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2:47 PM, May 22, 2013

Wednesday, Milk Bone and Sam's Club announced they will sponsor a service dog through Canine Assistants for 6th grader Connor Murphy.

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Truth or Tall Tale: Inside Millennium Manor

"[The original owner] was in a kind of cult called House of David. He believed Armageddon was coming soon so he built this place to survive the Armageddon and live 1,000 years," explained Capt. Fontaine.

8:33 AM, May 22, 2013

Local Weather Forecast

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Today:  It will be another warm afternoon with highs reaching near 84 degrees. We have a better chance for showers and storms this afternoon. By the early afternoon we may already start to see a few storms develop along the plateau, then that chance increases into the valley as we head into the late afternoon and evening.

7:21 AM, May 22, 2013

2 KPD officers to resign amid beating investigation; 3rd will not quit

Attorneys for two of the three KPD officers under investigation for allegedly beating a handcuffed homeless man say their clients will resign.  The third officer's lawyer says his client has no plans to quit.

9:12 PM, May 21, 2013

Lonsdale house fire injures 2 residents, 2 dogs

Around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Knoxville police were sent to a home on Massachusetts Avenue in the Lonsdale Community for a disturbance call.

8:21 AM, May 22, 2013

$22,000 reward offered in bald eagle shootings

One of the eagles was shot near Soddy-Daisy in March and the other was shot near Madisonville this month. Both survived and are recovering at the American Eagle Foundation in Pigeon Forge.

4:43 AM, May 22, 2013

DCS caseworker faulted by judge wasn't disciplined

A Department of Children's Services caseworker who failed to follow agency guidelines admitted backdating paperwork after a teen's death and provided testimony during a wrongful-death trial in 2012 that a judge called not very credible was never disciplined.

7:30 AM, May 22, 2013

ORNL technology used to aid Okla. storm recovery

At Oak Ridge National Laboratory, senior researcher Steven Fernandez can see a play by play of how Oklahoma's tornadoes are impacting our power grid and models of how long the recovery process will take.

10:02 PM, May 21, 2013

Teen charged with stealing electronics from school

A teenager is in custody after deputies say he stole electronics, including Apple computers, from a school in Kentucky.

8:13 PM, May 21, 2013

No charges filed in Gibbs dead animal prank; case closed

The Knox County Sheriff's Office has announced there will be no charges filed in a prank at Gibbs High School where dead animals were littered throughout the campus.

5:20 PM, May 21, 2013

Army general suspended over adultery allegations

The Army announced Tuesday that it has suspended the top general at Fort Jackson in South Carolina over allegations of assault and adultery, the latest in a string of sex scandals to rock the military.

10:13 PM, May 21, 2013

Man linked to Boston bomb suspect fatally shot by FBI

An FBI agent shot and killed an Orlando man early Wednesday who had been questioned for several hours about his alleged ties to Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the victim's friend told local media.

8:27 AM, May 22, 2013

Brad Pitt: No friends, happy family, odd 'condition'

Brad Pitt is featured in some 22 photos for the June/July Esquire magazine (on newsstands May 31) and says he's never "known life to be any happier."

5:33 PM, May 21, 2013

Photos: Introducing Baby Witcher

We're so happy to introduce the newest member of the WBIR family! This is Kiptyn Witcher! He's now 1 day old. Kiptyn, Mom Janelle & Dad Mike are all doing great!

9:38 AM, May 22, 2013

HomeGrown: Kim Williams, Country Hall of Fame songwriter

You may not know the name Kim Williams, but if you like country music, you definitely know his songs. The HomeGrown songwriter has nearly 20 number one hits and dozens of top 10 singles in country, gospel and bluegrass. And, he grew up just outside of Rogersville.

8:36 PM, May 21, 2013

TSSAA Spring Fling

East Tennessee teams did very well on the opening day of the 2013 Blue Cross Spring Fling TSSAA Championships.

11:46 PM, May 21, 2013

Rotary Club names Teachers of the Year

This year's big winners are Karen Binger, a fifth grade teacher at Blue Grass Elementary, and Wanda Lacey, an AP calculus teacher at Farragut High.

9:33 PM, May 21, 2013

Rural/Metro offers emergency preparedness tips

While it is unlikely a tornado will leave East Tennessee with the amount of damage as the one in Oklahoma, it could still be deadly.

10:46 PM, May 21, 2013

CAC holding Senior Job Fair Wednesday

Seniors 50 and older looking for full or part-time work will find leads at the CAC Office on Aging's Career Fair.

7:47 AM, May 22, 2013

Kellie Pickler wins "Dancing with the Stars"

Kellie Pickler has brand-new mirror ball trophy. The country singer and partner Derek Hough spent the season at or near the top of the leader board on Season 16 of "Dancing with the Stars," and Tuesday night were named the winning pair.

9:05 AM, May 22, 2013
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