A son helped thwart a home invasion at his mother's home in Seymour.

It happened on Baslam Street around 6:30 Wednesday evening. Police say the son was talking with his mom while he was heading home from work. He said his mom started yelling at someone to get out of her house.

The son immediately drove to his mom's. Police say when he got there, someone was standing in his mother's house with a shovel.

(WBIR - Blount County) A former employee at the Alcoa School District diverted more than $400,000 in public money for her own use.

A six year investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation revealed the woman, who helped manage the district's federal funding for various projects, took $428,000 from the district and used it to pay for her home mortgage, food jewelry, clothing, iTunes downloads, and an investment at a local gym.

Plans to build an archive facility to house artifacts from the Smokies and other Tennessee National Parks are moving move forward.

Senator Lamar Alexander announced the decision with the US Department of the Interior Secretary in Townsend on Monday.

The Joint Curatorial Collections Facility will be located in Townsend on land donated by the Smoky Mountain Heritage Center. The project is expected to cost $4.3 million dollars.

More than half of the money will come from private donations.