Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that Greenbrier Road at U.S. 321 and access into the Greenbrier area will be closed to all use starting February 13. The closure will allow contractors to repair road damage and replace washed out culverts caused by significant rainfall in July 2022. Work is scheduled to be completed…… MORE
Knoxville set a record in hotel revenue in 2022, by nearly 30% from the year before. ”These are numbers just that Knoxville pre-COVID, we just didn’t experience, and it’s just a great high. I think the hotels and restaurants everyone is happy, how long can we maintain it but what does the dip look like,…… MORE
Tennessee’s First Lady, Maria Lee, is through the first phase of treatment for lymphoma and is preparing to undergo a bone marrow transplant, according to an announcement by her husband, Governor Bill Lee. Gov. Lee released a statement on Thursday morning, thanking everyone for all the prayers and support since doctors discovered Maria had cancer…… MORE
Knox Area Transit announced they are asking for public input on a newly proposed transit map. The map came from a long process of public input on how a newly imagined KAT would look. “It had really been about twelve years since we made the move to Knoxville station since we had taken a look…… MORE
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office Organized Retail Crime Unit issue a search warrant on an East Knoxville business which leads to a man being charged with counterfeiting charges. KCSO issued the warrant on Britney’s Purses and Accessories on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue which is operated by Vincent Jones. Complaints that Jones was selling counterfeit…… MORE
Update: The Tennessee Department of Transportation says the rest area on I-40 East at MM 419, just before the I-81 split, in Jefferson County has re-opened. It was closed while crews removed an overturned tractor-trailer. The Tennessee Department of Transportation says the rest area on I-40 East at MM 419, just before the I-81 split,…… MORE
Agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrest 26 year-old Jasmine Johnson, 26, after police said she carried nearly three pounds of fentanyl and more than one pound of methamphetamine off a Greyhound bus in Knoxville. Police have recognized Greyhound as a hub for drug trafficking, according to a criminal…… MORE
Lonas Drive in West Knoxville was closed this morning as Knoxville Firefighters work a fire at a former business. Crews called to 4329 Lonas Drive around 3 this morning and found heavy flames and smoke coming from the building, formerly El Tipico, which was vacant and up for sale. The building has sustained heavy fire,…… MORE
The Loudon County Sheriff’s Office will hold a memorial service on the one year anniversary of Sergeant Chris Jenkins death. Jenkins was killed in the line of duty when he was hit by a tractor-trailer on I-75 while trying to remove debris from the interstate. The driver of the tractor-trailer, Christopher Savannah, reportedly did not…… MORE
Authorities are investigating the cause of early morning (Tuesday) fires at multiple cabins in Sevierville. Fire crews called to the 2100 block of Windy Lane in the Upper Middle Creek area of Sevier County. They found one cabin burning, with another cabin caught in the flames and as the crews worked to fight the fire,…… MORE
