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  • East TN LGBTQ community preps for Pridefest 2013

    In just three days, thousands of people will converge on Downtown Knoxville to celebrate gay pride. Pridefest 2013 will kickoff Saturday at noon with a parade. Organizers say they are hoping the event will be bigger than ever this year. It will now be held in World's Fair Park, instead of Market Square, to give it more room. "We just ran out of room, both space here on Market Square ...

  • Man found guilty for 2011 sculpture thefts

    After months of investigation by the Sevier County Sheriff's Department, the district attorney general announced Wednesday that Joshua D. Cruze was found guilty for stealing sculptures from the Westgate Resort and from a couple's property. The sculptures went missing in December 2011 and were sold to a local scrap metal business. The business owner testified that Cruze was the person ...

  • TBI family violence report criticized for omitting unmarried and same-sex couples

    The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released a report on family violence Wednesday and immediately drew fire from a domestic violence group astounded that the report did not address unmarried and same-sex couples. The report analyzed more than 40,000 incidents of domestic violence involving spouses, children, grandparents or extended family in 2012. The report found that simple assaults ...

  • Parents charged in shooting death of 6-month-old daughter

    (WBIR, Knoxville) The parents of a six-month-old girl have been charged with reckless homicide after she was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon, according to the Knox County Sheriff's Office. It happened around 1:30 on Alcoa Highway in South Knoxville. Officers say the parents were involved in a domestic dispute at the time of the shooting. Angela Major, 26, and Ken Mason, 40, are each ...

  • Toddler found on tracks missed train by minutes

    (WBIR- Rockwood) A Roane County couple is facing charges after their toddler was found wandering on train tracks in Rockwood. Police say a witness says the two-year-old boy on the tracks wearing nothing but a diaper. The witness grabbed the child just before a train came through and took him to a nearby Dollar General store, where the boy's mother, Rahab Jaramillo, took the child. ...


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Movie Review

Au revoir les enfants [DVD]

Au revoir les enfants [DVD]

Louis Malle was 12 years old in 1944 when he had to stand by helplessly and watch as the Gestapo arrived at the Petit-Collge dAvon, the small, Catholic boarding school he was attending, and arrested four children and the headmaster. The children were Jewish and had been ... ...

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  • East TN veterans gather for fly fishing barbecue

    Dozens of East Tennessee veterans gathered together Wednesday to learn about fly fishing and enjoy a little barbecue. Project Healing Waters is a program aimed at helping disabled veterans through trout fishing. Wednesday they hosted a meet and greet at Outdoor Knoxville. Getting out on the water helps with the emotional and physical rehabilitation of the disabled and wounded veterans. Best ...

  • The Cheesecake Factory servers training for Knoxville opening

    KNOXVILLE (WATE) - On the outside, The Cheesecake Factory at West Town Mall looks all ready to go, but the sign there says they are closed for training. On Wednesday, staff waited on one another to get their feet wet. For server Olivia Morrell it was a jury of her peers, she talked about the menu, went through the process of getting her order in the system, and made sure the food was out on ...

  • Knox County 6-month-old girl fatally shot parents charged

    ALEXIS ZOTOS 6 News Reporter KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Two Knox County parents are now facing charges in the death of their 6-month-old daughter. The shooting happened in the 2400 block of Alcoa Highway around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Rural/Metro transported the 6-month-old baby girl to University of Tennessee Medical Center where she was pronounced dead. The girl's parents, Ken Mason, 40, and ...

  • Warm humid weather brings out critters

    The warmer, humid weather we're having is good news for some animals, but not so good for some plants lovers. Critters such as insects, snakes, and spiders thrive in the more humid weather. The populations have been down the last couple of years due to the relatively dry weather. Our current pattern also means more of the insects that are beneficial such as bees and spiders. Mother ...

  • Tenn. homecoming queen mom arrested after party

    A Hendersonville mother and daughter were arrested June 6 after a party at their home that involved underage drinking. Sara Lamb, 18, was arrested and charged with underage consumption after police were called to a party at her mother's house, according to the arrest affidavit. Lamb, who graduated high school in May, was 2012-13 Hendersonville High School homecoming queen. Police ...

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