Knoxville TN

The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating after a fatal crash on US 411 in Blount County.

Patrols were heightened by Knoxville Police Department officers over the Independence Day holiday in a proactive measure to maintain roadway safety. The initiative was launched to reduce the increase in traffic incidents that often occurs during holiday periods. According to a social media post by Knoxville Police...

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) — A 21-year-old Northern Michigan University (NMU) student has died after falling from a crane at a construction site in Tennessee. According to My UP Now's affiliate WATE, the victim's name is Jackson Gervasio, of Sault Ste. Marie. They reported that police officers with Knoxville Police...

Russell Gregory moved to Cades Cove, Tennessee in the early 1840s from North Carolina. He became an important cattle farmer and community leader in the area. Like most people in Cades Cove, Gregory supported the Union during the Civil War. North Carolina Confederate rebels killed him in December 1864 after...

TENNESSEE — A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday morning in a crash at the intersection of Broadway and Rose Drive, according to the Knoxville Police Department. Investigators said the motorcyclist was attempting to cross all four lanes of Broadway from Old Broadway and enter a shopping center on Tazewell Pike when the...

At least one person is dead after a crash on North Broadway in Knoxville.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A man was taken into custody and charged with arson after a house fire Monday morning, the Knoxville Fire Department said. Roderick J. McAlpin, 42, faces one charge of felony arson. Around 5:50 a.m., KFD responded to reports of a house fire on the 2400 block of Larkwood Lane. Investigators...

Every summer, I try to visit at least one or two regional waterfront eateries I’ve never dined at before. Each year, my options grow fewer, but last week, The Grub Spouse and I were finally able to knock one out — Off the Hook Lakeside Bar and Grille , overlooking Cherokee Reservoir at Black Oak Marina in Jefferson...

A Knoxville man is facing up to 10 years in prison after he was convicted of multiple charges, including vehicular homicide, in connection to an August 2022 crash that left one person dead and another seriously injured.

When you rent an apartment, you expect the landlord to clean the unit and fix broken items. A mother of three children said her landlord did very little to prepare her apartment before she moved in. She added that it was as if the landlord had forgotten about her.