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/cat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 13:18:11 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 13:18:11 -0400 30 KNOXVILLE (WATE) - This Memorial Day weekend across the country thousands of people will visit cemeteries to remember those who died in service to America. On Saturday, our state and national cemeteries were decorated by Scouts. Hundreds of local Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts decorated the Knoxville National Cemetery with over 8,000 flags. For these young people, it was an opportunity ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214761264/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:47:59 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214761264/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Six months after state officials found multiple violations at a West Tennessee compounding pharmacy but did not shut it down, the pharmacy is the apparent source of infections in two states. Main Street Family Pharmacy LLC in Newbern recalled all its sterile products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday, after methylprednisolone acetate it made was linked to seven cases of ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214760863/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:47:57 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214760863/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Joyce Ward said her son planned to continue in the military for the rest of his life, but he died April 6 after a car bomb struck his patrol in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Ward was 24 when he was killed while on his way to deliver donated textbooks to a school. "My son is at peace, so I don't have to worry about him," Joyce Ward said. "My prayers ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214759650/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Sat, 25 May 2013 08:46:39 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214759650/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Cool kickoff: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder will help kick off Dollywood's Barbecue & Bluegrass festival at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. today at Dollywood's Celebrity Theater. Admission is free with park admission. The band will also perform 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Sunday. Check out an interview with Skaggs ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214759016/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:49 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214759016/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Methylprednisolone acetate, or MPA, is the same medicine implicated in last fall's deadly, multistate meningitis outbreak, though Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner Dr. John Dreyzehner said there's no indication this instance "approaches the severity" of last fall's outbreaks. Affected patients have seen localized infections, such as skin abscesses, at the ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214757971/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:44 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214757971/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 It is designed specifically for groups that have never developed a fundraising plan or calendar. It provides an overview of the process of strategically thinking through the components of a fundraising plan. These include taking stock in your organization's assets, developing a case statement, setting goals, identifying funding partners and preparing a fundraising plan and ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214759017/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:41 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214759017/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The number of residents and business owners protesting newly assessed values of their property this spring was a little more than half what it was four years ago, something Knox County officials say is proof the reappraisal process was much ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214759018/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:41 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214759018/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Photos by Michael Patrick/News Sentinel Three veterans whose remains had been unclaimed were laid to rest Friday with help from the Dignity Memorial and the Missing in America Project. The three Vietnam-era veterans were buried at East Tennessee Veterans Cemetery with full military ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214758817/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:38 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214758817/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 That may be just a start. An employee of the Blount County Register of Deeds said the company has purchased more than a dozen homes in that county since early April, and a local broker is scouting out more acquisitions for the ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214758224/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:37 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214758224/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Community members in the Grainger County town of Bean Station gathered for a vigil to pray for the victims of the quadruple shooting at Down Home Pharmacy Friday night. The police tape is gone, and traffic is back to normal near the small pharmacy where four people were shot this week. But hundreds showed up with heavy hearts to listen to local pastors offer words of grief for the two men who ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214753700/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:42:36 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214753700/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 JILL MCNEAL 6 News Anchor/Reporter KNOXVILLE (WATE) - You may have seen the groups of kids in matching T-shirts walking around downtown Knoxville. They're part of the Destination Imagination global finals taking place on the UT campus and at the convention center. Destination Imagination teaches kids elementary through college the creative process from imagination to innovation. "If ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214753699/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:42:36 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214753699/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 News of the fatal shooting in Bean Station Thursday spread quickly throughout East Tennessee's pharmacy community. It was a horrible reminder for some of the risks they take everyday working behind the counter. On a chilly January evening five years ago, Harrison Kitzrow was locking up for the night at Lee's Total Health Pharmacy when he had to ask a straggling customer to wait ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214753701/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:42:36 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214753701/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Cocke County authorities on Friday arrested a Cosby man, seized 20 guns, $13,000 in cash and five vehicles in the culmination of a year-old undercover narcotics investigation, officials ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214753702/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34:35 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214753702/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The State of Tennessee paid tribute Friday to three soldiers killed in action. Governor Bill Haslam and First Lady Crissy Haslam joined Veterans Affairs in honoring Sergeant Jacob Schwallie from Clarksville and Private First Class Glenn Schoenmann, a prisoner of war who reportedly died in December of 1950. Tennessee also honored Staff Sergeant Chris Ward, who lived in Oak Ridge shortly before ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214752861/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:36:02 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214752861/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 More than 1,000 people in western Kentucky are now looking for jobs after the US Department of Energy pulled a proposal that would extend operations at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Managers planned to close the plant last year, but it saw new life when TVA asked it to enrich depleted uranium for the power company. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear called Friday's announcement ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214752775/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:36:01 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214752775/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Gibbs High School celebrated its centennial anniversary on Friday. Graduates new and old gathered to visit, learn more about their school's history, and see what the building looks like today. One grad says over the years, things have changed. "Our lunches cost five cents and we had a cafeteria and we went through the line and had just a vegetable plate," said Willie Clapp ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214752862/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:36:01 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214752862/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 (WBIR- Rockwood, Tn) Three girls are now facing charges in connection with the vandalism of an elementary school. Rockwood Police Chief Bill Stinnett says the girls ages 11, 12 and 14 broke into Ridge View Elementary early Friday morning. Police say they broke two iPads, poured a soft drink into a copy machine, threw paint over more than a dozen computers and monitors, and wrote on $3,000 ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214752168/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:29:09 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214752168/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 A Cocke County man has been arrested after sheriff's deputies say they purchased marijuana from him during an undercover investigation. The Cocke County Sheriff's Office says they arrested Lemuel Garver after an investigation spanning nearly a year. They say Garver was part of a larger conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs in Cocke County. When deputies searched his home, they ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214752169/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:29:08 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214752169/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Furloughs for US park police, including those at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, are ending early. The National Park Service says it saved enough money from three days of furloughs and other cost-cutting measures. The furloughs, which were a result of forced federal spending cuts earlier this year, are set to end June ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214751561/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:29:08 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214751561/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Another class action lawsuit has been filed against Pilot Flying J. This time the main plaintiff is a customer in Mississippi. As with at least half a dozen other suits, the latest one claims Pilot hid a rebate scheme that ripped off trucking companies. Federal investigators raided the Knoxville headquarters on April 15, and since then a federal judge unsealed court documents detailing the ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214752170/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:29:08 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214752170/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Four more people face federal prosecution in the widening investigation into a Knoxville-area investment firm that authorities say was actually an elaborate hoax to bilk ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214752171/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:21:08 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214752171/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 A child bicyclist who was struck by a truck on Western Avenue on Friday has died, police have confirmed. Officials say the child was in critical condition when they arrived, and he was pronounced dead at the UT Medical Center. Police have not yet released the victim's name. An investigation is ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214751401/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:21:03 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214751401/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 (WBIR - Huntsville) Memorial Day weekend is a time of the year many ATV riders look forward to. Hundreds of riders have arrived to Scott County for the annual 'White Knuckle' ATV festival. Nicole Roshon of Loveland, Ohio said, "This is our third time down here. We come down here because of the variety of trails and mostly every place we go it's not necessarily about the ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214750624/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:13:13 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214750624/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Gov. Bill Haslam paid tribute to the memories of Tennessee troops killed in action and to their surviving families as he proclaimed Friday the first Gold Star Family Day in state ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214750626/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:04:41 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214750626/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 photos by MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL Milan High Red Eye team members get the first look at their invisible ';Phantom of the Opera'; member, who appears to them at the end of the skit, at the Destination Imagination competition Friday. DI is an interactive academic competition held annually in Knoxville that features more than 1,200 teams and 16,500 competitors from more than 15 ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214750625/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:04:40 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214750625/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 In 2011, the company announced the creation of two publicly traded mutual funds -- the BPV Core Diversification Fund and BPV Wealth Preservation ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214750467/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:04:39 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214750467/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 (WBIR- Bean Station, Tn) As police continued the investigation into the Bean Station shooting, family members spoke out Friday about the victims. The son of a Richard Alexander Sommerville, who was killed in a shooting Thursday at a Bean Station pharmacy, remembered his dad as a lively person and proud grandfather. "If he was in a room or at a party, he was definitely going to be ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214749640/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:05:34 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214749640/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Some Lenoir City High School students thought there was something that didn't look quite right when they received their diplomas at graduation last ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214749641/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:58:18 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214749641/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 EnergySolutions and Energy Capital Partners today announced the closing of their merger. EnergySolutions stockholders earlier approved the merger agreement in which they would receive $4.15 cash per share, according to report by the Salt Lake City ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214749642/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:58:13 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214749642/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Three Vietnam-era veterans were laid to rest Friday with full military honors, years after their deaths. Sergeant Roger Thompson and Private First Class Fred Hall died in January 2010. Private Gary Sharp died in April 2011, but their cremated remains went unclaimed at the East Tennessee Regional Forensic Center. The Missing in America project contacted the medical examiner's office and ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214747937/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:56:59 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214747937/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Tennova's North Knoxville Medical Center dedicated its newly renovated and expanded emergency room on Friday. The emergency room is now a 20-bed facility, up from 16. All treatment rooms received new furnishings and updated, state-of-the-art equipment. The 12-week expansion project cost $720,000. The North Knoxville Medical Center is one of East Tennessee's newest hospitals. It ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214748714/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:56:59 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214748714/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Three people are facing charges after a mountaintop removal protest in downtown Knoxville. Knoxville police say Ricki Draper of Greensboro, North Carolina, Julia Lepping of Louisville, Kentucky, and a teenage boy went to the UBS Wealth Management Offices, which are located in the First Tennessee building, and refused to leave. The three used logging chains and bicycle locks to lock ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214748438/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:56:59 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214748438/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The ex-cop accused in a shooting spree in a Grainger County pharmacy ordered his victims to get on their knees before he shot them, according to a police report. Jason Bryan Holt, 37, ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214746509/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:47:51 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214746509/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 This weekend is the unofficial start to the summer boating season, and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency wants to remind everyone to be safe. TWRA will be out in full force making sure boaters have the proper identification, life jackets, and other safety equipment. A few reminders if you choose to head out and hit places like Norris Lake this weekend.. Make sure you have a ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214747565/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:47:51 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214747565/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 WCYB-TV ETSU welcomed officials from the Southern Conference on campus Thursday. The SoCon presidents will meet next week in Hilton Head, SC to vote on adding ETSU. The Bucs are former SoCon members. They left after dropping their football program in 2003. With the football program restarting in 2015, the SoCon is a likely landing spot. "That's one of the things we are ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214747458/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:47:50 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214747458/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a property developer who was behind several high-profile East Tennessee communities. A federal grand jury indicted Mike Ross of Rarity Properties on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering last November. Those charges were dismissed without prejudice this week. That means the current charges are dropped, but it doesn't ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214747566/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:47:50 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214747566/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The ex-cop accused in a shooting spree in a Grainger County pharmacy ordered his victims to get on their knees before he shot them, according to a police report. Jason Bryan Holt, 37, ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214745183/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:37:12 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214745183/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 (WBIR- Rockwood, Tn) Someone broke into a Roane County school early Friday morning and caused a lot of damage. According to Gary Aytes, Roane County Director of Schools, the alarm was triggered around 1:00 am at Ridge View Elementary School in Rockwood. The vandals emptied drawers, poured soda into a copy machine, threw paint on the floor and computers, and destroyed several iPads and other ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214746275/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:37:11 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214746275/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Jerry Steven Helton, 59, who police considered a violent sex offender, is being held at the Knox County Jail on an $8,000 bond on an outstanding ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214746276/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:28:45 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214746276/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 USEC Inc. today announced that efforts to extend operations at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant had failed, with operations to cease at the end of May. "USEC expects to begin reducing its workforce at the plant in the coming months," the company said in the ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214746277/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:28:37 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214746277/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 No one was hurt when a cooking fire got out of control at an apartment on Hillcrest Drive in Fountain City. According to Captain DJ Corcoran, the residents tried to use a fire extinguisher to put out the fire, but it ran out before the fire was extinguished. Firefighters responded to the Amy Lee Apartments around 12:20 pm, and found heavy smoke coming out of an upstairs apartment. They were ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214744922/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:25:05 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214744922/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 On Thursday, federal agents arrested Brian Murphy, Paulynn Wright, Dona Rector; while a fourth woman, Tiffiny Thompson, turned herself in after being informed of the charges against ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214744923/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:16:49 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214744923/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The program, which is managed by Boyette Strategic Advisors, is designed to help communities evaluate existing sustainability programs and develop new ones that can be used to attract business ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214744924/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:16:46 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214744924/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 (WBIR- Bean Station, Tn) The son of a man killed in shooting Thursday at a Bean Station pharmacy remembered his dad as a lively person and proud grandfather. "If he was in a room or at a party, he was definitely going to be noticed," said Ryan Sommerville, Richard Alexander Sommerville's son, who lives in New York. Sommerville said his father worked in New York for over ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214743590/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:12:47 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214743590/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 City officials were out in force in parts of Knoxville Friday morning performing code enforcements. The city issues notices to property owners for violations that may have a negative effect on the ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214743591/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:12:46 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214743591/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The intersection of Boyd's Creek Highway and Van Haven Road in Seymour, the site of a multi-vehicle accident on Friday morning, is shown on this image from Google ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214743592/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:03:35 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214743592/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Milan High Red Eye team members get the first look at their invisible "Phantom of the Opera" member, who appears to them at the end of the skit, at the Destination Imagination competition Friday, May 24, 2013. DI is an interactive academic competition held annually in Knoxville that features over 1,200 teams and 16,500 competitors from over 15 countries. Team Milan team members, left to ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742472/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:03:35 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742472/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 (WBIR- Bean Station, Tenn.) A former police officer has been charged overnight with a shooting spree inside a local drugstore that left two men dead and two women injured. The shooting happened at the Down Home pharmacy in Bean Station around 11:15 am on Thursday. According to District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn, Jason Brian Holt, 37, was arrested shortly after the shooting. According to ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214740268/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:57:47 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214740268/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 (WBIR- Knoxville) Police say 54-year-old Roger E. Welchel was killed when the Corvette he was driving flipped over after running off Chapman highway and hitting a ditch. According to a press release from the KPD, the accident happened around 10:45 p.m. Thursday near Gwinfield Road. Police say Welchel was driving the 2013 Corvette fast heading south on Chapman Highway. After leaving the side ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214741664/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:57:46 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214741664/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Highway Patrol is stepping up seat belt and DUI enforcement over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. The holiday period begins at 6 p.m. on Friday and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Monday. State troopers have scheduled 65 checkpoints. Officials say 16 people were killed on Tennessee roadways during last year's Memorial Day weekend. That was a decrease from 19 ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742029/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:57:46 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742029/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Hunters have through Monday to comment to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency on hunting regulations for the next seasons. The proposals are online at www.tnwildlife.org and comments to TWRA can also be made online at twra.comment(at)tn.gov. The subject line should read "hunting season comments." The comments will be reviewed by the TWRA Wildlife Division ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742030/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:57:45 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742030/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 KNOXVILLE (WATE) - A man died Thursday night after crashing his vehicle in South Knoxville. Police say Roger Welchel, 54, was driving his 2013 Chevrolet Corvette southbound on Chapman Highway just after 11:30 p.m., when the car left the roadway. The Corvette hit a ditch and flipped, coming to rest on its top. Welchel was pronounced dead at the scene. Alcohol was found in the vehicle, but ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742031/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:57:41 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742031/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 A former juvenile corrections officer will turn himself in next month to face charges of leaving the scene of a wreck and driving without ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742032/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:58 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742032/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 This image from Google Maps shows the approximate location of Gwinfield Drive and Chapman Highway, the site of a fatal accident just before midnight on Thursday, May 23, ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742033/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:52 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742033/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Uncle Maddio's opens: Uncle Maddio's Pizza Joint will open at 11 a.m. today at Northshore Town Center. Free 9-inch three-topping pizzas will be given away to all guests from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. A certificate for free pizza for a year will also be awarded. ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742034/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:50 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742034/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Starting Monday, the single-copy price of the daily News Sentinel will be $1. Home delivery rates will not be affected, and the single-copy price of the Sunday edition will remain ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742035/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:49 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742035/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mothers and children attended an event Wednesday on Market Square to launch the"Breast Feeding Welcomed Here" program sponsored by the Knox County Health Department, Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero and the East Tennessee Breast-feeding Coaltion. (Emmaleigh Travis/CQ ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742037/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:48 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742037/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 First lady Michelle Obama talks with students from Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Technology Academy during an event to plant the White House Kitchen Garden in April. (Kris Connor/Special to the News ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742036/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:48 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214742036/scat/a8d1772e8d5c87a8