A proposed bill that would allow a tourism development authority to de-annex, or remove themselves from a municipality could have a major impact on the city of Townsend and the Townsend Visitors ...

With overnight temperatures expected to drop in East Tennessee, several warming shelters will be open Thursday night.

8, 2024 for driving erratically. During that stop, officials with the Blount County Sheriff’s Office said things escalated and Kenneth DeHart fired shots at the two deputies, killing McCowan and ...

BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Saturday marks one year since Blount County Sheriff’s Deputy Greg McCowan was fatally shot during a traffic stop. The sheriff’s office posted a memorial video ...

GAMBLE’S ATTORNEYS SAID THAT HE SHOULD GET ANOTHER TRIAL BECAUSE THE VICTIM DIDN’T REMEMBER THE INCIDENT. BUT AT A man convicted of sexually abusing a child in Blount County will not have a new ...

The Tennessee Boat & Fishing Expo opens to the public Friday, Jan. 31 and will run through Sunday, Feb. 2 at the Farm Bureau Expo along East Baddour Parkway in Lebanon. Besides boat dealers ...

Crystal and Grant Norwood run a 3,000-acre farm growing corn, wheat and soybeans in Mansfield, Tennessee in rural Henry County. But with a rough year of weather and grain prices they can’t ...

Cockfighting is illegal in Tennessee. According to a Blount County Sheriff's Office Citation to the Court written in 2015, a BCSO deputy responded to a report of cock-fighting on Pink Hatcher Lane ...

BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn — A former Blount County teacher who pleaded guilty to five 'offensive touching' charges in the fall of 2024 waived his sentencing hearing in court Tuesday afternoon.

The man charged with criminal homicide after a house fire killed three people in Blount County was arraigned on Monday. Lunar new year 2025: How Asia is celebrating the year of the snake 40-year ...

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Blount County Sheriff’s Office had asked for help finding a missing Maryville man Monday. Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong said 77-year-old Jerry Austin left his ...

We’re starting this series in Cumberland County, Tennessee. ADP Research funded this reporting, and according to its data, Cumberland County has one of the oldest workforces in the country.