Alcoa, Tennessee

Blount County shoppers shrugged off fear for the economy and cast their votes for cheer on Black Friday, the traditional start of the Christmas shopping season.

The call came out late Nov. 17 that an armed man entered the Comfort Suites in Alcoa, put a gun to a clerk's head and demanded money.

Man's best friend can be a criminal's greatest foe. Blount County Sheriff's K-9s may be social and friendly when around people but, make no mistake, they can be aggressive.

A pursuit through Alcoa, Maryville and Blount County ended in a crash at about 2:25 p.m. today.

City officials have a warning for Alcoa residents. Beware of people calling about free water testing because it's a scam.

They came with big shovels. They came with little shovels. They even came with plastic toy shovels.

Three people face a court date Wednesday in connection with their alleged attempt to buy the ingredients for methamphetamine and an ensuing high-speed pursuit that left a string of wrecked automobiles and the ...

"What a great day," said Chris Soro of C2RL Engineers as he addressed the group assembled in the cafeteria of the new city of Alcoa Service Center on Universal Street.

Blount County deputies arrested three meth suspects Thursday afternoon after nudging their car which crashed into a tree.

The Alcoa Police Department released more details today in Monday's robbery of Comfort Suites on Cusick Road.

Alcoa police detectives were searching tonight for a suspect that robbed Comfort Suites in Alcoa with a weapon.

The Blount County Commission on Thursday will consider whether controversial stream buffer requirements should only have to apply within the urban growth boundaries surrounding local municipalities or at all.

Blount county's police academy graduates twelve new recruits today and the largest number, five, will go to the county's sheriff's department.

Salsarita's Fresh Cantina , a made-to-order Mexican fast food restaurant, will open a fourth Knoxville location early next year off Clinton Highway.

Officials broke ground Wednesday on a research and development park off Pellissippi Parkway called Pellissippi Place.

Many polling precincts opened to lines at 8 a.m. today and some voting places, including the one at Alcoa First Baptist Church Family Life Center, still had lines after 10:30 a.m. When the voting began there ...

Earl Whaley Sr. started Courtyard Grille 20 years ago with the help of his son-in-law, the late Robert Jones.

Among Blount County voters: Sen. John McCain defeated Sen. Barack Obama, 35,550 to 15,250, in the presidential race.

A Blount County judge Monday dismissed an act-of-terrorism charge against a man who authorities said pulled a practice grenade out of his pocket during an argument at an Alcoa Highway restaurant.