Knoxville TN

The former Penn State defender has been the center of controversy in Knoxville, and fortunately, it sounds like it hasn't set Tennessee back too much financially.

One of the most highly-touted transfers of this past cycle is in a strange spot, and it could end up benefitting the Aggies.

The City of Clinton will celebrate the reopening of Historic Downtown Clinton with a free live concert on Friday, July 3, from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Market Street. The event is being held as part of America’s 250th celebration and comes after more than a year of major downtown construction work. City officials say the p

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Several former and current employees of Knox County’s Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center have sued the county and the center’s chief, Cory Dauer, saying they were untrained, poorly treated and in some cases fired for personal reasons. Eleven employees — David England, Brandyn...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A woman from Knoxville has been detained in eastern Libya while participating in a humanitarian mission attempting to deliver aid to Gaza. U.S. citizen Jenelle Jones was among 10 civilians detained near the Sirte “5+5” crossing on May 24 by Libyan Arab Armed Forces & eastern Libyan authorities

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Current and former employees at Knox County’s juvenile detention center are suing over claims of inadequate training, lack of safety equipment, and unfair treatment by the facility’s current leader. Eleven current and former workers are suing the county and juvenile center chief Cory Dauer. Th

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — As the Alcoa Highway project continues, the Tennessee Department of Transportation is closing a section of Woodson Drive for two months to build a roundabout. TDOT said the new roundabout will connect Woodson Drive to Alcoa Highway at Wye Way Lane. Starting at 9 a.m. on June 1, Woodson Drive a

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) reports the following traffic impacts associated with I-75 construction and maintenance activities through Wednesday, June 3, 2026. All work is weather dependent and subject to change. CAMPBELL COUNTY, I-75 South near Mile Marker 139:. On Tuesday, June 2, 2026, motorist

A federal judge has sentenced a Maryville man to 10 months in prison for damaging equipment at a Blount County natural-gas metering and regulation station, an incident that briefly turned into a neighborhood scare. The May 9, 2025, release forced the temporary evacuation of about 430 residents and 19 businesses and led

BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. — A Maryville man was sentenced Friday for damaging and attempting to destroy an interstate gas pipeline facility in Blount County in May 2025, federal prosecutors said. Christopher Kyle Duke, 36, entered a plea agreement in Dec. 2025 to one count of damaging and attempting to...