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Dolly Cancels Vegas Residency
Dolly Parton is postponing shows for her upcoming Las Vegas residency in December due to health challenges. She says her doctors tell her that she must have a few procedures but says she will be able ...
Sep 29, 2025 Dolly Parton
Medic Wins Blood Drive Competition
Medic defeats LifeSouth in annual blood competition between Tennessee and Florida. Medic collected 1,772 units of blood to LifeSouth's 1,594 but everyone is a winner in this potentially life-saving co...
Sep 28, 2025 Medic / LifeSouth Blood Competition totals
Gatlinburg By-Pass Closed due to Landslide
Flooding and a landslide impacted several roads in Sevier County on Saturday. According to the Sevier County Emergency Management Agency, the following roads are shut down as of 12:30 p.m. due to floo...
Sep 28, 2025 Sevier County EMA - Gatlinburg By-Pass closed due to landslide
KPD Investigating Fatal Crash
KPD NEWS RELEASE: One killed in Western Avenue crash A driver died in a two-car crash that happened Friday night on Western Avenue. At just after 6 p.m. on Friday, September 26, 2025, Knoxville Police...
Sep 28, 2025
KPD Man Charged in Deadly Assault
KPD NEWS RELEASE: Fernando Carerra, 51, charged with voluntary manslaughter following deadly assault 51-year-old Fernando Carerra has been charged with voluntary manslaughter after a man died from an ...
Sep 28, 2025 Knoxville Police Cruiser
Phase 3 of First Creek at Austin, Affordable Housing Effort, to Open
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville's Community Development Corporation is beginning Phase Three of First Creek at Austin, the city's first mixed-income, affordable housing community. Phase Three will prov...
Sep 26, 2025 Phase 3 of KCDC’s First Creek at Austin affordable housing to open. (Courtesy: WVLT / MoxCar)
Greeneville Man Arrested after Child Takes THC-Infused Candy to School, Eats it with Other Children
Greeneville, TN (WOKI) A Greeneville man is arrested after his child takes THC-infused candy to school and eats it with other children. Officials with the Greeneville Police Department say Lenin Figue...
Sep 26, 2025 Greeneville police arrested a man after a child brought a chocolate bar containing Delta-8 THC to school, police say.
Knoxville Woman Faces 12 Years Behind Bars for Deadly 2023 Drag Racing Crash
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville woman convicted of vehicular homicide in a 2023 drag racing crash is sentenced to more than a decade behind bars. Twenty-four-year-old Trinity Clark was sentenced Frid...
Sep 26, 2025 Court records show that Clark and Tra’Shawn Glass were drag racing on Magnolia Avenue when they hit another car. (Courtesy: KPD)
One Year Anniversary of Hurricane Helene Approaching
COCKE COUNTY, TN ( Story courtesy of WVLT) - This week is an important time for Cocke County. Folks there are marking the one year anniversary of Hurricane Helene. Saturday marks one year since the st...
Sep 26, 2025 Helene Flooding in Cocke County photo courtesy of WVLT
Unemployment Numbers Down in Tennessee
Ninety Counties Reported Unemployment Rates of Less Than 5% in August Thursday, September 25, 2025 | 01:30pm NASHVILLE - Unemployment rates declined in every Tennessee county in August, according to n...
Sep 26, 2025 Tennessee Capital
