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Vols knock off LSU, 59-49

Vols knock off LSU, 59-49

The win Thursday afternoon means the Vols will take on Ole Miss on Friday.

2009 proves profitable: U.S. millionaires up 16%

2009 proves profitable: U.S. millionaires up 16%

A report issued this week from a Chicago based marketing firm found the number of American millionaires rose 16% in 2009, despite the recession.

Massive bust shuts down active moonshine still in Bell County, KY

Massive bust shuts down active moonshine still in Bell County, KY

Deputies seized more than 500 gallons of mash for making corn whiskey and more than 100 gallons of actual moonshine.

Elaine Davis files suit to get on the ballot

Elaine Davis files suit to get on the ballot

Elaine Davis, a one-time commissioner and would-be candidate, has filed suit to be added to the ballot in Knox County after being excluded due to an issue with her petition signatures.

Tell us what you think: Sex Education

Tell us what you think: Sex Education

President Obama's new budget would eliminate most money for abstinence-only sex education and shift it to teen pregnancy prevention - a U-turn in what has been more than a decade of sex education policy in the USA.

Buddy Check: Janet's Journey begins

Buddy Check: Janet's Journey begins

Over the course of the coming months, 10News will be following the trials and triumphs of a 41-year-old woman newly diagnosed with breast cancer. This is the first intallment in Janet's Journey.

Top 5: Nursery/garden centers; Viewer Pic Contest: Youth sports

Top 5: Nursery/garden centers; Viewer Pic Contest: Youth sports

This week's Top 5 is asking for the best gardening or nursery center in East Tennessee. The Viewer Pic Contest is calling for your photos of youth sports picking back up for the spring.

Rescued Grainger County cats prepping for new families

Rescued Grainger County cats prepping for new families

The more than 120 cats rescued from a Grainger County rental home over the weekend are now undergoing spay and neuter surgeries so that they can find new adoptive homes.

Dawson elevated to president of LMU

Dawson elevated to president of LMU

Dr. B. James Dawson had been the school's chief operating officer and chancellor of the main campus in Harrogate since August.

Knox assistant DA to be suspended a week over DUI arrest

Knox assistant DA to be suspended a week over DUI arrest

District Attorney General Randy Nichols has announced a Knox County prosecutor will be suspended a week without pay over a drunk driving arrest in Anderson County.

Greene County to host college women's golf championship in 2011, 2012

Greene County to host college women's golf championship in 2011, 2012

Greene County's Link Hills Country Club will play host to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics' Golf National Championships, bringing the event to Tennessee for the first time.

Update: Fire at fuel depot extinguished; Middlebrook reopens

Update: Fire at fuel depot extinguished; Middlebrook reopens

A fire at the fuel depot on Middlebrook Pike has been extinguished. The detour was removed, and the road reopened just before noon.

Pre-K funding is issue at TN governor candidates forum

Pre-K funding is issue at TN governor candidates forum

Gubernatorial candidate Bill Gibbons suggested reducing the amount of money that retailers get from the state lottery to pay for an expansion of pre-kindergarten education, pointing directly to companies like the truck stop chain owned by the family of one of his Republican rivals.

Tennessean: Vols make most of bad situation

Tennessean: Vols make most of bad situation

Since the incident where four players were arrested last year, everybody has been pulling in the same direction. Team unity grew. They proved they could grind out key victories.

New showdown brews over guns-in-bars

New showdown brews over guns-in-bars

A new bill that would let handgun owners take their weapons into any bar or restaurant in Tennessee has started to make its way through the legislature.

Update: Seven injured in single vehicle accident on I-75N

Update: Seven injured in single vehicle accident on I-75N

Seven people were sent to the hospital after a single vehicle rolled over seven times in an early morning accident on I-75N in Loudon County near mile marker 79.

Franklin man arraigned in slaying of wife at I-40 rest stop

Franklin man arraigned in slaying of wife at I-40 rest stop

A Franklin man was arraigned Wednesday on charges that he waited for his estranged wife to show up at an Interstate 40 rest stop just west of the Tennessee River, then shot and stabbed her to death.

TSU runs risk of losing its accreditation

TSU runs risk of losing its accreditation

Tennessee State University's accreditation is at risk this year unless it proves professors adequately test students, administrators make results-driven decisions and instructors have the right credentials to teach their subjects.

SEC Tournament fans arrive with wallets open

SEC Tournament fans arrive with wallets open

Nashville opens its arms to the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament today - and hopes the tens of thousands of visiting college basketball fans respond by opening their wallets.

Veterans' home briefly evacuated, no fire

Veterans' home briefly evacuated, no fire

Residents of the Ben Atchley State Veterans Home on Coward Mill Road in Knox County were briefly evacuated after a fire alarm Tuesday night

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