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East Tennessee school districts respond to state legislature passing bill allowing teachers to carry guns
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee House passed a bill on Tuesday that would let educators bring guns to school. The Senate previously passed the bill and it is now headed to Governor Bill Lee. The bill lets school faculty and staff have concealed handguns at the schools they are...
Newport man to get life-saving donation from a surprising source
NEWPORT, Tenn. (WVLT) - For years, William Holt had been in kidney failure and in desperate need of a transplant. He’s been on dialysis for the past two years, but just as he’s done for the past 19 years, he’s gone to work at the Bush’s Baked Beans plant in Jefferson County.
Pursuit terminated, warrants issued after man tosses objects, travels wrong way
What started out as a complaint from a father about his teenage daughter being contacted by an adult male with messages that he was going to deliver marijuana/THC vapes to her, turned into a wild police pursuit Sunday evening through two counties. According to an incident report filed by Cocke County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Shane Bower, the man, identified as Hezekiah Dominic Haney, 18, was not on scene but was spotted in a vehicle that fit the description provided while Bower was patrolling Holt Town...
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