Knoxville TN

Early on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, a Royse City Police Officer attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation on FM 2642, but the driver refused to stop and fled westbound on IH30. The pursuit continued into Rockwall, where the suspect crossed the median onto the service road near FM 3549 and stopped in a...

KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — The Knox County Sheriff’s Office gave Deputy Matt Kirchner the 2025 Deputy of the Year and the Medal of Valor awards for helping drag Deputy Dalton Swanger to safety after he was struck in the head with a rock. On June 21, Kirchner, Swanger, and Deputy Gendreau responded to reports […]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A woman is charged with attempted murder after a stabbing in the Five Points neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Knoxville Police Department. KPD said Michelle Martin, 45, was arrested after officers responded to a reported stabbing at the Five Points Apartment Complex in East...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — 6 News anchor Lori Tucker is retiring after more than three decades of keeping East Tennessee viewers informed. Tucker started at WATE-TV 6 On Your Side in 1993. She has spent the last 33 years here working on projects she loves, from the Project Grad Knoxville laptop telethon, helping local...

On a Wednesday morning in 2011, just more than 15 years ago, Billy Espiritu lost his beloved Uncle John Dillard, or “UJ” as he was affectionately called by his nephew, nieces, and friends. UJ died inside his apartment in his wheelchair at the Eastowne Village Apartments, high on the hill behind what was then...

As we continue to move toward our nation’s semiquincentennial, I’m still focusing on elements of the Revolutionary War effort of attaining independence and the related contributions and connections of families of the Fork, the Knox County lands between the French Broad and Holston Rivers. Most people drive along...

SEYMOUR, Tenn. — The Knox County Sheriff's Office said a person is dead after a fire in Seymour. Officials said the fire happened around 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday on Bays Mountain Road, and officials from both the Seymour Fire Department and KCSO responded. They said they found someone dead...

Fiscal responsibility is a bipartisan priority. Two bills being heard in the General Assembly this week will directly impact funding available to public schools by imposing unfunded mandates to track immigration status of students, costing Knox County Schools an estimated $3 million. HB 1711 and HB 1710 will be heard...

It’s the home stretch for Alcoa officials working to secure a Costco on the outskirts of the Springbrook Farm downtown center. On Thursday, members of the Alcoa Board of Industrial Development unanimously voted in favor of joining a four-part, four-party agreement already approved by the City of Alcoa, Costco...

New Tennessee Vols strength coach Derek Owings hit the ground running after arriving in Knoxville in January. Owings, who previously served as the strength coach at Indiana, joined the Vols the morning after the Hoosiers beat Miami in the national championship game. And he quickly got to work. The ...