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  • Children of murder victim fight to keep convicted killer in prison

    This picture, showing Myrtle Chapman with her two children, was taken at Ginger Zuck's wedding in December 1994. Chapman was killed on March 25, ...

  • Armadillos move into Morgan Scott Counties

    The National Park Service says it is keeping its eyes on an invasive species that could threaten an East Tennessee attraction. Armadillos have been steadily migrating north from states like Georgia and Alabama in recent years. The animal, which prefers warmer weather, has been able to adapt to East Tennessee's cooler climate. So far, the creature has been spotted in Morgan and Scott ...

  • Powell church hosts food pantry for area

    Powell Presbyterian Church hosted a Second Harvest Mobile Food Pantry Sunday for families struggling around the area. Church Clerk Dan Jarvis said even during these warm months, it's important to keep the spirit of giving alive and help out the community year-round. "You don't have to be physically strong and things like that to help like this," said Jarvis. ...

  • High-flying kids take to the skies in Morristown

    (WBIR-Morristown) The skies were the limit for dozens of kids and teens Saturday afternoon in Morristown. The Experimental Aircraft Association brought kids ranging from 8-to-17 years old to hangars at Morristown Airport. Their mission was to ignite a passion for aviation in the next generation of engineers and pilots. The EAA started in 1953 in Milwaukee, Wis. by a group that built ...

  • Gunman robs pizza delivery man in East Knox

    Not that any criminal is smart or anything,but risking a felony w a gun to rob a pizza guy? What,do they love pizza that much or really expect a guy delivering pizza for a living to be carrying lots of big money? I guess if this brainiak was going to steal a car from a car dealer,he would order the salesman to gas up the used 79 ...


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Movie Review

Batman and Robin

How does the old adage go? Two's company, three's a crowd, and four is really pushing it? Such is the case with "Batman and Robin," proof positive that only a select few movie series can survive past a third installment without going stale. Director Joel Schumacher (who reinvented the series in 1995 with "Batman Forever") pours on the same tricks thicker and heavier than ever, but all to no avail. ... ...

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  • Destination Imagination wraps Saturday

    Doug Borrman of Coon Rapids, Minn., lets the students on the town's Destination Imagination team spray paint his beard during the ...

  • Knox Know-It-All Whatever happened to the White Pages

    AT&T phased out standard residential delivery of the White Pages to Knoxville households in February 2012, having already ended the service in Memphis, Nashville and Chattanooga as part of its Residential White Pages Consumer Choice program, according to AT&T spokeswoman Cathy ...

  • Red Cross sends 2 more East TN volunteers to Moore OK

    (WBIR-Louisville/Knoxville) Those affected by the deadly tornado in Moore, Okla. are in need of almost everything, from food to shelter. This past week, 10 American Red Cross volunteers from East Tennessee traveled to Moore. Don Barker and Rachel Dunne left from McGhee Tyson Airport on Saturday morning. It will be Dunne's first deployment with the Red Cross. "You're meeting ...

  • Make-A-Wish whisks local teen to Disney World

    (WBIR-Knoxville) Make-A-Wish Foundation whisked a local teen battling heart issues to the most magical place on earth. Garrett, 14, has had several surgeries in the past on his heart. His one wish was to travel to Orlando and visit Disney World, Universal and all the other theme parks. On Saturday, he took off from McGhee Tyson Airport to Florida. His mother, Connie Metcalf, said ...

  • IRS audits thousands of adoptive families

    A report from the IRS's Taxpayer Advocate Service says that 90 percent of families who claimed the adoption tax credit during the 2012 filing season had their returns flagged for further review. Nearly 70 percent had at least a partial audit of their tax return. / File / Getty ...

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