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An Overturned Semi-Truck Closes a Highway and Spills Thousands of Cans of Bush’s Beans
Photo courtesy of WVLTAuthorities say a semi-truck overturned on Newport Highway, spilling thousands of cans of Bush's Baked Beans into the road and someone’s yard.That wreck happened yesterday ...
Feb 28, 2023
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has Second Busiest Year Ever
Great Smoky Mountains National Park experienced its second busiest year ever in 2022 with 12,937,633 visits. Last year's visitation was more than 1.5 million above the park's ten-year average, and mor...
Feb 28, 2023
AMBER Alert Issued for a 16 Year-Old Girl Missing Out of Knoxville
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issuing an AMBER Alert for a 16 year-old girl last seen in Knoxville.Holly Piper was last seen at Cook Out on Cumberland Avenue on February 19th.She is believed t...
Feb 23, 2023
Knoxville Police Still Searching for a Suspect in the Death of a Teen Shot and Killed in Front of Her East Knoxville Home Two Years Ago
Photo courtesy of WVLTThe parents of a teen killed in front of her home two years ago, remembering her and asking for anyone with information to come forward.15 year-old Janaria Muhammad was shot and ...
Feb 17, 2023
Knoxville Police Charge a Man with First-Degree Murder and Other Charges Following a Welfare Check at an East Knoxville Home
Knoxville Police have charged a man with multiple counts including first-degree murder and rape following a welfare check at an East Knoxville this (Friday) morning where officers found a man dead ins...
Feb 17, 2023
Two Knox County School Students are Arrested for Making Threats at Two Schools
Two Knox County School students are arrested for making threats at two schools.The Knox County Sheriff's Office Juvenile Crimes Unit took a student at Gibbs Middle School and Powell High School into c...
Feb 16, 2023
Bill Proposing Tougher Penalties on Tennessee’s Hands-free Law Introduced
Tennessee’s Hands-free law may come with harsher penalties if a new bill proposed by some Lawmakers becomes law.It will establish a number of points that may be charged to a person's driving rec...
Feb 16, 2023
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
Knoxville Police Searching for Suspects in a Fatal West Knoxville Shooting
Knoxville Police are investigating a fatal shooting in West Knoxville.Officers responding to Badgett Drive near Goins Drive last night (Tuesday) and found 21 year-old Rahleik Garcia, of Johnson City s...
Feb 15, 2023
Authorities Arrest a Suspect in a Deadly Shooting in Sweetwater
Updated Story: A suspect wanted in a deadly shooting on Hawkins Road in Sweetwater is taken into custody.The 26 year-old suspect was arrested last night by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and...
Feb 15, 2023
