With Obama Administration missteps seen as emerging scandals by some and
generating bipartisan outrage among many, members of the Tennessee
congressional delegation offered their own outcries Tuesday.
A former Cocke County official was only sentenced to two days in jail in a plea deal for vehicular homicide and DUI after he fatally crashed into a 21-year-old on her bicycle in 2011. The prosecutor in the case defends the decision to cut a deal.
Two East Tennessee natives who now work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation are among the finalists for one of the highest honors given to civilian federal employees.
Knoxville Wholesale Furniture announced Monday that it will close its
Parkside Drive location in West Knoxville and move up the road into the
former Fowler's Furniture store on North Peters Road.