Knoxville TN

Construction is underway on the long-awaited Sawmill Road extension in Norris, a project city leaders hope will ease traffic concerns and improve access to the Norris Industrial Park. If work remains on schedule, the road could open to vehicle traffic by mid-November. The new route is expected to provide another...

KNOXVILLE (WATE) — Knox County Commissioner Andy Fox is proposing a moratorium on data centers at the next commission meeting. If approved, the moratorium would forbid the location, construction, operation, permitting and vesting of data center facilities within Knox County until June 30, 2027. In the resolution, a dat

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Bonny Burns left a bag of groceries on the floor with ibuprofen inside. Her dog Rudy, then a 6-month-old puppy, ate the pills. “I called my husband really fast and he was the one who knew that ibuprofen is really toxic for dogs,” Burns said.

KARNS, Tenn. (WVLT) — A bald eagle that escaped from Dollywood’s Eagle Mountain Sanctuary during April storms has been spotted in a Karns neighborhood, and residents say the bird appears to have settled in. Celine Coulter said she came home Sunday afternoon to find duck feathers scattered across...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The first restaurant outside Covenant Health Park, Knoxville’s downtown multi-use stadium that opened last year, will celebrate its grand opening this week. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place on Thursday for the grand opening of Iron Forge Brewing. Located at 604 E. Jackson Avenue on th

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency confirmed to WVLT that a bear spotted in Maryville with her cubs, wearing what appeared to be a collar, was actually fitted with a GPS tracking device. TWRA said earlier this year, the bear and her four cubs were relocated after...

"Oh my goodness gracious" were the first words an 85-year-old woman said after discovering how much a viral social media video of her working at a Maryville theater helped raise to for her retirement this week.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Dozens of people who live in North Knoxville want a noise-abatement wall put up alongside their condo community, which lies a couple of hundred feet off I-75. Ever since trees and shrubs were removed last year, residents say the rumble of trucks, cars, and engine braking has become “unbearable

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The arraignments for 11 current and former Knox County Sheriff's Office employees who were indicted after an investigation centered around theft involving members of the agency's Narcotics Unit and Special Investigations Unit are scheduled for July. The people indicted on state charges are listed bel

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Alex Haley’s historical novel “Roots” is back on Knox County Schools library shelves, but its temporary removal under Tennessee’s Age-Appropriate Materials Act raised questions about state law. In this week’s Ask Isaacs, 6 News anchor Lori Tucker and Attorney Greg Isaacs sit down with Tennesse