Knoxville Crime Stoppers Seeks Help Finding Missing Teens
Two teenage girls are missing from West Knoxville after leaving their home on foot Saturday, and local Crime Stoppers is asking the public to help find them. The teenagers are identified as 17-year-old Alexis Shears and 15-year-old Eulanda Mitchelle. Family members and investigators say the pair were last seen...
Knoxville ‘Beauty Bandits’ Busted With $18K Stash On I-40, Cops Say
A routine Knox County traffic stop turned into a rolling beauty aisle seizure when deputies say they discovered more than $18,000 in allegedly stolen cosmetics stuffed into trash bags inside a red car on Interstate 40. According to authorities, loss-prevention staff flagged a vehicle leaving a store, and deputies...
Zac Brown Band to Electrify Knoxville at Food City Center on Oct. 8 with...
Get ready Knoxville, the Zac Brown Band is set to perform at the Food City Center on Oct. 8 as part of their "Love & Fear" tour, an event that follows their January 17 finale at the Sphere Las Vegas, where they became the first country band to headline the distinctive venue; now they are bringing that big energy to...
Knoxville Man Sought In Assault, Drug Probation Case, Crime Stoppers Says
East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers is asking Knoxville-area residents to keep an eye out for Noah Everette Priester, who is wanted on an aggravated-assault charge and for a probation violation tied to a drug-related case. The alert lists Priester's date of birth as July 21, 2000, and describes him as about 5-foot-1...
Oak Ridge man charged after customers defrauded at Knoxville McDonald’s
An Oak Ridge man accused of defrauding customers while working at an area McDonald's restaurant has been taken into police custody, Knoxville Police said Tuesday morning.
Knoxville TDOT crews head to Nashville to help clear roads after winter storm
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Crews with the Tennessee Department of Transportation in Knoxville are making their way to the state capital to help out after wintry weather swept through the region. According to TDOT, 17 crew members from Knoxville traveled to Nashville to help with roadway clearing efforts. The crews...
Rural Metro issues reminder after chimney fire at home in West Knox County
Bagwell said crews were able to quickly extinguish the fire and used thermal imaging cameras to ensure the fire did not spread.
Two area coaches make history
Coach Carol Mitchell, Gibbs High School softball coach, has been named the National Softball Coach of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations. In her 33rd year as coach, she has led the Gibbs softball teams to seven state titles, including the 2025 championship. Her teams have a...
A junk man meets his fate in the Old City
If you look back at a map of Knoxville in 1895, you will see where Luttrell, Eleanor and Deery Streets doglegged their way out of what we now call Fourth & Gill into the eastern outskirts of the Old City north of Jackson Avenue. The southern termini of those streets disappeared to urban “renewal’ in the 1960s, under...
Cold weather is here to stay. Here’s a look at Knoxville’s forecast
Cold temperatures are here to stay in East Tennessee, at least for now. A cold weather advisory from the National Weather Service is in place from 6 p.m. Jan. 26 through noon Jan. 27. Knoxville will remain at the cusp of freezing or below at least through Saturday, Jan. 31, according to the National Weather Service....
