Don Jacobs

• Two injured in Knoxville home fire Published 05/22/2013 at 7:34 a.m.

  KNOXVILLE — Two people sustained minor injuries Wednesday morning when their house erupted in flames because of a problem with an electrical outlet.

• Man kills self during standoff with Sevierville police Published 05/20/2013 at 2:48 p.m.

  A 52-year-old Florida man killed himself in his car after an 80-minute standoff with Sevierville officers.

• Preliminary finding: Louisville couple died in murder-suicide Updated 05/20/2013 at 3:44 p.m.

  A Louisville man shot his wife to death and then turned the gun on himself in their home.

• Armed robber flees with Knoxville bank deposit Published 05/20/2013 at 9:57 a.m.

  KNOXVILLE — A man making a night deposit for his employer encountered an armed man at a First Tennessee Bank branch, police said.

• Ceremony honors 10 fallen law enforcement officers in Knox County Published 05/17/2013 at 7:20 p.m.

  They get kicked, shoved, punched, cursed, spit upon and are endlessly criticized by the public while working holidays and missing milestones in their children’s lives.

• Hundreds gather for National Peace Officers Memorial Day Published 05/17/2013 at 1:51 p.m.

  KNOXVILLE — Solemn law enforcement officers and family members this morning placed 10 roses in a field of mums in the shape of a five-pointed star to honor those who had died in the past year.

• Updated with video: Knox County students escape unharmed from burning bus Updated 05/17/2013 at 11:46 a.m.

  KNOXVILLE — About 30 students from Powell High School and Powell Middle School this morning escaped serious injury after the bus carrying them caught fire.

• Updated with map of Knox County potholes: Workers attack pothole-pocked I-640 Updated 05/17/2013 at 10:07 a.m.

  The days of jogging from one lane of Interstate 640 to another to avoid jaw-popping potholes are numbered, at least for the eastern leg of the route.

• Alleged meth lab blaze in van prompts charge against S. Knoxville woman Updated 05/16/2013 at 5:08 p.m.

  KNOXVILLE — A 31-year-old South Knoxville woman whose van erupted in flames outside her Maryville Pike apartment building has been charged with trying to make methamphetamine.

• Gun at Bearden Middle School came from a relative Published 05/14/2013 at 3:05 p.m.

  KNOXVILLE — A Bearden Middle School student arrested Monday for having an unloaded .357 magnum gun at school got the weapon from a family member, a police spokesman said.

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