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Ask Todd: Hurricane season

11:03 PM, May 23, 2013

For Ask Todd, we're wondering, "What does this year's hurricane season have in store for us and what can we expect?"

Jennifer Meckles shares experience of covering Joplin tornado in new book

11:45 PM, May 22, 2013

She wrote about that experience in the book, "Joplin: Our Words, Our Stories, Their Hope", which shares the experience of two dozen former KOMU reporters who helped cover the story in the wake of devastation.

Janelle Arthur discusses LA, future career in 10News interview

11:30 PM, Apr 24, 2013

After two attempts, the third time was the charm for Oliver Springs native Janelle Arthur. She tried out for American Idol three years straight and wanted to crack the top 40.

Ask Todd: Predicting weather in East TN

11:42 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Terry Murray asks, "True or false? It is often said that with the Cumberland Plateau on the left and the Smokies on the right, that the Knoxville area is one of the hardest areas to predict the weather forecast. If true... why?"

Janelle on Idol elimination: 'Totally bittersweet'

8:26 PM, Apr 19, 2013

Janelle Arthur is keeping her head held high after failing to reach the final four on American Idol.

Janelle eliminated from Idol, places fifth

9:18 PM, Apr 18, 2013

American Idol dreams are over for Oliver Springs native Janelle Arthur. She was eliminated Thursday from the reality singing competition.

Janelle fights for spot in Idol final four

10:45 PM, Apr 17, 2013

Janelle Arthur is looking to break out of an all-star all female cast with a big performance Wednesday night to get her to the final four.

Ask Todd: Haboob

10:50 PM, Apr 16, 2013

Thomas Kevil asks, "What is haboob and have we ever had a weather event like haboob?"

Janelle performs in final 6; her uncle shares about her new life

10:59 PM, Apr 10, 2013

Janelle Arthur's uncle talked to us Tuesday about her new life in the national spotlight and shared a little bit about her singing background.

Ask Todd: Waterspouts

10:51 PM, Apr 9, 2013

John Harper asks: "Can waterspouts form on lakes or rivers? Or do they only occur over the ocean?"

Ask Todd: Freezes delaying allergy season

11:07 PM, Apr 4, 2013

Michael Martin asks: "Does the local freezing and frost have an effect on the pollen we will have to deal with later?

Janelle wows Idol judges again, sends shoutout to watch party

9:47 PM, Apr 3, 2013

The judges loved her performance and her fashion. They gave Janelle some of the best praise she's heard all season, and Randy Jackson called her "The Great Contender."

Ask Todd: Planting gardens

10:47 PM, Apr 2, 2013

Anita Oslund asked, "I have been thinking about putting a garden out. So when should I? I don't want to lose anything I plant."

Dolly Parton weighs in on Janelle's American Idol success

8:44 AM, Mar 28, 2013

By now we know that East Tennessee native and American Idol contestant Janelle Arthur is a huge Dolly Parton fan. She played "Little Dolly" at Dollywood as a kid. Now, we're hearing what Dolly thinks about Janelle in an interview with Stoney Sharp.

Janelle Arthur's path to American Idol started in Pigeon Forge

11:25 PM, Mar 21, 2013

Oliver Springs native Janelle Arthur survived another elimination night on Fox's American Idol Thursday night.

Ask Todd: Lightning and the ocean

11:22 PM, Mar 21, 2013

A viewer asks, "Hey Todd! Do more lightning strikes hit the ocean because of the salt water?"

Ask Todd: Old wives' tale

10:55 PM, Mar 19, 2013

Kara Stacy Inman asks, "Somebody on my Facebook mentioned an old wives' tale of thunder in March means snow within 10 days. What do you think, or have you heard this before?"

Oliver Springs community gathers to watch Janelle on Idol

10:58 PM, Mar 13, 2013

Oliver Springs native and American Idol contestant Janelle Arthur sang Montgomery Gentry's song "Gone," on Wednesday's episode of Idol.

Ask Todd: '93 blizzard weather pattern

12:28 AM, Mar 6, 2013

Charlotte asks, "What was the weather pattern like for the March blizzard of 1993?"

Ask Todd: Latest snowfall

12:34 AM, Feb 27, 2013

Lyndsey Randall Davis asks, "What's the latest snowfall on record for East Tennessee?"