A husband and wife is arrested in car theft ring after manhunt. Roane County Sheriff’s Office officials said a four day manhunt ended with the arrests of Christopher and Jacklyn Walker. Christopher was charged with violation of probation and motor vehicle theft over $10,000 and Jacklyn was arrested and charged with theft of property over…… MORE
Blount County officials announced they were searching for a missing man who was last seen in Louisville Wednesday night. The car and personal belongings of 58-year-old Anthony Chris Haynes of Clinton, were found on private property on Little River near Alcoa highway. Members of the Blount Operations Response Team started searching for Haynes on land…… MORE
Knoxville Police officers say a man barricaded himself inside a home in the 3700 block of Dance Avenue in West Knoxville Tuesday afternoon. A witness on the scene told our news partner, WVLT News, that police approached the house when they saw the man on the roof with a weapon. After they made contact, the…… MORE
The Museum of Appalachia founder, John Rice Irwin, died Sunday at the age of 91. The announcement was made on the museum’s Facebook page. Irwin who founded the museum in 1969, collected over 250,000 authentic Appalachian artifacts that were gathered over half a century.Donations made in memory of John Rice Irwin may be made to…… MORE
Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued a Silver Alert for a missing Cocke County woman Saturday afternoon. Kathryn Bruce, 64, was last seen at her home in Hartford on Jan. 6 and has a medical condition, TBI officials said. Bruce is 5-foot-5-inches, weighs 230 pounds and has brown hair and hazel eyes, according…… MORE
An investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has led to the arrest of a Murfreesboro woman, charged with aggravated assault in connection with the death of her own mother. Last night, TBI special agents joined officers with the Sparta Police Department and Tennessee Highway Patrol in a death investigation at a residence on N.…… MORE
The Hawkins County Sheriff says reports of an active shooter on the campus of Volunteer High School in Church Hill, was fake. The call came in just before 8:00, Tuesday morning. “At this time, everything appears to be, this call was a hoax. The Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office along with the Church Hill Police Department…… MORE
The Austin-East Magnet High School Roadrunners claimed the TSSAA Class A boys soccer state title Friday afternoon. Austin East beat Gatlinburg-Pittman 5-4 in overtime, in Murfreesboro. The championship for the Roadrunners comes after a trying year for students at the school, five teens with connections to Austin East have died in shootings this year. It’s…… MORE
The head football coach at Knoxville Catholic is facing charges of driving under the influence and drug possession. Authorities stopped Stephen Matthews at the intersection of Alcoa Highway and Maloney Road Thursday. Officers say Matthews admitted to having three or four beers but refused to take a field sobriety test. Officers also say they found…… MORE
Governor Bill Lee says the state passed a milestone in distributing COVID-19 vaccines Tuesday, but there is “still work ahead of us.” The governor says the state has administered more than one million doses of the vaccine and remains committed to “getting the shots in the arms of Tennesseans who need it most.” The Tennessee…… MORE
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The 105th Tennessee Valley Fair is here! September 5th-14th
The 12th Annual Big Kahuna Wing Festival (now Big Kahuna Labor Day Festival) returns to World’s Fair Park on Sunday, August 31st from 3pm to 9pm!
Peace, love, and donate blood! MEDIC Regional Blood Center is offering tie-dye shirts for donors in the month of August (August 1st – 31st). Plus, MEDIC Regional Blood Center is celebrating ALYX (pronounced Alex) donors. Donate on ALYX in August and receive a special edition BLEAD by example shirt.
It’s time for the 11th Annual GermanFest where German Culture meets Southern Hospitality at this family-friendly celebration!
Dwight Yoakam- Tennessee Theatre 8/21 & 8/22. Doors at 7pm Showtime 8pm- The Cosmic Roundup and Rodeo Tour