
WBIR ANCHOR BILL WILLIAMS PASSED AWAY AT 91
Bill Williams, a revered figure in East Tennessee journalism and WBIR anchor emeritus, passed away at the age of 91. Born in Missouri in 1934, Williams pursued his education in Oklahoma before embarki ...

FREE HUNTING DAY SET FOR AUGUST 23
NASHVILLE --- Tennessee residents are allowed to hunt without a license on Saturday, Aug. 23, which coincides with the opening day of squirrel season. Free Hunting Day is an annual event provided b ...

SCOTT COUNTY MAN ARRESTED AFTER THROWING MOLOTOV AT WALMART PROPANE TANK
WVLT reports that a Scott County man named Martin Robbins was arrested after throwing a Molotov cocktail at a propane tank outside a Walmart, as confirmed by Oneida Police Department Chief Darryl Laxt ...

AAA: TENN. GAS PRICE AVERAGE FALLS 3 CENTS
NASHVILLE, Tenn., (August 18, 2025) — The Tennessee Gas Price average is now $2.74, three cents less than last week, two cents less than last month and almost 30 cents less than one year ago. "The ...

PROGRESS MADE ON BLEDSOE T.C.A.T. CAMPUS
From TCAT: Exciting things are happening in Bledsoe County! The TCAT–Bledsoe Campus is coming right along — walls are going up, and the vision is becoming reality! What once started as a few ...

KNOX COUNTY TO CREATE 20 TINY HOMES FOR HOMELESS VETS
Knox County, Tennessee, has launched Operation Hero’s Hill, a new initiative to provide tiny homes for homeless veterans, as announced on a dedicated county website. In its initial phase, the program ...

FORMER BLOUNT TEACHER’S LICENSE SUSPENDED AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO ASSAULT
The Tennessee State Board of Education voted seven-to-two to suspend the teaching license of Joseph Dalton, a former Blount County Schools teacher, for three years after he pleaded guilty to multiple ...

GALLATIN MAN SENTENCED BY KNOXVILLE JUDGE FOR ENTICEMENT OF A MINOR
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On August 14, 2025, Andrew John Paolini, 64, of Gallatin, Tennessee, was sentenced to 151 months imprisonment by the Honorable Katherine A. Crytzer, United States District Judge, in ...

BODY OF 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL RECOVERED FROM RED RIVER
On Sunday afternoon, the Clarksville Police Department reported that the body of an 11-year-old girl, who had been reported missing, was recovered from the Red River in Clarksville, Tennessee. Witness ...

TWO OVERTON COUNTY MEN CHARGED IN C.S.A.M. INVESTIGATION
OVERTON COUNTY – A joint investigation involving special agents from the TBI’s Internet Crimes Against Children Squad, the Overton County Sheriff’s Department, and the Livingston Police Department has ...

T.V.A. AND B.V.I. AWARDS $655,000 TO 179 SCHOOLS
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Bicentennial Volunteers, Inc. (BVI) have awarded $655,000 in robotics grants to 179 schools and non-profit organizations across TVA’s seven-state region to est ...

U.C.H.R.A. TO LAUNCH MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM FOR SENIORS
The Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency (UCHRA) is launching a pilot program to assist low-income seniors aged 60 and older with minor home repairs in Putnam, Overton, and Jackson counties, as repo ...