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The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) today issued a precautionary fish consumption advisory for largemouth bass due to mercury on Fall Creek Falls Lake in Van Buren County. ...

Skeletal remains found in 1983 in Cumberland County have been identified as a result of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Unidentified Human Remains DNA Initiative. On August 26, 1983, skeletal re...

The Stone Memorial High School Panthers moved up to number 6 in the state in this week's Associated Press State Top 10 in Class 4A. Two other Region teams are in the top 10 with Upperman number 4 and ...

In a news report, reported by Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey from WVLT out of Knoxville, A woman has been charged with elder abuse after breaking into a Knoxville home Friday, according to a police report obt...

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville) announced he has appointed Eric Ritzman to the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board (TECB). The nine-member board within the Tennessee Departm...

A multi-county effort lead to the rescue of an injured hiker in White County over Labor Day weekend. According to a post on the White County Firefighters Association's Facebook page, around 4:30 Satur...

On Monday, Tennessee football unveiled its new "Artful Dodger" Smokey Grey Uniforms. The Vols will don their new grey threads in the 2023 home opener on Saturday, Sept. 9th vs. Austin Peay. In partner...

A man suspected of robbing a bank in Colorado has been arrested in Putnam County. According to a press release, on Thursday, August 31, 2023, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office was made aware that Jer...

Tennessee won its season opener 49-13 over the Virginia Cavaliers on Saturday at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. Next up, the Vols will play the Austin Peay Governors on Saturday, September 9, 2023. Preg...

A 69-year-old Middle Tennessee woman died early Friday morning when her house exploded. Arrington Fire & Rescue was called to the scene on Wilson Pike around 2:37am. The structure was fully engulf...