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Bill Making Immigration Enforcement Records Confidential Passes, Heads to Governor's Desk
Nashville, Tennessee (WOKI/WVLT) - A bill that would make records related to immigration enforcement operations confidential and punish the release of those records as a felony has passed in the Senat...
Mar 30, 2026 Tennessee Capitol (RJC)
Lt. Governor McNally, Sen. Yager Announce $25 Million Investment in Y-12 Prototype Center in Proposed State Budget
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Lt. Governor Randy McNally and Senate Republican Caucus Chairman Ken Yager (R-Kingston) today announced that the proposed FY 2025-2027 state budget includes $25 million to support e...
Mar 29, 2026 State of Tennessee seal (TN.gov)
3 Arrested Following Police Chase Targeting Detroit-to-Knoxville Pipeline, Drugs and Cash Found
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Story courtesy of WVLT) - The Knox County Sheriff's Office said three people are facing multiple charges after a police chase early Friday morning led to the discovery of several pou...
Mar 29, 2026 Kevin Foy, James Costner, Damaino Farris(KCSO/JIMS/WVLT Graphic)
Escaped Hancock County Inmate Captured
HANCOCK COUNTY, TN (WOKI / WVLT) - An inmate who escaped from Hancock County Jail is back into custody. The Hancock County Jail says 48-year-old Joshua Metcalf was captured this (Sunday) morning. Metc...
Mar 29, 2026 Joshua Wayne Metcalf (HCSO)
Former Intensive Care Nurse Indicted on Prescription Drug Fraud Charges
SULLIVAN COUNTY - An investigation by special agents with TBI's Medicaid Fraud Control Division and Drug Investigation Division has resulted in the indictment of a former intensive care nurse. In July...
Mar 29, 2026 TBI Medicaid Fraud Control Division (TBI)
GSMNP Rabbit Creek and Fox Gap Wildfires Update
GATLINBURG, Tenn.-Firefighters continue to actively suppress the Rabbit Creek and Fox Gap wildfires in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Fox Gap Fire is estimated at 112 acres and is 30% contai...
Mar 29, 2026 Rabbit Creek Fire (GSMNP)
Guardsmen Rescue Hiker in National Park
LOUISVILLE, Tenn. - A Tennessee Army National Guard flight crew rescued a hiker suffering a medical emergency in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Tennessee National Guard and the Tennessee...
Mar 27, 2026 Tennessee Army National Guard flight crew rescued a hiker suffering a medical emergency in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (WVLT)
The Man who Hid a Video Camera in Concord Park Women's Restroom to Serve a Decade Behind Bars
Knox County, TN (WOKI/WVLT) - A man who hid a video camera in the ceiling of the women's restroom at the Cove at Concord Park will serve a decade in prison without the possibility of parole. The Knox ...
Mar 27, 2026 Tony Strand, (KCSO)
Anderson County Leaders Challenge Natural Gas Rate Hike
ANDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. (Story courtesy of WVLT) - Anderson County's mayor and commission are calling on Tennessee's congressional delegation to intervene after a Canadian-owned pipeline company raised...
Mar 27, 2026 Anderson County leaders challenge natural gas rate hike (WVLT)
KFD Arrests Man for Arson at Downtown Knoxville Business
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) - An arrest is made in a fire at a downtown Knoxville business. This (Thurs) morning, the Knoxville Fire Department responded to a report of smoke behind Caf 4, at 4 Market Square...
Mar 26, 2026 Knoxville Fire Department Engine (KFD)
