Jefferson County, TN

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Jefferson County officials are investigating a fire that leaves one person dead. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responding to the fire Saturday night on State Route 92. A woman reportedly told authorities that her husband was still inside of the home. Firefighters found...

JEFFERSON CITY, TN – Sounds of the Blues are coming to Jefferson City at the historic Mossy Creek Station. The event featuring internationally touring artist Wayne Baker Brooks will be the start of a new music festival that is planned to take place annually in Jefferson County, TN hosting some of the top names in Blues Music today.

Two Jefferson County men are sentenced to at least 15 years each in federal prison following charges of production of child pornography. The United States Attorney’s Office says 27 year-old Alan Malott and 25 year-old Christopher Thurman were sentenced after both pled guilty as part of their plea agreements, for the 2019 rape of a child in Malott’s family then sending a video to Thurman in Louisiana. They will be required to register with state sex offender registries.

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. (WVLT) - Early Sunday morning, deputies with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fire on State Route 92 in Jefferson City that killed at least one person. The call for the fire came in around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday night with the first fire...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Two Jefferson County men have been sentenced to at least 15 years in prison for the production of child pornography. Alan Malott, 27, of Dandridge, was sentenced to serve 195 months in federal prison on Aug. 4. The next day, Christopher Thurman, 25, also of Dandridge, was sentenced to serve 180 months in federal prison.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Two Jefferson County men were sentenced to at least 15 years each in federal prison following charges of production of child pornography, according to a media release from the United States Attorney’s Office. Alan Malott, 27 of Dandridge, was sentenced to 195 months, or around...

The East Tennessee Development District has partnered with the Tennessee Valley Authority, the University of Tennessee System, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Oak Ridge National Lab and others across East Tennessee to engage local communities and develop a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the ETDD 16-county region, which includes: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier, and Union. ETDD and its partners have collaborated during the past six months to create a comprehensive report aimed at...

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. — On Saturday, August 6, at 10:31 p.m., New Market Fire Rescue was dispatched to 2404 S.S. 92 in Jefferson City to a report of a residential structure fire, according to Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. Upon their arrival, they found the home fully engulfed, and a...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — After facing storms in some areas of East Tennessee for the past few weeks, the counties are facing another severe weather warning. According to WATE’s Chief Meteorologist Ken Weathers, Anderson, Campbell, Knox, Union, Blount, Morgan, Roane, Jefferson, Sevier, and more were facing severe weather warnings this evening.