Knoxville TN

Residents of Knoxville neighborhoods will have a new streamlined process for requesting traffic safety measures beginning in 2026. Applications for the Neighborhood Traffic Safety Program (NTSP) open Jan. 1, 2026, with an updated and simplified process developed with input from multiple departments. Transportation...

KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — Knox County leaders are deciding the future of the county’s juvenile detention center, a facility that has faced months of turmoil and scrutiny. The juvenile service center has a troubled history that includes allegations of mistreatment and isolation of young people, failures in administrative...

An audit by the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury revealed new information about the problems that occurred at the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Center and led to a change in leadership at the center.

Warming centers will be open on nights when temperatures fall to 25 degrees or below except the Veteran Center opening at 32 degrees and below. Here is the list serving Knoxville at present. In Knoxville, the Eternal Life Harvest Center has two locations — 2410 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave....

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Nonprofit group Variety of Eastern Tennessee is making a major impact on the lives of children with special needs by helping parents get the equipment they need. Three-year-old Dolly Hamilton got a new tricycle on Tuesday. You could see it meant the world to her and to her dad, Michael. She...

Residents in the neighborhood near Clinton Highway were put on alert earlier this week as Rural Metro Fire crews responded to a major house fire on the area’s outskirts. The fire broke out at a mobile home on Wade Daniel’s Lane, a distressing afternoon event that fortunately did not result in human injury. According...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - A structure fire in Bluff Mountain is under control, according to the Walden’s Creek Fire Department. Crews said the fire started at a structure in the 2400 block of Highview Road. Walden’s Creek Fire, along with the state’s forestry department, Sevier County Fire and Rescue,...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Rolling roadblocks are continuing on Alcoa Highway as work on the multiyear Alcoa Highway corridor project stretches on. Starting Monday, December 15, through Saturday, December 20, rolling roadblocks will be conducted on Alcoa Highway (US 129/State Route 115) between Woodson Drive and...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — When winter temperatures drop, the advice from doctors often stays the same: keep moving. Many health experts recommend getting between 7,500 and 10,000 steps a day, even when it’s cold outside. While some people continue walking outdoors, others in Knoxville are choosing a warmer option.

A fatal hit-and-run incident on Clinton Highway has led to the arrest of 57-year-old Steven Dockery from Knoxville. According to a social media post by the Knoxville Police Department, the collision occurred on the afternoon of December 13, 2025, involving a motorcycle and a black Chevrolet Uplander. During the...