A Sevier County judge dismissed the county criminal charge against a Knoxville police officer arrested in December. The officer’s administrative review is ongoing.

A 3-year-old was found alone and unclothed in a North Knoxville apartment parking lot; court records show his father has been charged with child endangerment and child abuse.

A 46‑year‑old Sneedville man died after an apparent self‑inflicted gunshot while in the back of a Hancock County patrol vehicle, the TBI says. Agents are investigating at the DA's request.

A bicyclist suffered life‑threatening injuries after being struck by an SUV on North Cherry Street near I‑40 late Saturday. Police closed the road overnight while investigators worked the scene.

A 25-year-old East Tennessee woman was arrested in Greene County, Tenn., after a parental abduction on Old Mars Hill Highway; the one-year-old was recovered safe and uninjured.

A 29-year-old Knoxville woman was arrested after an accidental porch shooting that killed a man. Police say alcohol, marijuana and two guns were involved.

A Knoxville man was arrested in Bean Station and now faces about 50 child‑sex charges, including continuous sexual abuse and dozens of statutory‑rape counts.

A Knox County judge has referred the case of a former postal worker accused of stealing nearly $1M in checks to a grand jury after detectives recovered stacks of undelivered checks.

A 27-year-old Alcoa man is in custody after an early-morning Five Points shooting left a Knoxville man wounded. KPD says charges are pending as detectives investigate.

Knoxville police say a car drove past new bollards and across the pedestrian-only Gay Street Bridge early Saturday, damaging landscaping before the driver fled on foot.

Two American alligators and a false water cobra were seized in a multistate poaching probe that began with a December traffic stop and produced scores of charges in Tennessee and Kentucky.

U.S. Marshals arrested a 22-year-old wanted in Tulsa at a Maryville apartment; he faces strangulation and burglary charges and is being held pending extradition.

A 23-year-old Crossville man died after his motorcycle crossed into oncoming traffic and struck an SUV on Merchant Drive in Knoxville. Two children were treated for minor injuries and police are investigating.