14 Cold War Communities Most Americans Never Knew Existed
The Cold War changed far more than foreign policy. It built entire American communities around reactors, radar screens, command posts, and highly controlled routines, often in places most people could not have found on a map in 1962. Some were true company towns with fences and badges, while others looked...
Salvation Army Strengthens Commitment to Serving Homeless Veterans
KNOXVILLE - The Salvation Army of Knoxville is strengthening how it serves veterans experiencing homelessness by improving connections to housing, benefits and support services. According to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, veterans represent five to six percent of people experiencing homelessness across...
Isolated storms into this evening
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - It was a mild start to Saturday with temperatures poised to climb into the 70s for the afternoon. SATURDAY - We have a low threat for isolated severe storms this afternoon and evening, anywhere between 4-10 PM. These storms will NOT be widespread, however where we...
New Knox County program to help formerly incarcerated get IDs and driver’s licenses
KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs announced that Knox County can now reissue IDs and Driver’s Licenses to people reentering the community after incarceration, making Knox County the first county government in the state to launch a program like this. 6 News visited Men of Valor, a local...
State lawmaker reveals new allegations against UTHSC
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Claims of a hostile learning environment are emerging at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). “I am disheartened to learn and witness the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s administration support bullying, undermining and belittling of students by their own...
Suspected Ordnance Found At Bull Run Park Near Clinton
A quiet afternoon of fishing at Bull Run Park in Anderson County turned tense on Thursday after an angler spotted what looked like military ordnance along the shoreline, prompting deputies to shut down part of the park and call in a bomb squad. According to WBIR, Anderson County deputies were...
Knox County child care crisis: Full centers, long waitlists leave families scrambling
With summer break approaching, parents face waitlists stretching up to three years as centers struggle to meet demand.
Volunteers plant 22 trees in the Five Points community
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Knoxville Utilities Board, nonprofit Trees Knoxville and the Knoxville Community Development Corporation planted 22 trees in the Five Points community. The project took place along South Olive Street and Kenner Avenue near new infill housing. The new trees add to 15 planted along Ben Hur...
South Knox Church’s Farewell Gift: 15 Acres Passed To Ijams Nature Center
New Prospect Presbyterian Church in South Knoxville is signing off with a sizable act of generosity. The small congregation is donating its church building and about 15 acres of adjoining woods to Ijams Nature Center as it prepares to close, placing a stretch of forest and a ready-made meeting space under the care of...
Merger of two top Knoxville TV stations consolidates broadcast power
Two of Knoxville's largest TV stations have the same owner now that the Federal Communications Commission approved the multibillion sale of Tegna to Nexstar . Nexstar, owner of WATE, said it closed its acquisition of Tegna, owner of WBIR, following approval from the FCC and the U.S. Department of Justice. "This...
