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Peyton Manning joins Riley Green for country duet “Alabama vs. Tennessee”
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — University of Tennessee icon Peyton Manning has added a new job title to his impressive resume since retiring from football: country music singer? Before the Volunteers take on the Crimson Tide in the storied Third Saturday in October rivalry, Manning teamed up with country singer and Alabama native Riley Green for […]
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Fifty Years of Blackberry Farm
“We walked in the woods, we fished, we roasted s’mores. I’m not sure it gets better than that,” writes Peyton Manning of an early trip to Blackberry Farm with his young family inside the pages of Blackberry Fifty, a gorgeously assembled history of the internationally recognized East Tennessee hotel. Across the new book’s 476 pages, Manning and more than one hundred others—artists, musicians, farmers, celebrated chefs, business leaders, and Beall family members—tell Blackberry’s story. And as individual remembrances come together to form a larger narrative, tracing Blackberry’s journey from a small, six-room inn to a world-class destination, themes of connection and community emerge as the heart of this family tale.
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New Exhibitions Open at The Emporium on November 6
The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present four new exhibitions at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville opening on Friday, November 6, from 5:00-9:00 PM. A free gathering with the exhibiting artists will also feature live music by Kaylie King. Masks and Reveals by Ken McMahon in the...
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Volunteers to Plant Trees Along New SoKno Rail Trail & Art Walk
Volunteers, local businesses, and community organizers will gather on Thursday, October 22, at 9:00 AM to plant 37 new trees along the forthcoming SoKno Rail Trail & Art Walk. Hosted in partnership with Trees Knoxville, Legacy Parks Foundation, The Mortgage Gallery, and Realty Executives South, the volunteer tree-planting event marks a major community milestone in beautifying South Knoxville’s vibrant new linear park and trail system.
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WATE team wishes Lori Tucker congratulations on her retirement
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Oneida & Western Railroad: Map, History, Timetable
The Oneida & Western Railroad was a Tennessee short line from the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific at Oneida west across the Big South Fork of the Cumberland and up onto the plateau at Jamestown. The company began as the Jamestown Railroad, incorporated on October 29, 1912. On August 5, 1913, the charter was amended, the name became the Oneida and Western, and the route was aimed from Oneida toward Albany, Kentucky. Construction started at Oneida on November 4, 1913. The track reached East Jamestown, 30 miles, in 1921, and Jamestown on December 10, 1930.
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PHOTOS: Lori Tucker through the years at WATE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — After reporting news for the East Tennessee region for more than 3 decades, 6 News Anchor Lori Tucker is retiring. Here’s a look back at some of her reporting throughout the years. Tucker began working at WATE in June 1993, after moving to Knoxville with her husband and two daughters from […]
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DREAMS brings magic of Fleetwood Mac to Knoxville
The Hardin Valley Event Center welcomes DREAMS: A Fleetwood Mac Experience on Sept. 27 to perform a lineup of the band’s most famous tracks. The set celebrated Fleetwood Mac’s musical legacy, bringing the legendary sound to Knoxville’s backyard. DREAMS began in 2025 with the goal of sharing...
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Transfer portal update: Top-performing outgoing Tennessee football transfers
The transfer portal plays a huge role in the talent of Tennessee football’s roster every season. It’s especially been the case with defensive lineman Xavier Gillman, linebacker Amare Campbell and safety Dejuan Lane, who all followed defensive coordinator Jim Knowles from Penn State and are making huge impacts on the strength of the Vols’ defensive unit.
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Paul Garrison, a Farragut man who played drums on 'Pretty Woman,' has died
Paul Garrison, who drummed for Roy Orbison and more recently with the Knoxville-based Concord Brass Quintet, has died. He was 87. Garrison, who lived in Farragut, played drums on the song "Oh, Pretty Woman" for Orbison's 1964 album "Oh! Pretty Woman," and on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964. The song was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks straight that year, according to Stereogum. His wife, Phylis Garrison, was an airline stewardess with Pan Am at the time and told Knox News she can still remember hearing "Oh, Pretty Woman" come on the radio while she was in Brazil at Corcovado, the mountain where the Christ the Redeemer statue stands. The song was everywhere. Paul Garrison ultimately went to England with Orbison three times, touring with the Beatles, Freddie and the Dreamers, Brian Poole & the Tremeloes and the Searchers, according to his Concord Brass biography . Ringo Starr even exchanged drumsticks with Garrison, a gesture indicating a drummer's appreciation and respect. Garrison met the Beatles again in Miami, Florida. He toured in Australia with Orbison and the Beach Boys, and they even taught him to surf, Phylis Garrison said. Garrison was born in Cookeville and
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Elderly Theater Worker Surprised by $146,000 for Her Retirement Crowdfunded by Young Moviegoer
It’s becoming something of a trend: young people encountering elders working long past retirement age and raising thousands for them to finally take a rest. GNN has covered such stories on multiple occasions, and now another instance comes from Maryville, Tennessee, where an elderly theater worker was surprised with $146,000.
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Over In Rogersville, Hale Springs Inn Serves Supper Where Andrew Jackson Once Slept
Some hotels hand over a key card and a map to the ice machine. Others hand over two hundred years of stories. On the main street of Rogersville, Tennessee, a redbrick building has been welcoming overnight guests since 1824, back when travelers arrived by horse and carriage instead of by car. A seventh president is said to be among its famous early guests, and today the same address serves supper in a dining room with a fireplace.
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Inside Dolly Parton’s SongTeller Hotel and Life of Many Colors Museum: ‘It Was Her Dream’
The day after graduating from Sevier County High School in 1964, Dolly Parton packed her bags and followed her dreams to Nashville. Before long, she skyrocketed to country music superstardom. But despite an incredible career that took her all around the globe, Dolly always still considered Music City home. And last week, her longtime plan ...