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  • No one hurt in apartment fire

    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 ...

  • Four arrested in conjunction with Benchmark Capital investigation

    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 ...

  • Roane County joins Valley Sustainable Communities Program

    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 ...

  • 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 ...


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Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading

Joel and Ethan Coen have a special affinity for characters who are dumber than they seem, which is matched only by their affinity for characters who are precisely as dumb as they seem. Burn After Reading, their relentlessly ridiculous screwball follow-up to No Count ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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