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Top officials with the Roane County Sheriff's Office admit they have been professionally and personally let down by the verdict handed down in Leon Houston's double murder retrial. More>>
It was business as usual Friday afternoon at the Sweet N' Spicy Café in Roane County. But the conversation at each table drifted to one particular topic, Thursday's acquittal of Leon Houston on all of the charges against him, including first degree murder. More>>
A Roane County jury found Leon Houston not guilty on all counts Thursday for the 2006 shooting deaths of a Roane County deputy and his friend. More>>
Environmental activists are trying to block TVA from starting to dump 1 million gallons a day of mercury, selenium and other chemicals from its Kingston Plant into the same river where coal ash was spilled in December. More>>
The jury got the case Wednesday night in Leon Houston's retrial. They'll return Thursday morning at 8:30 to start deliberating. More>>
Four children and three adults were ejected when a vehicle rolled over going east on rainy Interstate 40 in Roane County Tuesday morning. More>>
Some companies are using high price of prescription drugs as a sales come-on, claiming they provide free prescriptions through their service. More>>
Mixed reaction Tuesday night to progress at the ash spill site in Roane County. More>>
The defense called witnesses Tuesday afternoon in the retrial of Leon Houston. Judge David Hayes said testimony will be finished by Wednesday afternoon and closing arguments will be given. More>>
A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation ballistics expert told the jury one of Leon Houston's bullets was found in the civilian gunned down with a Roane County deputy in 2006. More>>
A Harriman family got out safely after their home caught fire early Sunday morning. More>>
All lanes of I-40 are open after a fatal accident closed one lane in both directions Sunday. More>>
A woman who says she was there when a Roane County deputy and his ride-along friend were killed told a jury the first shots came from the officer's cruiser. More>>
By the end of November, the two tall TVA stacks very visible at the Kingston plant will no longer be used on a regular basis. More>>
Leon Houston's attorney says his brother fired the shots that killed a Roane Co. deputy and a civilian. But the prosecution says it's not clear which brother fired. More>>
What if you're an adult with vision problems and you don't have insurance? More>>
A jury of six men and six women, along with three alternates, was chosen Tuesday for the retrial of Leon Houston. More>>
TVA has scrapped plans to allow public access to a spot overlooking a massive coal ash spill in Roane County. More>>
Jury selection began Monday for the second trial of Leon Houston in the fatal 2006 shooting of a Roane County deputy and his ride-along friend. More>>
If you're not able to sell your timeshare unit, you can turn to a closing company for help. For several thousand dollars, the company will have the title transferred to its name. More>>
A Harriman woman was at home getting ready to begin her day recently when the floor suddenly started moving. But the problem wasn't an earthquake. More>>
Roane State Community College officials have set up a call center in hopes of easing fears after private information was stolen from thousands of former and current employees and students. More>>
Roane County school officials are looking forward to closing Walnut Hill Elementary School. They say investing any more money into the aging school would be a waste. More>>
Roane State Community College has posted an "ID alert" on its Web site after the theft of a storage device containing confidential information on more than 10,000 people. More>>
A grand jury in Kingston has declined to indict a Roane County man in the shooting of his pregnant wife. More>>
