Downtown Knoxville Planner (9/7 – 9/16)
Welcome to the 10-Day Planner! If you want your event included, please create a Facebook event, invite editor Leslie Wylie Bateman via the “invite” button on the event page (you’ll need to friend her), and it will be included. We need enough lead time that the list can be put together the Wednesday before you want...
48 First Alert Weather: Weekend AM Forecast
48 First Alert Weather Forecaster Jayda Russell talks about sunny skies throughout the week. 48 First Alert Weather Forecaster Jayda Russell talks about dry weather conditions and sunshine returning to the Tennessee Valley. 48 First Alert Weather: Weekend AM Forecast. Updated: Sep. 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM CDT. 48 First...
UT sees retention rate climb for 3 years in a row, welcomes largest freshman...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee announced Friday that its retention rate has risen for the third consecutive year, with more than 92.4% of first-year students from last year returning for their sophomore year. The university also said it broke an institutional record this year, with 40,421 total...
The Knoxville Focus for September 8, 2025
2025 Tennessee Valley Fair kicks off in Chilhowee Park. Although its future at Chilhowee Park is uncertain, the Tennessee Valley Fair opened Friday for its annual opening day business and government luncheon. The fair has been held at Chilhowee Park since 1916. The overflow crowd beneath the Pepsi Community Tent...
Cocke County Jail Annex in Jefferson County certified
Cocke County Sheriff C.J. Ball announced Friday afternoon that the county’s jail annex that is currently located in Jefferson County has been certified. The Cocke County Jail Annex located in Newport has been unavailable since the flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. Calling it “great news for the county,” Ball...
Laine Pugh’s Sunday Morning Weather Update 9/7/25
Fall like conditions across the Tennessee Valley over the next couple of days!. High temperatures over the next couple of days will be in the low 80s, with comfortable humidity and no rain chances. That's a forecast everyone will love!
Zoo Knoxville red panda cubs officially out in public enclosure
Two male red panda cubs were born to mom Sisu and dad Doofah on June 3. They are now out playing in the public enclosure!
Makita grease guns, hoses recalled after injuries
There have been 5 reports of injuries, according to the recall notice for the Makita Professional Cordless Grease Gun and Makita Grease Gun hoses.
Knoxville Man Convicted of Stabbing Three in New Year’s Day Bar Brawl
A Bearden bar brawl on New Year's Day that ended with three people stabbed has led to a conviction for one Shawn Edward Hatcher, 50. As reported by the Office of District Attorney Charme Allen, a jury recently found Hatcher guilty of two counts of Aggravated Assault, one count of Assault, and Unlawful Possession of a...
TOSHA opens investigation into Sevierville lifeguard’s drowning
Canadian man charged with scamming more than $200,000 from elderly Gatlinburg man, police say. GPD said 31-year-old Yin Yiin Cheng, of Burnaby, British Columbia, was taken into custody Wednesday on several charges. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee laying off nearly 100 people, eliminating dozens of other jobs....
