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  • Son remembers father killed in Bean Station shooting

    (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 ...

  • Codes enforcement sweep aims to clean up Knoxville neighborhoods

    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 ...

  • Developing Multiple people reportedly injured in Seymour accident

    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 ...

  • Destination Imagination competitors descend on Knoxville from across the globe

    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 ...

  • Former officer charged in pharmacy shooting that killed 2 injured 2

    (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 ...


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Ryder P.I. [DVD]

Ryder P.I. [DVD]

Ryder P.I. is an excruciatingly unfunny comedy about a couple of inept private detectives. The movie was an amateur production shot on video in the mid-1980s by a group of comedians from Long Island who couldn't break into movies any other way than to make one themselves. Unfortunately, no one involved in the production seems to have known anything about filmmaking or, more importantly, ho ... ...

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  • 4 more charged in alleged Benchmark Capital investment fraud

    (WBIR) Four additional people have been charged in connection with an alleged investment fraud scheme that targeted the elderly in Tennessee and North Carolina. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, dozens invested more than $42.6 million in fake annuity investments with Benchmark Capital, Inc. Investigators say investors lost a net total of $18 million. Three ...

  • Knoxville man killed in single vehicle crash

    (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 ...

  • THP stepping up DUI enforcement over holiday

    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 ...

  • Deadline here for hunter comments on regulations

    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 ...

  • Man dies in South Knoxville car crash

    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 ...

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