KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Many stakeholders in a proposed multi-billion-dollar uranium enrichment plant in Oak Ridge said it will change the city economically as well as physically. Currently, there isn't an exact figure of how much money will be invested in the development, but the anticipated decades of construction will...

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. — Are you in the market for an old Wears Valley Fire Department fire truck?. WVFD is getting rid of their old wildland truck since they have a new one now in service. The truck is a 1982 Chevrolet, two-door pickup that is currently sitting outside of...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — More than 50 law enforcement officers were in Knoxville Thursday for crisis negotiator training. The officers learned de-escalation and communication skills and then put those skills into play with real-life, role-playing scenarios. According to studies, at least 20% of police calls for service involve a mental...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — As they weighed the fate of convicted killer Sean Finnegan, there was a moment when one Anderson County juror wondered last month if the group would actually all agree that he should be put to death. The female juror told WBIR that at the end of...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Grainger County grand jury returned a four-count indictment against a Morristown man on Aug. 28, accusing him of killing two people and dismembering their bodies. Aaron White, 34, is accused of killing Jonathan "Jon" W. Atkins and Deven McDaniel on or about May 23 in...

ALCOA, Tenn. — There's a one-stop shop for pediatrics now open in Blount County. The East Tennessee Children's Hospital opened its Blount Outpatient Center on Thursday, putting the well-known Maryville Pediatrics physician's office, urgent care and therapy services under one roof. ETCH President and CEO Matthew Schaefer said the...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Editor's Note: This story originally said funding was meant to finish the Transforming Western Plan and Knoxville Vision Zero Plan. It was updated to say that the funding was meant to complement the plans. The city of Knoxville will receive more than $19 million in federal...

BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. — Blount County District Attorney General Ryan Desmond confirmed a former Blount County Schools employee pleaded guilty to several assault charges this week over five incidents seen on camera at two elementary schools. Deputies arrested Joseph Michael Dalton in January over five incidents involving elementary school...

MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. — The Monroe County Sheriff's Office said a person is dead after breaking into a Sweetwater home. Deputies responded to a home invasion on Brunner Road overnight Thursday. The suspect was forced from the house while law enforcement was on the way, according to MCSO. The...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center announced Thursday that country music star Blake Shelton will be performing there next year. Shelton's "Friends & Heroes 2025" tour is slated to stop in Knoxville on Feb. 28, 2025. His performance will include special appearances by Craig Morgan, Deana Carter, Trace Adkins and Emily Ann Roberts.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Kern's Food Hall said on Aug. 29 that it planned to start charging fees for people to stay parked for longer than two hours on most days. On Tuesday, the food hall decided to suspend those plans indefinitely and find another way to generate revenue. The...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — What will Tennessee's population look like in 2040? Researchers are asking themselves the same question. New data from the University of Tennessee's Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research shows almost 8 million people will call the state home by that year. To put that into perspective, that is the same number of people who live in New York City. Census data shows around 7 million people currently live in the state.

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — The most popular animal in the Great Smoky Mountains has suffered the consequences of human interactions so far into 2024. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said a total of 20 bears have been humanely killed so far this year, and 16 were from the Gatlinburg area.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — After his first week on the job, Bill Street talked about his plans for the future as Zoo Knoxville's new leader. According to the zoo, Street has more than 30 years of experience in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, including senior leadership roles at United Parks and Resorts, the National Wildlife Federation, the John G. Shedd Aquarium, the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific and the Indianapolis Zoo.

HOUSTON, Texas — Cardboard cutouts of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams stand at the entrance of Johnson Space Center's Building 2 North. That's where NASA officials updated the plan to bring their spacecraft back to Earth without them. "It’s been a really busy and challenging Summer,” said NASA...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — About 1,000 workers at a General Motors joint venture electric vehicle battery plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, will get big pay raises now that they have joined the United Auto Workers union. GM and LG Energy Solution of Korea, which jointly run the plant, agreed to...

MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn. — County and school leaders broke ground on a new facility for Horace Maynard Middle School on Wednesday, which is set to be complete in less than two years ahead of the 2026-27 school year. The total cost of the project is $41,250,000, according to Union County...

ROANE COUNTY, Tenn. — Felix “Bush” Breazeale was a farmer from Roane County, Tennessee. At the age of 74, Breazeale came up with an idea. He wanted to have his funeral—before he died. “Supposedly, he wanted to see what people were going to say about him,”...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The iconic Tennessee Valley Fair makes its way back into town on Friday through Sept. 15, featuring plenty of fantastic fair food and gut-wrenching rides. One-day admission tickets to the fair start at $12 for adults, $9 for ages six to 11, and $9 for seniors. Tickets for children five and under are completely free. The fair will also feature countless concerts for families to enjoy, however, these tickets are sold separately.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Jamaican man has been sentenced to 63 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud an elderly woman from Lenoir City, according to a release from the United States Department of Justice. According to the DOJ, Morice Armani Brown, 24, was sentenced...