Knoxville TN

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Lawyers for a Tennessee inmate set to be executed next month say the Tennessee Department of Correction is withholding basic public information about its lethal injection process in violation of state law. On Wednesday, the legal team representing Harold Wayne Nichols will make its case before...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — If you’ve ever taken a quick nap after dinner, or crashed for a long Sunday afternoon snooze, you may be setting yourself up for a rough night. Sleep experts say those naps can easily backfire — but there is a way to nap without wrecking your sleep. Dr. Abdelhamid Alsharif, Sleep […]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Henley Street Bridge is usually always lit up in Knoxville. However, anyone who drove by the bridge Monday night may have seen the color purple. The overpass is purple to honor National Epilepsy Awareness Month. Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes frequent seizures. “This is...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is making changes to a program that helps combat homelessness in Knoxville. HUD is projected to redirect federal funds away from the Continuum of Care (COC) program, which helps charitable organizations secure long-term housing to people...

A project to expand pedestrian and bicycle access around Fountain City is about to begin.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Knoxville Police Department said Monday that detectives are searching for a missing teen who has not been seen for nearly three days. Detectives are asking for the public’s help to help locate 14-year-old Aubree Madrid. She left her Green Valley Drive home in East Knoxville on the night...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Emails obtained by 6 News show strife between the Knox County mayor’s office and Brian Bivens prior to his resignation as the interim director of Knox County’s juvenile detention center. Emails between Bivens and county officials in the two weeks prior to his resignation show ongoing...

The Tennessee Department of Transportation says drivers in Knox County should expect a traffic change on the Alcoa Highway starting today. The northbound exit ramp to John Sevier Highway will move to a new, permanent location just after the Little River bridge. The change takes effect at 8 p.m. today to support...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Knoxville broke ground on a new greenway connector in Fountain City Monday. “The celebration is to extend the Sioux Clancy Greenway, which is existing at Adair Park, and bring it over into the rest of Fountain City to be able to go north or south along Broadway,” said Director of Knoxville...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It's one of the biggest holiday outreach in the world — since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 232 million shoebox gifts to children in need. East Tennessee families are back at it, filling boxes and dropping them off at dozens...