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Knoxville Track Club hosts Springbook Splash to honor fallen deputies
ALCOA, Tenn. (WVLT) -The Knoxville Track Club is giving back to the community the best way they know how: running. This weekend’s Springbook Splash event is dedicating the race to two Blount County Deputies, Greg McCowan, and Shelby Eggers. Previous Coverage: Knoxville Track Club raising money for fallen Deputy...
Knox News voter's guide
Welcome to Your Week in Knoxville, emailed every Sunday only to subscribers, from Knox News editor Joel Christopher. A selection of our best pieces from this past week are featured at the bottom of this newsletter. I am out of the office this week spending time with family, but wanted to take a moment to remind you that early voting continues through July 27. Knox News has assembled a voter's guide to help you make your choices...
Maligned Jeremy Pruitt may have factored into Nick Saban’s retirement
While Nick Saban's retirement as the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide was always going to be shocking whenever it came down simply due to the magnitude of the decision, it was not entirely out of left field. In his 70s and with the modern college football landscape dramatically changing over recent years, the time for the GOAT among head coaches to step away seemed near for quite some time.
Why Todd Helton's baseball Hall of Fame display has a Tennessee football helmet
Todd Helton sometimes gets recognized in Knoxville, his hometown and the place where he grew into a baseball star. But people often don't bring up his baseball accolades. They bring up the fact he was a Tennessee football quarterback. Helton, a two-sport athlete at Tennessee, is being enshrined Sunday in the National Baseball Hall...
Community groups encourage financial literacy on 7/20
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — United Way of Greater Knoxville, financial institutions, businesses and non-profit organizations hosted a free community event Saturday to encourage financial literacy. Financial Literacy 720 is a campaign that aims to help families and young professionals reach a 720 credit score. Credit Karma describes '720' as the...
U.S. Marshals, ICE rescue three children from international fugitive’s Tennessee home
Authorities arrested a fugitive wanted for alleged child sex crimes, and rescued three children from his Pigeon Forge, Tennessee home earlier this month, INTERPOL Washington said Friday.
One charged in shooting at gas station near Downtown Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Knoxville Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened at a gas station on Summit Hill Drive Saturday. According to KPD, the shooting happened Saturday afternoon in the parking lot of a Shell convenience store on Summit Hill Drive. Based on detectives’ preliminary investigation, Knoxville police said it appears that […]
Injured bear cub euthanized after 3-month stay at rescue
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — A bear cub who has been living at Appalachian Bear Rescue for three months was euthanized Thursday evening shortly after she reinjured her leg. “Tots Bear” was rescued in April after the rescue received a report of the 5.4 pound cub in the Big South Fork area appearing to be injured […]
Countdown to opening day: Downtown stadium's stands, suites, clubhouses taking shape
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — That raucous roar you hear coming from just east of the Old City on Jackson Avenue is the sound of a new downtown stadium rapidly taking shape. Favorable weather has helped keep the $116 million project on a sure schedule, said Smokies ballclub CEO Doug Kirchhofer, who along with contractor Denark Construction's Moe Abbas gave WBIR an inside/outside tour on Friday.
BANNED FOR LIFE: Buc-ee’s Bans A Service Duck And Its Owner From Stores
A Wild Story Involving A Service Duck, Its Owner And The Famous "Beaver" Has Social Media Talking. As we sit here in Texas, its been fun watching Buc-ee's expand all across the country and seeing the reaction from folks who make their first trip to the popular travel center. But...
Tennessee's Mays and Pearce Jr. Garner First Team All-SEC Preseason Honors
The Volunteer State's football program shone brightly during the 2024 SEC Media Days, as Tennessee's Cooper Mays and James Pearce Jr. scooped up first team All-SEC preseason honors. Mays, a senior center, and Pearce Jr., a junior edge rusher, didn't just clinch positions on the conference's first team but also nailed down spots as preseason First Team All-Americans according to the Walter Camp Football Foundation, as reportewd by WVLT.
901 Now: Local Vietnamese American community brings Asian Night Market to Tiger Lane
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - This Saturday, locals can participate in the largest Asian food festival in the 901 Now. Thousands in the Bluff City are expected to enjoy Asian culture filled with food, one-of-a-kind clothes, live music and more. ”It’s going to be unique,” Quynh Tran, President of the Vietnamese...
Downtown Greeneville multi-use development framework complete
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL)—The framework for a new downtown building was completed Friday. The Depot Street development will soon include nine condominiums and four retail spaces. Local leaders and steel workers gathered to conduct the topping-out ceremony, signing the last steel beam before it was attached to the structure. “100 years from now, when people are […]
Northeast State professor blames worldwide outage on human error
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — Friday saw a whirlwind of technological issues on a global scale after an update issued by the cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike wreaked havoc on operating systems worldwide. The outage affected banks, airports and multiple companies. James Holbrook is the department chair of the Computer Information Technology Department at Northeast State Community College. […]
Blount Memorial Hospital To Join Prisma Health
(Photo of Blount Memorial Hospital, courtesy of Prisma Health) Blount Memorial Hospital, a 304-bed non-profit community hospital located in Maryville, Tennessee, has chosen to join Greenville, South Carolina-based Prisma Health. The parties have signed a non-binding letter of intent and now enter a period of exclusive negotiations, due diligence and integration planning.
'Segregation of sounds:' Black country music artists subject of History Happy Hour
"Not Their First Rodeo: An Explanation of Black Country Music" challenged a traditional notion Thursday at History Happy Hour in Jonesborough that country music is performed, written and listened to by white people to the exclusion of blacks. A typical definition of the music provides that it is "A style...
Rain chances continue into the coming week
While rain has been isolated to scattered in coverage, leading to heavy rain for some and none for others, that changes as widespread is expected this week. Make sure you have the umbrella and rain gear handy if you have any outdoor plans this week!
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