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Early this week, Tripadvisor officials named Dollywood as the number one theme park in the United States and the number eight theme park in world during the 2022 Travelers' Choice Best of the Best Awa...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials had to euthanize a bear after it tore into a tent at Elkmont Campground on Sunday, slightly injuring a mother and her 3-year-old daughter. The mother and ...

TWRA Press Release: CROSSVILLE, Tenn. --- TWRA receives an increase in calls regarding black bear in spring and early summer. Sub-adult bears disperse this time of year and often move into new, unknow...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., (June 13, 2022) - The Tennessee state average for gas prices set new record highs this weekend after increasing nearly 14 cents over the course of last week. The Tennessee Gas Price ...

Sunday afternoon the #1 Tennessee Vols took on Notre Dame in Game 3 to determine which team will punch their ticket to the College World Series in Omaha. Tennessee started hot with Luc Lipcius sending...

The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention says 6 people have gotten sick and one person has died from Salmonella in Tennessee after coming into contact with backyard poultry. In Early June, a tot...

An extensive internal investigation is underway at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge after an employee discovered a noose in a part of the building under construction. A Y-12 spokesperso...

(The following is based on a Facebook post by Charlie D. Tollison Assistant Chief Sparta-White Rescue, TARS State VP. Special thanks to Dustin Burgess 1st Lieutenant Cumberland County Rescue Squad for...

At least two Sheriff's Offices in Middle Tennessee are warning the public not to pick up folded money found on the ground or the floor of a business because it could be contaminated with deadly drugs....

The search for a missing Jamestown man has come to a tragic end. Former Jamestown Mayor Lyndon Bill Baines, age 58, was last seen leaving his home in the West Briar Avenue area of Jamestown at approxi...