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Nashville, TN (WOKI) As school starts back, lawmakers are reminding everyone of Tennessee's new parental consent law.The new law requires the doctor or nurse to consult with parents by phone or text b...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knox County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a Knox County Schools student was hit by a car Thursday morning while waiting on a school bus.The girl was at the bus stop ...

KNOX COUNTY – An ongoing investigation by special agents in TBI's Drug Investigation Division and agents with the 5th Judicial District Drug Task Force has resulted in the indictment of 15 ...

Knox County Schools are still dealing with a bus driver shortage.While every child still has a ride to school and is not missing any instructional time some obviously are going to come a little bit ea...

NASHVILLE- Tennessee’s state forests are undergoing a comprehensive inventory aimed at promoting sustainable forest management.The Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry (TDF) ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- With school set to start tomorrow, Knox County Public Library wants to remind families that it offers dozens of research options to help local students get ahead.First and foremost? ...

MEDIC and Chattanooga-based Blood Assurance kick off their annual competition on August 6 - 11. The center collecting the most red blood cells through the week will be the winner! This competition ali...

Knoxville Police say collaborative efforts to reduce gun violence in the area are paying off.Officials say "If you look at our numbers year-to-date right now, all fatal and non- fatal are down 33 perc...

Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles is speaking out after the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized his cell phone.His phone was taken August 2nd, the day after he beat Courtney Johnston in the U.S. Hou...

Amazon hopes to have its second facility in East Tennessee up and running by the end of the year.Amazon announced it would open a distribution site in East Knoxville on the former site of East Towne M...