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Four people ranging in age from 18 to 65 have been arrested and charged in connection with a scheme to manufacture methamphetamine in Grainger County, Grainger County Sheriff Scott Layel said today.

The Greenback School teacher accused of using Facebook to solicit a minor for sex was back in a Blount County courtroom Friday.

Police in Rutledge are on the look for a man they call a career criminal. Captain Randy Holt spent Wednesday putting up "Wanted" posters for Thomas Coffey, 24, at local businesses.

A former police officer is behind bars, accused of a shooting spree inside a local drugstore that left two men dead and two women injured.

Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Knoxville Saturday, speaking out about the dangers of genetically modified foods.

The former police officer charged with a shooting spree in an East Tennessee pharmacy that left two people dead and two injured, had his first court appearance on Thursday.

Bean Station pharmacy shooting suspect Jason Bryan Holt is being led in for his arraignment Thursday before Grainger County General Sessions Court Judge J. Wayne Wolfenbarger.

Sudden guilty pleas by a pair of mid-level executives show the investigation into the truck stop chain controlled by the family of Tennessee's governor and the Cleveland Browns' owner is picking up steam, with prosecutors likely setting their sights on higher-ups at the company, experts say.

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A former police officer charged with killing two people and injuring two others in a shooting spree at a Bean Station pharmacy waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Thursday morning.

Accused execution-style murderer Jason Bryan Holt, 37, will face a Grainger County Grand Jury in September, said District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn on Monday, June 24. Holt, who is a former Bean Station police officer and Grainer County Sheriff's Department employee, waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Thursday, June 20, when he was in ... (more)

Corn festival: Representatives from Pick Tennessee Products will be on hand at the Union County Farmers' Market Corn Festival today.

Authorities in Grainger County are investigating thefts at Rutledge Middle School that left some classrooms without air conditioning on Tuesday.

People in Grainger County have been asking where their sheriff is. In fact, 6News viewers contacted us to look into the situation because Sheriff Scott Layel hasn't been seen in weeks.

Deputies say Dennis Rucker, Shane Farrow and David Valentine were found to be missing from the Grainger County Jail after a head count around 10 p.m Sunday night.

Dozens of law enforcement personnel heavily armed and clad in body armor and riot gear entered the Grainger County Jail this afternoon, shortly after the entire Justice Center was evacuated.

Law enforcement trained Wednesday for child abduction scenarios. The Knoxville Police Department and the Knoxville Sheriff's Office along with school staff took part in an emergency response drill at Rocky Hill Elementary School this afternoon.

In Grainger County, residents of Blaine say they don't feel safe after a string of burglaries.

Grainger County chief deputy Charles Biddle said while changes to the county jail are already in place, more needs to be done.

State officials returned Tuesday to the scene of a Grainger County house fire that claimed life of a woman and a child late Monday morning.

4 charged in Grainger County meth bust

Rutledge meth bust yields four arrests

Rutledge Police looking for career criminal

Former officer arrested in pharmacy shooting that left 2 dead, 2 hurt

Career criminal caught by Rutledge police

Former cop charged in pharmacy shooting to be held without bond

DA: Death-penalty decision months away in Bean Station double shooting

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Blount deputies mass at Grainger County Jail

Two missing Grainger County inmates captured in Pigeon Forge

Blaine residents arm themselves after string of break-ins

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State investigators probe Grainger house fire that left two dead