Knoxville TN

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — An investigation is underway after a woman was found dead in East Knoxville on Monday. An unidentified woman was found dead outside a vacant home in the in the 2700 block of E. Magnolia Avenue around 3 p.m. The woman’s identity and cause of death has not been determined. The body […]

UNION COUNTY, Ga. (WATE) — Knox County Rescue’s Search and Rescue Team helped search for a missing man on Blood Mountain along the Appalachian Trail multiple times in December, KCR confirmed. Charles Hosch of Texas was last seen on November 11 on the Byron Herbert Reece Trailhead, according to the Union County, Ga....

A car and train collided on Hall of Fame Drive at Gill Avenue, resulting in minor injuries Wednesday morning, the Knoxville Fire Department said.

POWELL, Tenn. (WATE) — Construction is underway at the Belltown community in Powell as it prepares to welcome in several local restaurants. Smithbilt Homes broke ground on the development in 2023 and it is now home to more than 150 families. Now, the community is adding commercial spaces. Soccer Taco, Abridged Beer...

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...