Knoxville TN

A contractor has agreed to pay restitution for a job he never started. Two years ago, the contractor was paid thousands of dollars to begin building a garage, but work never started. Now, the first payments have already been made to a Knoxville man.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A multi-vehicle crash has shut down all but one lane of Pellissippi Parkway westbound near George Williams Road, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation. The crash was reported around 5:06 p.m., with traffic backed up for multiple miles down Pellissippi Parkway around 5:25 p.m. A...

While speaking to the media on Monday, Josh Heupel said that he anticipates star defensive back Boo Carter playing vs. Syracuse.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Broadcaster and media personality Hallerin Hilton Hill's anxious wait is over. After months of prayer, a living kidney donor has been found so he can get a new organ. Hill's kidneys are declining in function and sure to fail, doctors have warned him. He faced either...

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- Traffic was detoured around the 700 block of South Tennessee Avenue for a portion of Monday morning. “We’ve talked about taking these two big trees down and have it worked out,” said Casey Boshears, Director of Public Works for the City of La Follette.

Clinton, TN (WOKI) – Today (Monday), convicted death penalty murderer Sean Shannon Finnegan entered a guilty plea to Rape of a Child regarding two children that were raped in Oak Ridge in 2019. He also entered a guilty plea to 13 charges of Especially Aggravated Sexual Exploitation. of a...

FRIENDSVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Staff and students at Friendsville Elementary School welcomed back their principal after he was cleared of wrongdoing. On Monday morning, friends, staff, students and parents gathered around the school to welcome back Principal Stan Painter. Painter was suspended on August 15 after the...

A 13-year-old girl who was missing from the Chicago Heights area of Illinois has been found safe in Knox County after she was reported missing, the Knox County Sheriff's Office said.

CARYVILLE, TN./ MORECAMBE, UK (WLAF)- Living in Morecambe, England, Alfie Smith was always enamored with the America classic Crown Vic sedan, a model often used by American police departments. In 2021 at 15- years- old, Smith joined a Facebook group. He ended up buying a Crown Vic with the money...

Two people are injured in a pedestrian crash in Pigeon Forge. The Pigeon Forge Police Department say it happened Friday night at the intersection of U.S. 441 and East Wears Valley Road. The two people were trying to cross the northbound lanes and were not inside a crosswalk at the...