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10News Investigates: Fake Knoxville military academy
A former U.S. Army medic now living in Tennessee is seeking personal and financial information from dozens of veterans across the Southeast by promising them work at a start-up military academy in Knoxville that isn't open nor will open, according to a WBIR 10News investigation. → Read More
Knoxville, Boyd have not talked plans for $6M Old City purchase
Knoxville leaders say they have not been approached by state Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd about what he plans to do with the more than seven acres of property he bought last week in the Old City. → Read More
Randy Boyd pays $6M for Knox Rail Salvage property
Local businessman and philanthropist Randy Boyd continues to scoop up major pieces of land in the Old City, this time paying a combined $6 million for one of the Knox Rail Salvage properties and a nearby parcel. → Read More
Blount Co. Sheriff: Stalans flagged as 'dangerous individual'
The suspect in the fatal shooting of a Maryville police officer had no prior criminal history in Tennessee before Thursday afternoon’s shoot-out, but authorities had previously flagged him as a “dangerous individual.” → Read More
Two charged with murder in shooting death of Zaevion Dobson
Authorities have charged two men in connection to the fatal shooting of Zaevion Dobson, the former Fulton High School football player who died last December while shielding several of his friends from gunfire. → Read More
Armstrong seeks acquittal or new trial in tax evasion case
State Rep. Joe Armstrong is asking that a federal judge toss his felony tax evasion conviction or at least grant him a new trial. → Read More
Greene Co. Fair terminates contract with ride company
Greene County Fair officials announced they will terminate their contract with South Georgia company owners who provided a malfunctioning Ferris wheel that seriously injured three girls. → Read More
Greene Co. Fair mulls contract termination with ride company
Greene County Fair officials plan to talk about whether they should terminate their contract with South Georgia company owners who provided a malfunctioning Ferris wheel that seriously injured three girls. → Read More
Officials: Despite deaths, crashes, school buses safer than cars
(Monday and Tuesday on 10News at 6, why despite school bus safety problems, experts say children are safer on their way to school when riding the bus.) → Read More
Daniel charged with simple assault in Hall shoving incident
State Rep. Martin Daniel faces a simple assault charge for shoving opponent Steve Hall last week on live radio during a Knoxville candidate forum. → Read More
Sheriff ponders placing his dispatchers under E-911 Center umbrella
Knox County Sheriff Jimmy "J.J." Jones will meet Wednesday morning with the interim director of the Knox County E-911 Center to talk about whether to let roughly a dozen dispatchers now employed by the sheriff's office work under the center's umbrella. → Read More
Judge declines to toss Maryville train derailment lawsuit
A federal judge has declined to toss a class-action lawsuit filed by the first responders who helped evacuate thousands of Blount County residents after a train derailment and chemical spill sent poisonous smoke into the area and put more than 100 people in the hospital last summer. → Read More
Lawmakers want to take ‘surprise' out of medical bills
If you have received a surprise medical bill please send an e-mail to 10Listens@wbir.com with details. → Read More
County, state, country reacts to Summitt's death
KNOXVILLE - The outpouring is intense. → Read More
10News Investigates: Fake Knoxville military academy
A former U.S. Army medic now living in Tennessee is seeking personal and financial information from dozens of veterans across the Southeast by promising them work at a start-up military academy in Knoxville that isn't open nor will open, according to a WBIR 10News investigation. → Read More
Glenn "Kane" Jacobs mulls run at Knox Co. mayoral seat
Professional Wrestler Glenn Jacobs is looking to throw his hat into a new type of arena: the political one. → Read More
Blood tests: Bus driver in Safety City wreck clean of drugs, alcohol
Attorneys for the suspended Knox County Schools bus driver charged with driving under the influence in connection with a March wreck in Safety City want the case tossed since post-crash drug screens tested negative for drugs and alcohol. → Read More
Burchett budget: No tax hike, includes focus on mentally ill
Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett unveiled what his proposed spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year, one that doesn't include a tax increase, but fully covers the Board of Education's own proposed budget and sets aside major dollars for road improvements. → Read More
Mayor Burchett to unveil no tax increase budget Monday
Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett on Monday is expected to unveil a proposed $771.2 million spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year – one that doesn't include a tax increase and also fully covers the Board of Education's own proposed budget. → Read More
Authorities: Sweetwater woman admits faking cancer
A Sweetwater woman claimed she had pancreatic cancer and only a few weeks left to live. → Read More