1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (514+ words) Supposedly, the reasoning behind this is that unscrupulous log dealers may sell them to unsuspecting buyers as solid wood, which burns better and longer. Of course, this is a hobby you probably want to avoid unless you want a stinky…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (494+ words) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Knoxville National Cemetery is the final resting place for more than 8,000 U.S. veterans. On Memorial Day, East Tennesseans remembered the sacrifice of those who gave their lives for their country. “In my retirement years, I spent a…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (208+ words) CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A former Clarksville attorney who pleaded guilty to stealing money from his law firm’s clients’ trust account was sentenced Thursday. According to 19th Judicial District Attorney General Robert Nash, the charges against Joel D. Ragland stemmed from a…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (278+ words) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Diego Hernandez Garcia is now facing deportation after a federal judge denied his latest effort to remain in the country following his detainment during an ICE raid in Knoxville. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained the 24-year-old Hernandez…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (382+ words) The Stewart County Sheriff's Office is searching for a retired special forces veteran accused of shooting his wife during a domestic altercation. According to social media posts from the sheriff's office, deputies responded to a call around 1:30 a.m. on May 1. The…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (443+ words) A coalition of Memphis faith leaders in a May 4 press conference condemned Tennessee Republicans' efforts to redraw the state's congressional map, calling on Memphis residents to voice their dissent and to vote in the May 5 Shelby County primary elections. "The…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (327+ words) Momentum has increased to expand the College Football Playoff beyond 12 teams. The question: How many more? Tennessee athletic director Danny White said at Tennessee’s Big Orange Caravan on April 29 at Marathon Music Works in Nashville that he’d like that number…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago   (407+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — More than two months after a major winter storm hit the Volunteer State, officials announced that Tennessee has received an amendment to the major disaster declaration that expands available aid to include individual assistance from the Federal…...

5+ mon, 11+ hour ago   (299+ words) “When you have ice accumulations like we did of three quarters of an inch or more across so much of the power grid, it just really complicates response and then subsequently recovery as you try to cut your way in,…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (327+ words) Nearly six months after his arrest at a check-in with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, Knoxville immigrant activist Alejandro Guizar Lozano has received removal orders, which means he almost certainly will leave an ICE detention facility and be deported to…...