Sevierville, TN

The Morristown Police Department put out a release Saturday, stating that some media sources had used inaccurate information in describing a shooting incident that happened earlier this week. Thaddeus Wallace Jr., 53, of Morristown, was charged with voluntary manslaughter in the incident. He was released from jail on a $10,000...

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...

MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (WATE) — One man is dead and a 53-year-old Morristown homeowner was arrested by police Wednesday night after they responded to a reported fight-turned-shots fired call on Clover Dale Lane. The homeowner, identified as Thaddeus Wallace Jr., was arrested on voluntary manslaughter charges related to the incident, according...

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.

The number of active cases of COVID-19 has surpassed 200 for the first time in five months. The state reported a total of 213 active cases for Hamblen County, the most since Feb. 15 when the state reported a total of 215 active cases in the county. At that time...