Knoxville TN

TENNESSEE — The Department of Energy has approved a major grant to build a nuclear reactor in East Tennessee. It will be the first Generation 3 “Small Modular Reactor” in the U.S. TVA will build it at the Clinch River site just outside of Knoxville. The agency...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The City of Knoxville is planning to host a public meeting Wednesday, Dec. 3 to answer questions about the future of Serene Manor. The meeting will be held at the Knox County Health Department, located at 140 Dameron Avenue. It’ll also be held virtually via Teams, with a link being made...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A longtime Westland Drive resident is raising concerns about safety along the narrow, winding road as traffic in the area continues to grow. Betty McKeehan said she has lived in her home on Westland Drive for 40 years and has watched development increase significantly. “Subdivision after...

The U.S. Marshals Service's Smoky Mountains Fugitive Task Force arrested a woman in Nashville after she escaped from a Davidson County Sheriff's Office's detention facility, the agency released on Tuesday.

Interested in adding a furry friend to your family? Even if you're just keen on viewing some of the cute critters available for adoption nearby, there are ample pets waiting for their forever homes in animal shelters throughout and around knoxville.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Christmas lights at the Cove in Concord Park are a staple of West Knoxville every year, and on the first day of December, they flickered on once again. “It just keeps on getting bigger and bigger and bigger,” Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs said. “It’s...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Knoxville Dillard’s employee is gaining national attention after his Christmas décor tour went viral on TikTok. Cody McNabb, the home department manager at Dillard’s in West Town Mall, has become known online for his over-the-top holiday spirit and detailed walkthroughs of the store’s Christmas...

The identity of a pedestrian who was struck and killed by a truck outside of a Knoxville McDonald's on Thanksgiving has been released.

Union workers in Oak Ridge have been picketing for three weeks, pushing for a project labor agreement with Kairos Power for its Hermes Reactor project, to ensure safer, good-paying jobs for local workers.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Knox County Board of Education plans to oppose a Tennessee law that would require school systems keep track of students’ immigration. It comes as the law — HB0793/SB0836 — sits in the Tennessee House. During Monday’s board of education work session, the...