Neighbors are in the process of starting "The 100 Block Association" to give residents and business owners in the area a louder voice. 

The damage was discovered Wednesday morning by nearby neighbors.  It could take three months to fix all of the monuments. 

The Tennessee Vols officially passed the mid-week point in its preparations for Saturday's season opener against UT Martin.

Shawn Carter Sr. works for the post office.  In his resignation letter, he says he resigned because of the Hatch Act, which bans federal employees from partisan political activity.

The $10,000 grant to bring goats to Knoxville to eat various patches of kudzu around town has run out, and now, it's up to the city to decide whether to keep those goats employed.

"We've been preparing; we've been building trailers," said Pyro Shows' Jim Edwards. "All the prep work we can do here before we get on site. We're limited on what we can do there."

A packed house welcomed in the next edition of Knox County government Wednesday morning, including newly elected mayor Tim Burchett.

Burchett cuts take-home vehicles, suspends p-cards, and dismantles Office of Neighborhoods, predicts he can save 20% in mayor's office

Channel 10 invites you to take a pledge to avoid texting while driving.

It appears the park came in second, but officials are pleased with the outcome.

Authorities were called to the FSG Bank on Hwy. 68 around 2:40 Thursday.  Investigators say one woman robbed the bank while the other drove the getaway car

In the land of topiaries, Joe Kyte is a bright, shining star. He whips up plant creations of all kinds that have made appearances all over the world

Tim Burchett will begin his newly elected office as Knox County Mayor starting Wednesday leaving his Senate seat vacant until after the November election.

If your heading downtown for Knoxville's annual Boomsday fireworks event, there are plenty of places to park for free

Tips from the public helped lead to the arrest of the man wanted for robbing the Suntrust at 2915 Tazwell Pike on Monday

Kingston Police Chief Jim Washam said Richard Ward has been charged with driving without insurance.

Senator Lamar Alexander is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to hold one of its hearings on how to handle coal ash in Kingston, the site of the largest coal-ash spill in American history.

The series, in its seventh year, will run for six Friday nights, from September 10 through October 15.  The movies begin at dusk, which is usually around 8:30 p.m.

Chief of Newport Police J. Maurice Shults says that 43-year-old Sgt. David Smith has been released from service for behavior unbecoming to a police officer.

More Tennessee couples are opting to try before they buy, living together for years and even raising children together before marriage - or with no plans to marry at all.

Hunting times, other than opening day when the season starts at noon, are one-half hour before sunrise until sunset.

The city received the Certificate for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.

The victim of a school shooting that captured the nation over a decade ago now is part of a nationwide campaign named "Rachel's Challenge."

President Obama declared an end to combat missions in Operation Iraqi Freedom Monday night.  Robin Ferschke, of Maryville, lost her son in that war two years ago.  She said she's happy for the soldiers who are coming home, and their families.

Construction crews have been working for months on some upgrades to Neyland Stadium. Tuesday evening, the stadium was lit off showing off the work that wrapped up in the last couple of days.

The Baker Center at UT held a forum Tuesday evening designed to explain what will change with the health care reform put into place.

You expect to see plants and flowers as part of the landscape around a building. but at the new Knoxville Transit Center you'll  find the plants on the roof absorbing rain, adding oxygen to the air and helping to keep the building's temperature stable.

An overturned tractor trailer accident on I-640 in Knoxville caused some back up during rush hour traffic Tuesday evening.

Officers are looking for a man who robbed a CVS Pharmacy in Farragut Tuesday afternoon.

Two downtown garages will offer free parking during the UT Football season.

How big of a problem is texting while driving? What experiences have you had with the issue?

Wednesday morning marks a changing of the guard of sorts for Knox County politics.  Three newly elected leaders will take office.

Members of the Tennessee National Guard arrived home Tuesday

Members of the Blount County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are offering a $250 reward to find out who injured a cat they have nicknamed "N.T."

A pedestrian was struck by a train and died in the south end of Rockwood near the sewage treatment plant close to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.

Tennessee Tech officials said Johnson Hall -- which houses the business school -- was put on lockdown.

Investigators have not said why Richard Cowan went to the school where his brother is a janitor.

According to an arrest report filed by Hawkins County Deputies, Jonathan Jesse Aaron Light admitted to causing the injuries Sunday.

In September 2009, a customer found 64-year-old Jim Mullins stabbed and shot to death inside the Rutledge Pike Discount Store in Corryton. 

THP troopers say that Jackie Ricker of Rheatown was killed when Jeffrey Brian-Edward Wills of Mosheim intentionally struck her SUV with his truck causing it to wreck Monday afternoon.

Investigators believe the apparent attempt on the officer's life could be a murder-for-hire.

Vincent Durham was pulling a trailer loaded with house trusses on Hwy. 27 when the load shifted s he was negotiating a sharp curve.  The truck overturned and the load crushed the cab of the truck

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is in the running for a $100,000 grant from Coca-Cola, and your votes could make the difference if they win or not.  Go to this website to vote. 

A small earthquake in the Cherokee National Forest shook some residents of Mountain City, although others said they didn't feel it.

Hives of honeybees in the Upper Cumberland are suffering from American Foulbrood, a contagious bacterial disease that can kill the entire hive.

Fire fighters revived a man who was laying on a smoldering mattress in a residence on the 2300 block of E. Fifth Ave. early Tuesday morning. 

The bad news is, Tennessee's lottery scholarship program is losing tens of millions of dollars a year.  The good news is, at least it's not losing hundreds of millions of dollars, as originally feared.

The complaint alleges that it is a violation of Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations to allow permit holders to carry guns into places that serve alcohol, such as Jackson's.

According to the Highway Patrol 67-year-old Daniel Lovegrove of Oakdale was heading south on his Harley Davidson. As he entered a curve a Ford Bronco veered into his path, hitting the bike.

The Anderson County Commission voted 15-1 to break the for juvenile judge. Members voted by paper ballot in favor of Brandon Fisher in a meeting on Monday.

The lights came on at a new technology park in Blount County Monday night after four years of work on the project.

Think you go to the best football team in East Tennessee? Try out the Massey Rating application on Knoxville's High School Sports.net page to match up your school against others in the area.

The Austin East at Fulton game will be broadcast Friday evening as the High School Sports.net Game of the Week.

Derek Dooley and the players spoke with the media Monday morning about wrapping up fall camp and how they feel heading into their first week of the season.

Think you go to the best high school in Tennessee? Use our searchable database to find out if your school has the championship history to prove it.

Former President Bill Clinton is coming to Tennessee to campaign for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike McWherter.

Through the Leadership Academy, aspiring principals are receiving unprecedented training in Knox County.

Since his arrival, Tennessee Head Coach Derek Dooley has been making a fashion statement on the practice field. Vols fans are quite smitten with his Tilley Airflo nylon hat. And, they'll find it on store shelves as early as this week.

Shepherd was serving a life sentence for the murders of 16-year-old Roxanne Woodson and 15-year-old Kathy Clowers in 1978.

With classes back underway at schools and colleges all over Tennessee, we're taking an in-depth look at binge drinking.

Environmentalists and coal-industry representatives squared off Monday in the first public hearing on proposals to tighten regulations on coal ash.

UT extended the deadline for requesting football tickets after a software glitch prevented many students from accessing the online ticket system.

The severance offered was three months' pay.  The total does not include another $33,860 the three had accumulated in leave.

The rare August wildfire is actually good for the forest because it burns dead material. It is contained on a wooded bluff bordered by roads and a river.

More state auditors than usual are combing through records inside the Sevier County Clerk's Office, according to Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters.

The SRO apparently calmed the man down, but he drew his gun on the SRO and he was shot by officers with the Sullivan County Sheriff's Department who were called in to assist the SRO.

Investigators with the Knoxville Police Department say the driver of a KAT Lift Bus is dead after an accident Monday morning.  They believe the driver may have had a medical condition that caused her to lose control of the vehicle and hit a pole.

The group will spend Monday night in Smyrna and be out-processed on Tuesday before returning home.

According to the state's Department of Labor and Workforce Development,  250 people will be losing their job when the American Book Warehouse closes its doors.

Knox County students will soon be selling school coupon books.  The annual fund-raising sale will be Sept. 23 through Oct. 8, 2010.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol is now accepting online applications for new troopers.

UT Freshman Sky Middaugh is starting a new chapter of her life in Knoxville months after moving there from Slidell, Louisiana. She was born and raised in Slidell, and experienced Hurricane Katrina during her freshman year of high school.

Knoxville-born Chris Kirk won the Knoxville News Sentinel Open Sunday by a two-stroke margin.

The Cedar Bluff community will once again be sprayed for mosquitos Sunday evening.

Congressional lawmakers and candidates in Tennessee are taking all sorts of approaches to the dicey subject of whether to allow a mosque and Islamic community center within blocks of Ground Zero in New York City.

A 29-year-old Union County woman died after she was thrown from an ATV on Old Valley Road near Sharps Chapel.

For the first time in the parish's 16-year history, All Saints Catholic Church's Sunday mass moved outdoors, bringing together about 1,500 of the 7,000 members for "All Saints Coming Together."

Evaluations give parents glimpse of student gains

Vanderbilt University believes its research on human embryonic stem cells will find cures and save lives. A Tennessee-based Christian group believes it is saving lives by bringing the research to a grinding halt.

Federal ATFE agents have been called in after someone poured flammable liquid on four pieces of construction equipment early today at the site of a planned new Islamic center and mosque just outside Murfreesboro.

Community gardens are gaining in popularity in Knoxville. City officials are looking at them as a way to fight blight. 

Members of a Knoxville Church gathered together Saturday in hopes of collecting 100,000 items of food to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank.

Officers have identified the victim involved in a shooting Saturday morning as 21-year-old Haushann Simpson.

Some events must be planned months ahead in order to work around the Vols schedule

A Knox County kid handed off a check he earned from his lemonade stand to a local food pantry Saturday morning.

The Disabled American Veterans Mobile Service Office spent Saturday morning at Knoxville Harley-Davidson West to help veterans understand and receive the benefits they deserve.

A man is dead after his motorcycle crashed on Highway 129 in Blount County at 8:28 Saturday morning.

Hundreds of people will be able to get screened for prostate cancer for free thanks to the third annual "Man Run" on Saturday morning.

More than 180 people gathered on Fort Loudoun Lake Saturday morning for this year's "Paddle for Clean Water."

A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Loudon County just before 11 a.m. near Natalie Road and Highway 11 in Loudon.

Baby monkey put in washing machine

Head to the Video section of Knoxville's High School Sports.net to see video from the broadcast.

This Sunday afternoon, they'll be one of several high school football teams featured in "The Boys of Fall" documentary which will air on ESPN.

Some Blount County residents are getting ready to protect their homes from forest fires, even though there is still six weeks until fire season officially begins.  That's because forestry officials believe this season could be unpredictable, and possibly start early, due to excessive heat this summer.

Monday, Gary Woodland had to play just for a chance to make the Knoxville New Sentinel Open.  Today, he leads the field.

Two people are dead after a crash along Highway 321 at the intersection with Trace Way close to 5:00 p.m. Friday evening.

The "Knox Volks Motor Club" handed over more than $3,000 to the Knox Area Rescue Ministries on Friday. Club members raised the money during their annual "Summer Jam" last month at Chilhowee Park.

The Tennessee Vols football team squeezed in one final workout Friday before heading into a weekend of R&R.

Police and first responders scrambled to Central High School Friday afternoon after reports of an accidental stabbing. A former student, who now sells kitchen utensils was poked in the side with one of them.

A Southern Kentucky man is in jail after a stint in a local hospital's ICU for a drug overdose. A constable spotted him trying to pry open the door of a rural church in Array, Kentucky just north of Penile while his unconscious girlfriend waited in a nearby car.