Gatlinburg, TN

Gunfire on Saturday night at a popular waterpark in left at least two women wounded, with authorities detaining at least three people for questioning, according to a report. The incident happened around 8 p.m. in the parking lot of Soaky Mountain Waterpark in Sevierville, about 25 miles southeast of Knoxville, WBIR-TV of Knoxville reported.

Ken McMullen, the CEO of Weigel's who worked there for four decades and was instrumental in growing the East Tennessee convenience store chain into what it is today, died Thursday at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. He was 73. Weigel's chairman Bill Weigel, whose father and uncle started the Powell-based...

Even with a law enforcement officer on most campuses and cameras that can send live images to the Blount County E-911 Communications Center, local schools aren’t crime free. In addition to thefts, vandalism and drugs, crimes on campus in recent years have included aggravated assault, “forcible fondling” and extortion. In...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A bear ran into a Gatlinburg restaurant Friday afternoon, according to visitors who witnessed the incident. An employee at Crawdaddy’s confirmed the bear had run up the front staircase and entered the restaurant. The employee said it quickly turned around and left. Kacie Faulling Myers was...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office is investigating what appears to be animal attacks along Jimtown Road. On Wednesday morning, a SWAT team executed a search warrant. They collected DNA evidence from dogs on the property and the man who reported the first body near his property, Charles Owensby, was arrested on drug charges.