Knoxville TN

A bright red canopy has appeared along Middlebrook Pike, along with a whole lot of dirt. Knoxville's second RaceTrac gas station is under construction at 1415 Third Creek Road. It's expected to open in the fall, RaceTrac communications manager Jeanine Jones told Knox News in an email. RaceTrac started in Missouri in...

I’m trying to turn into a parade person. I really am. Maybe I had a traumatic parade experience as a kid, or maybe I’m just a human alive in the world today, but I’ve always deeply related to that bummer of an Elliot Smith song “Rose Parade” which uses a parade as an allegory for the forced joy, conformity and...

Jellico High Culinary Arts students visit Connor’s Restaurant for a day of learning. A NOTE FROM THE GRAND ON CENTRAL: “There is so much good going on in our community, and I want to share all this good with you every Monday here on WLAF in hopes that you will start your week in a grand way making each week a Grand...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — The U.S. Department of Energy has completed the demolition of a former Manhattan Project-era uranium enrichment building, Alpha-2, to clean up and create space for modernization at the Y-12 National Security Complex. Officials with the DOE Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management...

MARCH 17, 2026 | About 25 members of Frank Sharp’s high school class in Maynardville, Tenn., gathered Saturday at a restaurant like they do every six months. Some would learn of the death of their classmate, while all recalled memories of him. GwinnettForum will remember that, for perhaps 15...

Matt Hinkin, the beloved former Storm Team 6 Chief Meteorologist who served East Tennessee for more than three decades, has died. He was 62 years old.

CLINTON, Tenn. (WATE) — The Clinton Police Department identified the suspect it believes shot a man at a hotel on Sunday. Charles Overton, 40, faces charges of attempted second-degree murder, possession of a firearm in commission of a felony, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of a handgun while under...

A fatal crash in Hardin Valley has shut down a stretch of Murdock Road at Harding Drive, according to authorities on scene. Emergency crews remained at the intersection while investigators worked the wreck, and traffic was routed around the area. The collision involved a motorcycle and was declared fatal by...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A new wellness experience centered around heat, cold and relaxation has opened its doors on Jennings Avenue. Sauna House Knoxville, a Nordic-style spa, officially opened on Feb. 27, offering what owners call “contrast therapy" — a practice that cycles between hot saunas and cold-water plunges.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Knox County leaders and the McNabb Center broke ground on what will be the first public recovery high school in Tennessee on Monday. The school will serve students struggling with alcohol and drugs while keeping them on track to graduate. The McNabb Center launched the program...