Man gets 6 years behind bars for death of Knoxville grandmother

Submitted by WBIR Web Staff on Friday, March 7th, 8:14 pm

(WBIR) Frank Gary Cooper was sentenced to six years behind bars on Friday for the killing of a Knoxville grandmother.

The judge sentenced Cooper two years for criminally negligent homicide and four years for facilitation of aggravated burglary.

"This was a terribly difficult homicide," said Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz. "Cooper admitted they talked about it for two weeks before going."

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Bicycle route connecting downtown to Knoxville Zoo done

Submitted by WBIR Web Staff on Friday, March 7th, 3:39 pm

(WBIR - Knoxville) A new bike route running from the University of Tennessee campus to the Knoxville Zoo has been completed.

The City of Knoxville announced Friday that work on the 3.5-mile long "East Knoxville Bicycle Route" finished. It comes complete with 40 directional signs that will lead bikers from Gay Street to the Knoxville Zoo and back. It winds through Old City, 5th Avenue and passes through the Parkridge neighborhood.

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Congressman Duncan visits Knoxville for grandson's first haircut

Submitted by WBIR Web Staff on Wednesday, March 5th, 7:22 pm

Congressman Jimmy Duncan made a trip back home to Knoxville for an important reason last week. He visited Barnes Barbershop in East Knoxville for his grandson's first haircut.

The Duncan family has been going to Barnes for more than 60 years. Representative Duncan and his son Zane both had their first haircuts in their chairs, and Friday his grandson Zane, Jr. received his.

Congressman Duncan says that a certain wisdom comes from a barber shop like Barnes.

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Vehicle crashes into trooper & another car on I-40

Submitted by WBIR Web Staff on Tuesday, March 4th, 5:14 pm

The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating after a trooper and another vehicle parked alongside the interstate were hit by another vehicle Tuesday afternoon.

According to Sgt. Bill Miller with THP, Trooper Adam Bowman pulled a car over for a traffic stop on I-40 eastbound at mile marker 399, just past the Strawberry Plains exit They were parked on the left median of the interstate when a passing vehicle slammed into them.

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Urban forest set to double in size

Submitted by WBIR Web Staff on Wednesday, February 26th, 11:34 pm

An urban forest in East Knoxville is set to double in size.

The Tennessee Clean Water Network closed on five acres of land near Williams Creek. The acquisition puts the urban forest at 10 acres.

The land has been a dump spot for trash in the past, but one official says the land will be a big addition once they clean it up.

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KPD officer released from hospital after crash

Submitted by WBIR Web Staff on Wednesday, February 26th, 1:14 pm

Update Thursday 11:45 a.m.:
The Knoxville Police officer hurt in a Tuesday evening crash, when his cruiser flipped, has been released from the hospital.

KPD says Officer Christopher Hutton was treated and released overnight from UT Medical Center.

He was driving down Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue with lights and sirens on in his cruiser when a 2005 Chevrolet Impala, driven by Elbert Brabson, entered the intersection and collided with the officer's vehicle.

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KPD identifies east Knoxville shooting victim

Submitted by WBIR Web Staff on Monday, February 17th, 12:51 pm

(WBIR) Police identified a victim shot in east Knoxville Sunday morning.

Officers found Lonnie Flemming, 31, of Knoxville with a gunshot wound in his chest behind a home on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue.

Flemming was uncooperative with police and did not give any details about the shooting, according to a Knoxville Police Department release. But a witness told KPD that the victim was shot earlier that morning and didn't want help from police or medical personnel.

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