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A 7-year-old boy saved his baby sister from their burning Tennessee home, climbing through a window from the outside into her bedroom and pulling her to safety. Chris and Nicole Davidson, both former firefighters, couldn't get to the bedroom where their 22-month-0ld daughter was because of flames in the living room, Nicole told WVLT-TV. They were able to grab their sons from their rooms before exiting the burning home. Once they realized they couldn't get into their daughter's room, that's when Eli — with a boost from dad —

A North Carolina photographer dove headfirst, literally, into his assignment when he came face-to-face with an elk. James York was photographing elk at sunrise in the Cataloochee Valley of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Gatlinburg, Tenn., when one of the elk on which he had his lens focused approached him. "He came up peacefully enough," York said. "I was hoping he might just take a little sniff and move away but he didn't." Instead, the elk began nuzzling York, sniffing at his leg and forcefully nudging his antlers into York's head, which York did his best to keep...

Officials in a Tennessee city said a police officer was fired for shooting his gun and using pepper spray in an attempt to get a squirrel out of a dollar store. Mountain City Police Officer Jody Putnam went to a Dollar General in Johnson County on a report of a squirrel running loose in the store and police department records state the officer fired off his gun in an apparent attempt to kill or scare the animal, WJHL-TV, Johnson City, Tenn., reported Friday. "Shooting back there, of course that should not have been, that should not have happened," property owner...

MOUNTAIN CITY, TN (WBIR) - A Tennessee police officer has been fired after displaying heavy force in an attempt to rid a Dollar General Store of a squirrel. The incident occurred last Thursday in Mountain City, when according to police documents, now-former Officer Jody Putnam found himself at the right place at the right time. Or the wrong place at the wrong time. Documents state that Putnam happened to be inside the Dollar General Store at the same time employees noticed a squirrel. That's when Putnam sprang into action, discharging his firearm at the squirrel inside the store. Unsuccessful, he...

KNOXVILLE (WATE) - President Barack Obama continued his efforts Monday to get congressional approval for strikes on Syria. The president met at the White House with Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham. President Obama wants a limited strike but McCain is calling for more than what he described as "pinprick cruise missiles." Over the weekend, the President announced he would seek congressional approval for attacks after the administration said Syria used sarin gas in the deadly attacks against its own people. 6 News has spent the day talking with members of Tennessee's congressional delegation getting their perspective on the...

KNOXVILLE — The FBI has Pilot Flying headquarters on lockdown Monday afternoon.

Three people found asleep in a tent with the corpse of a slain man in a homeless camp are suspects in three killings that occurred in the span of a few hours Tuesday, Knoxville police said Friday...

Hello my fellow conservatives. As you may as well know there was recently an anti-Bush/america protest under the guise of an anti-war protest in Knoxville, TN by a number of UT students and other activists. I would like to organize an East Tennessee Pro-America rally to take place in front of the West Town mall, the same place where the UT students protested. I have never organized a rally or protest before so I would appreciate it deeply if someone who would like to help would email me at matt@dynamicselling.com . I put up a site on yahoo.com for all...