Knoxville TN

Most people in Knoxville know Michael Galyean as “Blue Shirt Guy,” whose sideline dance moves turned him into a viral internet phenomenon. But the blue shirt is just the most visible piece of a much bigger Michael ecosystem: choreographer for local high school musicals, occasional business-development guy, private...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - As the world continues to mourn actress Catherine O’Hara, a Knoxville cardiologist explained just how rare her was. O’Hara had a condition called Citus Inversus Totalus. This means your heart is on your right side and every other organ in your chest and abdomen is flipped to the other side...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn — The Knoxville Police Department said over a dozen individuals were indicted and arrested over the past week in connection with a cocaine distribution network. KPD's Organized Crime Unit and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's initial search focused on two apartments on S. Olive Street in...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn — New international research by the United Way of Australia is highlighting the impact of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. The five-country study is the largest ever done on shared book reading, which is an interactive read aloud between an adult and children. For 31 years, Dolly Parton's...

Guy Fieri has visited thousands of out-of-the-way eateries on "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives," but this historic Knoxville pizzeria rated a rare second stop.

It is cloudy and frigid as I type these words. Several inches of snow linger atop my lawn. Shaded roadways remain treacherous. Because of early deadlines, however, it’ll be Feb. 15 before this dispatch about ice, snow and subfreezing temperatures appears in print. By then, I hope the weather in East Tennessee is...

Time is short as the Knox County school board plans to vote on March 5, 2026, to rezone almost 300 kids from Powell Elementary School to Brickey-McCloud, Karns or Amherst. Community members met at the Bailey Barn on February 12 to discuss solutions for PES. Previous story here. Here are three takeaways:

Sunshine Services, which provides job training and employment to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, announced a fundraiser to benefit affected employees before its Sunshine Industries Program closes near the end of the month.

Officials with Anderson County government have received notification that AT&T is having an outage issue with service in the area. The outage seems to be impacting those with AT&T or T-Mobile phone service and is also affecting the phone lines at the Anderson County Courthouse, according to a news release. Ther...

KNOX COUNTY, TN — Former Knox County Commissioner Diane Jordan has died, according to a family member. Jordan was the first Black woman to serve on the Knox County Commission. She had four terms from 1992 to 2007. She was well known for wearing cowboy hats. “It is with...