Medic Regional Blood Center is offering a $10 e-gift card for donors through Sunday. Their inventory is low across the board so all blood types are needed. Donors will need a valid e-mail address to receive their gift card. Please go to medic blood dot org to schedule your appointment today, walk-ins are also welcome.… MORE
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park say visitors will be able to view the highly-anticipated synchronous fireflies from June 4 through June 11. You will be able to enter a lottery for vehicle reservations starting Friday at 10 a.m. the lottery will close on May 1st at 8 p.m. Those interested will be able to…… MORE
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) today announced 32 of the 57 Tennessee State Parks have attained Platinum status, the highest level of achievement, in the department’s Go Green With Us program. It is the highest number of Platinum parks in the program’s history. “Our state parks are setting an example for environmental…… MORE
Self-driving cars. ChatGPT. Cancer detection. Smart speakers. Robots in manufacturing… and even in our homes. Artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere these days. So, what does the average human need to know about AI as it is quickly becoming part of our everyday lives? Join the Knox County Public Library at noon on Thursdays in May…… MORE
Megan Boswell, the woman charged in her daughter’s death, 15-month-old Evelyn Boswell, appears in court for a status hearing. State prosecutors will seek a sentence of life imprisonment. Boswell reported her daughter missing in February 2020 but said she had not been seen since December 2019. In March of 2020, the child’s remains were found…… MORE
Genre-bending artist Koe Wetzel has added fall dates to his ‘Road to Hell Paso’ North American headline tour. Presented by Monster Energy, the newly announced 22-date run kicks off July 28 in Idaho Falls, ID with stops in Baton Rouge, Indianapolis, San Antonio, and more. The tour will conclude with shows in Lubbock and El…… MORE
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency say a Kingston man has broken a state record for largest paddlefish ever caught. Henry Dyer caught a paddlefish from Cherokee lake that weighed 149 lbs. The fish was also almost 80 inches (over 6 1/2 feet) in length and almost 45 inches in girth.… MORE
The Knoxville Police Department has released the preliminary crime numbers for the first-quarter of 2023, which are continuing to trend in the right direction after significant decreases were reported in 2022. As of April 9, 2023, according to preliminary citywide data compiled by the KPD Crime Analysis Unit, murders were down 33 percent compared…… MORE
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a crash involving a train and a semi-truck which closed Harriman Highway in Roane County over the weekend. According to THP, the driver of the semi-truck, a 41 year-old man, Jagit Singh, was parked on the tracks and in the sleeper cab when a train hit the truck. No…… MORE
An undercover operation in Oneida results in the arrest of three people for selling illegal narcotics. An Oneida Police Department K-9 Officer went undercover for months and was able to buy illegal narcotics from Christina Goodman, Christina Books and Winfield Harness who were arrested on April 11th.. They are all being held on a $10,000…… MORE
