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KCHD Releases 2022 Youth Risk Behavior Survey
The Knox County Health Department released the 2022 Knox County High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), which is designed to track behaviors that negatively affect the physical a...
Feb 15, 2023
Multi-Vehicle Crash in Loudon County Shuts Down I-75 South for Several Hours
The Loudon County Sheriff's Office and the Tennessee Highway Patrol are investigating a crash on Interstate 75 South.Crews are working a crash involving six vehicles, minor injuries are reported from ...
Feb 13, 2023
Prescribed Burns Begin in Great Smoky Mountains
Spring prescribed fires planned in Cades CoveGreat Smoky Mountains National Park and Appalachian Piedmont Coastal Fire Management Zone staff plan to burn approximately 925 acres of fields in the Cades...
Feb 13, 2023
Great Smoky Mountain Park Officials Announce Greenbrier Road Closure
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that Greenbrier Road at U.S. 321 and access into the Greenbrier area will be closed to all use starting February 13. The closure will allow cont...
Feb 03, 2023
Tennessee’s First Lady is Awaiting a Bone Marrow Transplant
Photo courtesy of WVLTTennessee's First Lady, Maria Lee, is through the first phase of treatment for lymphoma and is preparing to undergo a bone marrow transplant, according to an announcement by her ...
Feb 02, 2023
TDOT Announcing I-40 Rest Area is Re-Opened after Crews Removed an Overturned Tractor-Trailer
Update: The Tennessee Department of Transportation says the rest area on I-40 East at MM 419, just before the I-81 split, in Jefferson County has re-opened.It was closed while crews removed an overtur...
Feb 01, 2023
The Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Holding a Memorial Service This Week to Honor Fallen Sgt. Chris Jenkins
The Loudon County Sheriff's Office will hold a memorial service on the one year anniversary of Sergeant Chris Jenkins death.Jenkins was killed in the line of duty when he was hit by a tractor-trailer ...
Jan 31, 2023
Tennessee’s Department of Children’s Services Uses Multiple Response Systems to for Child Maltreatment Cases
Investigating MaltreatmentTraditionally, when child protective services case managers arrive on a family’s doorstep, there’s the implied or explicit threat that a child will be placed in o...
Jan 30, 2023
Lottery for $10 Tickets for Hamilton at the Tennessee Theatre Announced
Producer Jeffrey Seller and the Tennessee Theatre announce a digital lottery for HAMILTON tickets will begin in conjunction with the show's first performance (February 7) in Knoxville at the Tennessee...
Jan 27, 2023
Tennessee’s Grow Your Own Initiative Hopes to Add More Teachers to the State’s Education System Which is Losing over 10,000 Teachers Each Year
The Tennessee Department of Education announcing additional registered teacher occupation programs are now available for aspiring educators through Tennessee's Grow Your Own initiative – https:/...
Jan 26, 2023
