Provides the latest RSS feeds for Knoxville News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Knoxville News.Net http://www.knoxvillenews.net/ en-us Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:07:08 -0500 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:07:08 -0500 30 You've probably heard of a 'Flash Mob' before. It's a group of people who briefly meet at a location to perform or entertain. Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett is starting a ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203290142&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:52:13 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203290142&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Investigators with the Grainger County Sheriff's Office continue to try to piece together what happened to a man and a woman who ended up in the Holston River early Monday morning. Sheriff ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203286332&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:52:10 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203286332&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The Knox County Sheriff's Office is investigating a possible animal hoarding case after receiving a complaint about a smell coming from a house on Murphy Road. After they got the complaint, ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203291032&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:52:08 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203291032&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Of the three former Greenphalt owners, only one showed up to court on Monday. Russell Lesshaft said he was unprepared to defend the Lexington Drive site against the injunction, but said he may try ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203291097&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:52:05 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203291097&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 A nationwide restaurant chain with countless East Tennessee locations has a new owner tonight. Fidelity National Financial Incorporated, an insurance and mortgage services company that already ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203290544&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:52:01 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203290544&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Since then, the board's attorney accused Goforth of neglecting his duties. An independent audit showed hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses were incurred under Goforth's watch ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203290529&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:51:59 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203290529&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 A Knox County Commissioner is asking the State Senate to censure Senator Stacey Campfield for his comments about the transmission of HIV and AIDS. Campfield made national news last month, when he ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203291098&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:51:55 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203291098&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 More financial fallout for the Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corporation (KTSC). Knox County Law Director Joe Jarret has sent the new interim chairman of the board an audit notice. This could have ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203286627&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:51:53 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203286627&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The Knoxville Police Department said Monday night a missing elderly man had been located. Investigators say Henry Nelson Johnson, 90, suffers from dementia. Johnson's son told police that ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203287425&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:51:49 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203287425&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Senate has voted to name the eastern red cedar as Tennessee's official evergreen tree. The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Mike Faulk of Kingsport was ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203291099&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:51:45 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203291099&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The county signed a five-year deal with KTSC last summer in which it agrees to pay the nonprofit 45 percent of its share of area hotel/motel taxes -- about $2.4 million. The city pays the ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203291095&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:40 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203291095&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Deploying energy-efficiency measures such as compact fluorescent lighting and high-efficiency air conditioners and water heaters could effectively flatten local power demand for the next 18 ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203287181&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:34 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203287181&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 A copy of the email from Knox County Law Director Joe Jarret to the Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corp., letting officials know that he is requesting an investigation into $185,000 paid to KTSC in ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203291094&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:34 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203291094&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 OAK RIDGE -- Plans for the city's first tax increment financing venture to fund improvements needed for a new retail center cleared a final public hurdle ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203287103&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:24 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203287103&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 "We are in a 'La Nia' year which typically transfers to warmer weather and wetter conditions," said Sam Roberts of the National Weather Service office in Morristown. "This ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203290141&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:24 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203290141&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 A judge sentenced Gary Eugene Alexander Jr., 32, of Oak Ridge on Monday in U.S. District Court. He'd pleaded guilty earlier to faking about $5,000 in $100 and $20 bills from August-December ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203291096&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:17 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203291096&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Residents of an isolated mountain community near Crossville have endured several days without water despite an order issued last week by a Chancery Court judge to restore the water service as a ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203287182&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:17 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203287182&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 A record number of tornadoes hit Tennessee in 2011. The National Weather Service said there were 113 confirmed tornadoes last year in the state, resulting in 33 fatalities. Forecaster Bobby Boyd ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203286158&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:56:21 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203286158&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The Cumberland County Sheriff is asking of the public's help in tracking down a woman and her child. Investigators say Montana Putnam, 20, and her 1-year-old son Bradley Thompson, haven't ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203286159&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:56:18 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203286159&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 A Maryville man is charged with shooting his son in the chest during an argument. Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong said John Tilden Kirkland, 64, is charged with domestic aggravated ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203286160&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:56:14 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203286160&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Proposals to change the retirement system for public employees in Tennessee stalled Monday in the Legislature when a joint panel of lawmakers decided they need more study. ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203285609&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:56:12 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203285609&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Knoxville's Trevor Bayne had a win for the ages in Daytona in 2011. That success has him up for quite a different competition this year. Bayne is one of several NASCAR drivers who are ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203286161&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:56:09 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203286161&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 MONA NAIR 6 News Reporter KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Sheriff's officers found at least 20 dead cats Monday in an East Knox County home. More than 50 cats were at the residence at 4535 Murphy Road. ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203286155&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:56:06 -0500 WATE 6 http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203286155&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 DON DARE 6 On Your Side Reporter KNOXVILLE (WATE) - The operators of a Knoxville custom framing business ordered extra materials for January, preparing for a big month in sales. But the roof fell ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203286156&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:56:03 -0500 WATE 6 http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203286156&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Former Morgan County Executive Becky Ruppe began her new duties Monday as the Rockwood city recorder, while Mike Farmer, the former Roane County executive, has secured a grant-funded job at Roane ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203285522&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:36:09 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203285522&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Prices were down in most Tennessee metro markets. Only Nashville saw an overnight increase with the average price rising one-tenth of a cent to ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203286157&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:36:00 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203286157&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 CLINTON -- A Knoxville resident will oversee a new program to reduce Anderson County Jail overcrowding if his appointment by a special committee is confirmed by County Commission on Feb. ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203285101&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:35:57 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203285101&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Investigators are still trying to determine if there are two people missing in the Holston River, near Mitchell Bend Rd. in Blaine. Around 3 am Monday morning, a man and woman said they were ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203280761&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:07:07 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203280761&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Knoxville firefighters say a man put his family at risk when he tried to drive through a flooded area. Around 10 am, the driver of an SUV drove around the barricades at Prosser Road, that's an ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203280762&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:07:05 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203280762&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Fred Dimond has called Rogersville home for four decades. "It's one of the nicest places I've lived in all my life," Dimond said, "but I hate for it to be destroyed by ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203280763&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:07:03 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203280763&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 East Tennessee could soon see the first candidate ads of the GOP primary season. An agency has requested "comparable use" rates on behalf of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203279864&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:07:01 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203279864&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 This is Tennessee's annual Earthquake Awareness Week, which will include the second annual Great Central U.S. ShakeOut drill Tuesday. The drill at 10:15 a.m. CST will be on the 200th ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203280764&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:06:57 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203280764&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 A former Tennessee governor and the state's current comptroller are among public figures with ties to an East Tennessee bank whose closure by regulators was one of the state's first bank ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203280765&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:06:54 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203280765&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 KNOXVILLE (WATE) - A second round of recycling carts will be delivered in Knoxville throughout February for the city's new curbside single-stream program. Households that signed up between ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203280757&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:06:50 -0500 WATE 6 http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203280757&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 KNOXVILLE (WATE) - A fugitive sex offender was arrested February 2 in East Knox County. Jason Shepherd, 30, fled from Kokomo, Indiana to Knoxville to avoid prosecution for obstruction of justice ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203280758&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:06:49 -0500 WATE 6 http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203280758&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The latest effort to allow wine to be sold in Tennessee supermarkets has failed for lack of a sponsor in the state Senate. Republican Rep. Jon Lundberg of Bristol had expected a better fate for his ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203279863&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:53:46 -0500 News Channel 9 http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203279863&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Authorities say a family learned that lesson the hard way today when a driver tried to commute on Prosser Road, which has been closed for almost a year since heavy rains flooded the road last ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203280760&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:47:47 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203280760&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Raymond Parker's Corgi-Chow mix, Sarge, died after eating a chicken jerky treat made in China. Parker is convinced the treat made Sarge sick. Nov. 18, 2011: Raymond Parker of Knoxville ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203277187&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:47:45 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203277187&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Nearly 360 layoffs at nine Food Lion stores across East Tennessee were reported by the state Monday, as Food Lion continues the process of closing 113 of its grocery ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203276256&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:47:43 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203276256&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Grainger County Sheriff Scott Layel tells 10News crews have located a SUV in the Holston River they have been searching for since 3:00 a.m. Monday morning. Authorities say two people made their way ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203275524&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:42:18 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203275524&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Average retail gasoline prices in Chattanooga have risen 1.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.34/g yesterday. This compares with the national average that has increased 3.0 cents per ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203274701&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:30:37 -0500 News Channel 9 http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203274701&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The Catholic Church in East Tennessee is condemning a contraception mandate. They argue that it violates their conscience and freedom of religion. Beginning next year, the Health and Human Services ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203269660&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:56:52 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203269660&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Knox Heritage invites the general public to submit nominations of Knoxville's and Knox County's most endangered places or structures to be included in the 2012 "Fragile Fifteen" ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203269963&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:43:41 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203269963&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Elite and Eli. One and the same. And now there are two Super Bowl championships and two MVPs to prove it. Eli Manning is the big man in the NFL after one-upping Tom Brady and ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203267593&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:58:29 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203267593&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 OAK RIDGE -- K-25, the world's largest building at the time of its construction in World War II, is getting smaller by the day as workers -- using an armada of bulldozers, cranes and other ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203267590&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:45:10 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203267590&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 No one asked KTSC leaders how they spent money the county gave them. No one asked representatives about the organization's business model. And no one asked about ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203267591&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:45:06 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203267591&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 NASHVILLE -- The latest effort to legalize the sale of wine in Tennessee grocery stores appears stalled at the starting gate, but the sponsor insists that it's only a matter of time until the ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203267592&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:45:03 -0500 Knox News http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203267592&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The Retail Advertising and Marketing Association estimates Super Bowl related spending will hit a record $11 billion this year, and local businesses are getting in on the ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203265505&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:07:26 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203265505&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Officials confirmed Sunday morning that westbound traffic is now moving again on Interstate 40. Both lanes are back open in North Carolina, according to the state's Dept. of Transportation Web ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203263916&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:17:33 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203263916&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 The man who started a Knoxville Christmas tradition has passed away. Phil Chaney founded the Living Christmas Tree in 1989 after he moved to Knoxville and became the music director of Sevier ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203262922&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:17:29 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203262922&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 A high school student in Chattanooga is taking a stand against bullies. Seventeen-year-old Jasmine Scruggs told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that she is holding an event later this month to ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203263917&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:17:27 -0500 WBIR http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203263917&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 JESSA LEWIS 6 News Reporter KNOXVILLE (WATE) - With the nation celebrating the biggest football game of the year, and toasting the winners, the Tennessee Department of Transportation is pushing the ... http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203262599&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:39:56 -0500 WATE 6 http://feeds.knoxvillenews.net/?rid=203262599&cat=a8d1772e8d5c87a8