroyed one West Knox County mobile home and damaged another. The fire started just before 5 a.m. at a mobile home on Big Logan Way in Madison Place, according to ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203235019/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:10:59 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203235019/ MAYNARDVILLE (WATE) - A Knoxville woman is dead after crashing her SUV into an embankment early Saturday morning. It happened just before 1 a.m. on the 300 block of Monroe St. Tennessee Highway ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203233120/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:36:28 -0500 WATE 6 http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203233120/ The now-reversed decision of the national Susan G. Komen for the Cure to halt funding to Planned Parenthood wouldn't have had a direct effect in Knoxville, local affiliates of both ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203230571/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:58:13 -0500 Knox News http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203230571/ According to a news release from U.S. Attorney Bill C. Killian, Guzman-Villegas, 43, of Moreno Valley, Calif., was sentenced Thursday to 60 months in federal prison followed by five years of ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203231115/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:58:13 -0500 Knox News http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203231115/ The FBI and the Knoxville Police Department are using electronic billboards to help identify a serial bank robbery suspect and an accomplice. The individual is suspected of robbing at least two ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203231117/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:58:07 -0500 Knox News http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203231117/ Nearly one-fourth of Tennessee contributors to Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney were from Knox County, according to filings with the Federal Election ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203230572/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:58:02 -0500 Knox News http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203230572/ With the start of February also comes the start of brush collection season for Knoxville residents -- just in time as homeowners prepare their yards for ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203231116/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:58:01 -0500 Knox News http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203231116/ In a March 23, 1963 photograph, civil-rights activists are arrested during a demonstration in Knoxville. The young woman at far right is Knoxville College student Ciby Herzfeld Kimbrough. A ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203231118/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:57:55 -0500 Knox News http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203231118/ For the second time in a week, crews are cleaning up a rockslide on I-40 Westbound, near the Tennessee/North Carolina stateline, and engineers say it could hinder the planned Monday reopening of ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203221956/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:52:41 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203221956/ The Knox County District Attorney's Office has been removed from a case involving a convicted child rapist who is seeking a new trial. In April 2010 a jury convicted Jayson Bailey of raping ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203227259/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:52:38 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203227259/ We've talked a lot about KTSC President and CEO Gloria Ray's current salary and bonuses, but who is Gloria Ray? Before the controversy over the past month, Ray had a significant impact ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203226201/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:52:20 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203226201/ Kentucky State Police have arrested two juveniles linked to an arson case in Middlesboro and have a warrant out for another arrest. It's part of a string of suspicious fires over the past ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203227260/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:52:12 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203227260/ MIKE KRAFCIK 6 News Reporter KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Knoxville veterinarians are dealing with a shortage of the only medication to treat adult heartworms. The company that manufactures Immiticide says ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203227255/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:52:06 -0500 WATE 6 http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203227255/ Susan Brown, center, interim chair of the Board of Directors of the Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corp., talks to Mayor Tim Burchett's chief of staff Dean Rice, before the start of a meeting ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203227256/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:32:31 -0500 Knox News http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203227256/ Steve and Susan Linn look at a 24 foot customized 2012 Supra 242 offered by Shadrack Watersports during the 2012 Boat Show at the Knoxville Expo Center on Clinton Highway Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. The ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203227258/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:32:17 -0500 Knox News http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203227258/ An engineer with the North Carolina Department of Transportation estimates it will take 3-7 days to clean up the latest rockslide on I-40. However, Joel Setcer says if more rocks begin to crack, ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203213189/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:47:44 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203213189/ Teenage mischief or vengeful vandalism? That's the question some Union County residents are asking after discovering damage at their senior center in Maynardville. "I mean, what kind of ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203220890/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:47:41 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203220890/ Two division heads at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation have been fired and a third is retiring in a shake-up that wasn't immediately explained by Haslam administration ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203220891/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:47:38 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203220891/ Ten of the small-breed dogs rescued from the back of a U-Haul are now available for adoption at Young-Williams Animal Center. You can see them at the main shelter on Division Street from 12-6pm. ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203220795/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:47:31 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203220795/ Armando Guzman-Villegas was sentenced on Friday to five years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to promoting a drug trafficking conspiracy. ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203220893/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:47:28 -0500 WBIR http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203220893/ KNOXVILLE (WATE) - A Knox County judge granted a motion Friday for new prosecutors if a convicted rapist receives a new trial. Jayson Bailey was convicted in April 2010 on four counts of rape of a ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203220886/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:47:17 -0500 WATE 6 http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203220886/ "Here in Knoxville, we actually assemble, develop and hold a patent on the removal system with the filtration system added onto it," CEO Rob Heller ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203220887/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:47:14 -0500 WATE 6 http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/id/203220887/