The Tennessee Valley Authority will be implementing a new fee system for commercial recreation operations using the utility's shoreline property. TVA officials say about 200 marinas and...

A Tennessee film group says it will work to lure production companies to the Volunteer State, even if some pro-Hollywood legislation in the state legislature fails. The Association for the Future...

Folks in Alcoa have a few new traffic signs to watch out for. Over the past week, the Alcoa Police Department has added new speed enforcement signs to the existing speed limit signs. They show the...

There are some stories here in the South that never fade away, especially those that celebrate a kind of life we can trace back through generations of our own families. And for some, moonshining is...

A lawsuit is threatening to force a Knoxville brewery out of business. But local supporters are rallying around Marble City Brewing Co. to try to preserve the local beer tradition. Examine a draft...

One of Tennessee's biggest tourist destinations, Dollywood, sits right in our back yard, and over the years, it's been called a lot of things. But its latest classification is a new...

Several East Tennessee women took part in a Women for Obama House Party Wednesday evening. Events like it are going on across the state and country. First Lady Michelle Obama organized the parties...

The Knox Co. Clerk's office is celebrating its newest satellite office in East Knox County. The clerk's office that used to be inside the Knoxville Center Mall has moved to a new...

A local shooting range and gun shop says it sees both sides of a bill that would force companies to allow employees to keep guns in their car in company lots. Wednesday, Gov. Bill Haslam said he...

Gambling casinos in Kentucky have cleared a legislative hurdle, and Governor Steve Beshear says it's about time. "As it stands, we might as well be backing trucks up to the Ohio River...

KNOXVILLE -- A Knoxville husband and wife each pleaded guilty today to two counts of willful failure to file income tax returns, according to federal...

The Cocke County Sheriff's Department has yet to make an arrest in the shooting, reported at 10:45 p.m. Friday night in Newport, according to an incident...

Knoxville's McGhee Tyson Airport could become McGhee Tyson International Airport. An international gate study for the airport was approved by the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority Board...

A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a man accused of dragging a dog behind his truck. After a couple of hours of deliberation, a jury told Judge Bob McGee a verdict could not be reached. ...

Cocke County High School's Navy Jr. ROTC is the best in Tennessee. The unit took home that award following a competition in Kansas City, Kansas last weekend. Now, they will compete to be the...

The Knoxville Police Department is investigating after someone found a dead body behind a house in East Knoxville. According to KPD spokesperson Darrell DeBusk, the body of the black man was found...

Update 6:35 The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office tells WSMV-TV in Nashville that the family has been located in Maryland. The parents were placed under arrest. The children are safe. The Amber...

Former Lady Vol Chamique Holdsclaw was the guest speaker at Wednesday's Big Orange Tip-Off Club. During her speech, she talked about the special gift she gave Pat Summitt after her diagnosis of...

The thrill of NASCAR combined with a fire and sheet metal show makes for an interesting job. One Knoxville man has this job, but he does so much more. Amidst the rip and the roar of tires shredding,...

The Home Federal Bank on Oak Ridge Highway was robbed Wednesday morning by a man who claimed to have a bomb. According to witnesses, the suspect entered the bank at approximately 10:35 am demanding...

Knoxville Police now say a man who was shot Tuesday evening in Fountain City was trying to attack the shooter. Investigators say it appears Adam Martin, 34, of Knoxville, shot Johnny Lee Flynn, 31,...

An East Tennessee fire department gets a much needed donation -- that will help crews with emergency care. The Clinton Fire Department received three new Automated External Defibrillators...

KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Police say a man's body was found Wednesday afternoon in East Knoxville. The victim's identity has not been released, but police say he was a younger African-American. ...

accused of dragging a dog with his truck for a mile on a Knoxville street, ended Wednesday in a mistrial. The jurors told Judge Bob McGee they were hung and more deliberations wouldn't help. ...

KNOXVILLE (WATE) - The dispute over a Knoxville brewery's name has flared up again. Marble City Brewing Company has circulated an open letter calling on Marble Brewery in New Mexico to drop its...

The Chattanooga Airport’s new energy-efficient 9,000 square foot corporate flight center (FBO) terminal facility was recently awarded platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building...

Motorists should be aware of the likelihood of a sharp rise in gasoline prices in the next few days and through the weekend in Chattanooga, according to GasBuddy.com. "I expect stations to...

The Save-A-Lot grocery chain is opening a new store in Chattanooga... one of three new stores in Tennessee, bringing the total number of Save-A-Lot stores in the state to 108. The locations of the...

The Tennessee Valley Authority is preparing to roll out new fees for shoreline marinas across the seven-state region. Some smaller operators say it could be the death knell of their businesses. But...

KNOXVILLE - Richard Lambert, special agent in charge of the FBI's Knoxville office, announced today he plans to retire next month to pursue other...

The robber entered the Home Federal Bank, 7204 Oak Ridge Highway, about 10:35 a.m. and demanded cash from a teller after threatening he had a bomb, according to a release from the Knoxville office of...

KNOXVILLE -- A $10,000 reward is being offered for information that helps in the apprehension and prosecution of whoever killed 40-year-old Knoxvillian Robert Reno on Nov....

John Sharp, 50, was driving east along I-40 near Gallaher View Road about 3:20 p.m. when his 2003 Lexus 430 left the roadway and struck a the concrete base of a light pole, according to the Knoxville...

Emergency personnel were sent about 11 p.m. to the crash on Park Lane near the intersection with Boyer Street, according to Jeff Bagwell, chief of the Andersonville Volunteer Fire...

The body of a black male, who appeared to be in late teens or early 20s, was found with a gun shot wound in an alley off the 3400 block of Ashland Avenue at about 4 p.m., KPD spokesman Darrell DeBusk...

Technology Cooperative executive Director Eric Johnson, right, demonstrates how to dismantle a printer for UUNIK Academy members, from left, Denzel Washington, 9, Domenic Holland, 10, and Dakili...

"It came in as an unknown fire of unknown location," said Andersonville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Jeff Bagwell. "People saw the smoke from the...

The Office of Inspector General and Anderson County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday announced the arrest of Bobbi J. Hartsfield, 40, of Knoxville. She is charged with three counts of TennCare...

Amusement park fans looking for something weird to do this spring can find it right here at Dollywood, one of the 10 weirdest theme parks in the world, according to...

Knoxville-based oil and gas company Tengasco Inc. on Wednesday said that 2011 drilling operations produced record volumes of oil and increased its proved reserves to 2.6 million...

An East Tennessee Amber Alert has been issued on behalf of the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office. Deputies are searching for three-year-old Summer Knasel who is three feet tall and last seen...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) -- A Tennessee man who collapsed during a marathon in South Carolina last weekend has been awakened from a medically induced...

A 22-year-old Hawkins County man is in jail on a $50,000 bond facing charges he abused his girlfriend's 18-month-old daughter. Sheriff Ronnie Lawson says ER doctors alerted deputies of...

The Grainger County Sheriff's Department arrested Gregory Allen Bruner Tuesday for selling and delivering morphine. The 33-year-old was taken into custody at the Knox/Grainger County line. ...

Several fire departments including Andersonville FD responded to a structure fire on the 100 block of Jim Wilson Rd. according to dispatchers. Rural Metro and Anderson County Fire Departments...

KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Knoxville police say a disagreement over a vehicle led to someone being shot multiple times. Officers say the suspect was still at the crime scene near the intersection of N....

accused of dragging a dog with his truck for a mile on a Knoxville street took the stand Wednesday morning to tell jurors his side of what happened. Jimmy Lovell is charged with felony animal...

KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Knoxville City Council voted to approve the rezoning of a Norwood area property, despite protests from neighbors. The property, on second vote, was approved for C-4 zoning, which...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WATE/AP) - A Knoxville man who collapsed during a marathon in South Carolina last weekend has been awakened from a medically induced coma. The Sun News of Myrtle...

Last will and testament of Gatlinburg icon Wilma Maples SEVIERVILLE -- Philanthropist and Gatlinburg hotelier Wilma Maples amassed an estate worth more than a $1 million but made sure the people...