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School security expert says metal detectors not a catchall
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT)—Days after a lockdown at West High School in Knoxville, school safety experts are reacting to parents’ calls for metal detectors. Tuesday, parents and grandparents told WVLT News they wanted metal detectors at the school after police say a 16-year-old boy brought a stolen gun to the school.
Farragut Pointe apartments, an affordable housing community, opens after Wednesday ribbon-cutting ceremony
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knox County leaders along with Tennessee Housing Agency's eastern division leader joined Hopeful Housing on Wednesday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Farragut Pointe apartment homes. This ribbon cutting was held at 3 p.m. and unveiled the new three-story, 124-unit, $30 million apartment complex on Loop Road...
Primrose School preschoolers collect around 100 cleaning items to donate and help address homelessness
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A group of preschoolers at Primrose School helped address homelessness across the Knoxville community. The preschoolers collected around 100 cleaning items and gave them to Care Cuts — an organization that provides services like haircuts and free meals for homeless people. The organization also provides...
As Knoxville housing prices shot up, Habitat for Humanity pivoted: Keep homeowners in place
It’s not one of those billion-dollar prizes, but it’s still the jackpot when a family walks through the doors of their new home, a home they helped to build alongside volunteers and neighbors. “A lot of our homeowners have said they felt like they won the lottery,” Angie...
Planned Parenthood gives glimpse of new Knoxville health center after years of renovation work, and arson
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It's been around two-and-a-half years since a man burned down Knoxville's Planned Parenthood health center. The medical facility promised it would rebuild, and it offered a glimpse inside the new facility on Thursday. "Immediately after the arson, we started planning to rebuild," said Ashley Coffield, the...
Tennis Vols fall to Texas in NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The seventh-seeded, No. 7 Tennessee men’s tennis team battled to the end Thursday evening against third-ranked, No. 2 seed Texas in the NCAA quarterfinal round, eventually falling 4-2. Tennessee (25-7) dropped a hard-fought doubles point to the Longhorns to open proceedings. Each doubles match was decided in 6-3 fashion, with Texas (26-3) picking up victories on courts one and three.
Media member shares wild score prediction for Alabama vs. Tennessee in 2024
The Alabama Crimson Tide will face a gauntlet of a schedule in 2024 under the first year of head coach Kalen Deboer. The Tide will take on the Georgia Bulldogs, Auburn Tigers and Missouri Tigers in Bryant-Denny Stadium with road tests coming against the Wisconsin Badgers, Tennessee Volunteers, LSU Tigers and Oklahoma Sooners.
Kickback Jack’s sports bar and restaurant serves pub grub in Alcoa | Grub Scout
I hadn’t intended to try out Kickback Jack’s so soon after it made its debut (scarcely a week in business), but weirdness with my schedule made it convenient for me to fast-track this new Alcoa eatery franchise to the top of my list. Based in Greensboro, North Carolina, Kickback Jack’s has some 20 locations concentrated in that state as well as a few in Virginia and Tennessee. The Grub Spouse and I found the eatery at the newish Downtown Alcoa development, not far from McGhee Tyson Airport.
Gamecocks drop Thursday night series opener at No. 1 Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — KNOXVILLE – Tennessee used four home runs in a 9-3 win over the University of South Carolina baseball team Thursday night (May 16) in the first of a three-game series against the Volunteers at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Ethan Petry opened the scoring with his 20th...
A Rainy Friday
Showers and storms move through the Tennessee Valley on Friday.
Yassin Terou on arrest: 'The way I was treated, nobody should be going through it'
Yassin Terou, owner of Yassin's Falafel House restaurants, was booked and released from a Knox County jail with his arm in a sling after he was arrested on the University of Tennessee campus May 15. He told Knox News he suffered nerve damage in his hand during the arrest and his heart...
'Deputy McCowan, we have it from here' || Blount County Sheriff's Office retires slain officer's badge number
MARYVILLE, Tenn. — The badge number belonging to a Blount County Sheriff's Office deputy who died in the line of duty has been retired. Greg McCowan died in a shooting while he responded to a traffic stop on Sevierville Road in February 2024, and his badge was retired during a memorial honoring fallen police officers in Maryville on Wednesday.
Tennessee baseball live score updates vs South Carolina: Vols face Gamecocks in SEC series
Tennessee baseball is in the race for another SEC title. The No. 1 Vols (43-10, 19-8 SEC) are a game back of first place in the SEC heading into their final regular-season series against No. 23 South Carolina (33-18, 13-14), which starts Thursday (6:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network+). UT trails...
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