NORTH KNOXVILLE RECYCLING FACILITY BLAZE FORCES EVACUATIONS
Clouds of billowing black smoke are filling the skies over North Knoxville as fire personnel scramble to extinguish a blaze at the Fort Loudoun Waste & Recycling facility at 2742 Hancock Street. ...
UPDATED INFORMATION ON YESTERDAY’S FATAL OAK RIDGE CAR CRASH
Just before 12:30 p.m. yesterday, Oak Ridge police responded to a two-vehicle crash on Oak Ridge Turnpike at Newport Drive. One driver, 77-year-old Johnnie Gary of Oak Ridge, was pronounced dead at t ...
WEAKENED TENNESSEE “BATHROOM BILL” HEADS TO GOVERNOR’S DESK
A watered-down bill that specifies Tennessee's public indecency law applies to single-sex, multiple-occupancy bathrooms and changing rooms is heading to Governor Bill Lee’s desk for his signature. Th ...
STATE BUDGET AMENDMENT BUMPS PAY FOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, COUNSELORS
Correctional officers and counselors in Tennessee will see a substantial pay increase under an amendment to the budget approved by the full Senate Tuesday. The budget was amended to include $5.5 milli ...
ELECTRIC SCOOTERS RETURN TO KNOXVILLE AS OF MAY 1
That buzz you hear around Knoxville isn’t a swarm of oversized mosquitoes. It’s the hum of electric scooters returning to the city streets as of today. As part of a one-year pilot program, Zagster an ...
VEHICLE VS. PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT NEAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BLOUNT COUNTY
Deputies from the Blount County Sheriff's Department responded this morning to a vehicle vs. pedestrian accident near Lanier Elementary School. Authorities said the pedestrian, who has not yet been i ...
LONGEST WALKING BRIDGE IN NORTH AMERICA IS ABOUT TO OPEN IN TENNESSEE
Gatlinburg will be home to yet another attraction. The Gatlinburg Skylift Park announced the grand opening of the SkyBridge attraction, the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in North America. At ...
ALL SEVEN SUMNER CO MURDER VICTIMS KILLED WITH BLUNT FORCE
The State medical examiner has released the cause of death for the seven victims killed in the Sumner County slayings. State Medical examiner Dr. Feng Li said that all seven victims died from multipl ...
TN ELEMENTARY STUDENT ARRESTED FOR BRINGING LOADED HANDGUN TO SCHOOL
A student at a Nashville elementary school has arrested for carrying a gun to school on Monday. Acting on a student’s tip, a Lakeview Design Center Elementary teach found a loaded .45 caliber semi-au ...
ONLINE SPORTS GAMBLING LEGALIZED IN TENNESSEE
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s office says he’ll let legislation to allow sports betting become law without his signature. Lee spokeswoman Laine Arnold said the Republican doesn’t believe gambling expansi ...
1 KILLED, 1 INJURED IN TWO-VEHICLE CRASH IN OAK RIDGE
A two-vehicle crash reported around 1 p.m. Eastern Time has left part of a main thoroughfare closed to traffic while an investigation continues. The crash occurred on Oak Ridge Turnpike (Highway 95) ...
TEEN GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL, DIES FROM HEART FAILURE TWO DAYS LATER
A Johnson City teen with an aggressive form of muscular dystrophy fulfilled his dream of graduating from high school, just two days before his death. Dakota Johnson had been taught at home since the ...
