Brittany Tarwater
Anchor, Multimedia Journalist
Knoxville, Tenn.
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Brittany Tarwater is an Emmy award winning Anchor and Reporter for WVLT News.
Drowning is the leading cause of death in children ages one to four, other than birth defects. It is the second leading cause of death in teenagers, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The O’Connor Senior Center is teaching line dancing live on Facebook to its members during the COVID-19 pandemic.
With teachers wrapping up the school year trying to reach their students online, this Fulton High School math teacher is turning to the app TikTok.
StateMint Consignment pop-up sale returns to Knoxville with safety precautions in place.
A Fulton High School graduate who worked as a nurse in a Seattle hospital treating COVID-19 patients has died from the disease.
Family and friends lined Chapman Highway Saturday to honor Seymour High School's graduating class.
With more parents working from home during the summer months, East Tennessee Children's Hospital has laid out its top five safety concerns for children.
The checklist for parents safely bringing children around family in the era of coronavirus has changed, said a Knoxville pediatrician.
March of Dimes is extending its fundraising deadline and moving its annual March for Babies online this year due to COVID-19.
Casey Pruitt told WVLT’s Brittany Tarwater taking care of a big family, especially with a newborn girl, is tough during quarantine, but it’s nice to have her husband home.
It's not just oranges that helps boost the immune system said Knoxville nutritionist.
People living in close quarters are at a higher risk of contracting and spreading the coronavirus. The YWCA in downtown Knoxville is home to women who are recovering from some sort of trauma. They’re working to protect the people who live there.
Reaching for fatty foods during times of stress is common, experts said.
East Tennessee Goodwill stores plan to open Friday but are in 'desperate need' of clothing and household donations.
CBS This Morning Lead National Correspondent David Begnaud taught a lesson to a University of Tennessee journalism class.
More than a dozen East Tennesseans have committed suicide during the coronavirus pandemic.
With children staying at home and taking advantage of playing outside, pediatricians have seen more bumps, bruises and broken bones than sickness during coronavirus 'safer at home' order.
An East Tennessee woman makes jewelry out of pennies to raise awareness for suicide prevention.
A Knoxville family was set to board a Disney cruise they had been planning for a year. The cruise line canceled the trip the day before it was scheduled to leave.
Olympic swimmer Davis Tarwater, WVLT News anchor Brittany Tarwater's husband, has opened up a swim school in Knoxville.
A lawsuit against a drug company called AmerisourceBergen alleged that the company's drug sales are correlated to a 1000% increase in Tennessee babies being born dependent on drugs.
Sunday marks the annual "We Back Pat" game for the Lady Vols.
United Way of Greater Knoxville is making a difference this holiday season by organizing Big Give Knox.
East Tennessee Children's Hospital patients who earn "Beads of Courage" have a special place to protect their beads thanks to some East Tennessee woodworkers.
A simple act of kindness has made best friends out of a waste collector and a three-year-old child.
Lady Vols basketball coach Kellie Harper shows WVLT News anchor Brittany Tarwater around her hometown of Sparta, Tenn.
What's your secret to the perfect turkey? The WVLT News crew is spilling the beans on their secret recipes for a delicious bird.
A wine lover's dream unfolded Thursday night at The Standard in Knoxville as more than 100 people joined forces to fight Multiple Sclerosis.
Consumers know to look out for dangerous ingredients in food, but sometimes it's the containers in which food is stored that are just as harmful. A new study has found people are eating about the weight of a credit card worth of plastic every week.
Expecting mothers and people who are planning to be around newborn babies are encouraged to get a Tdap vaccine, preventing what could be a harmless cough for adults but a potentially deadly outcome for babies.
Two Knoxville women who were unreachable in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian hit have safely returned to the U.S., family members said.
Drowning is the leading cause of deaths in children ages one to four, other than birth defects. In a WVLT News special presentation, "Crisis in the Water," anchor Brittany Tarwater sheds light on the importance of water competency and how after losing their son Levi, an East Tennessee family is making children across the country safer around water.
Most kids are punished by getting sent to their rooms. This Oak Ridge mom punished her 10-year-old son by sending him outside to mow the neighbors' lawns.
Twenty-two years after two-day-old Stewart Rembert was kidnapped from a hospital and found behind a dumpster he was reunited with the FBI special agent in charge who found him.
The 2019 Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame class was inducted on July 25.
What's the key to staying young? A 100-year-old Knoxville woman said her secret is staying active and bowling is right up her alley.
A boy born with one arm who nearly drowned as a child is now shooting for a spot on the Paralympic swim team.
Olympic Gold medalist Davis Tarwater is one of the inductees this year into the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame.
An East Tennessee couple inherited a nearly 200-year-old Civil War-era Bible more than 30 years ago in Pennsylvania. They have spent the last two years scanning the country trying to find the Bible's proper owners.
Knox County mayor Glenn Jacobs joined the South Knoxville Senior Center Thursday for its "Raising Kane" open house event.
A sensory courtyard was unveiled Wednesday at Dogwood Elementary as a place for children to play, explore and re-set.
A sensory courtyard was unveiled Wednesday at Dogwood Elementary as a place for children to play, explore and re-set.
Experts say the Tennessee River is more like a river of plastic, recording a higher number of microplastics than any other river in the world.
Kathryn Norris had cystic fibrosis, a chronic genetic disorder that makes it harder to breathe over time.
Kathryn Norris had cystic fibrosis, a chronic genetic disorder that makes it harder to breathe over time.
Graduation is a special time for families. One Maryville College graduate walked across the stage last Saturday, but she had to fight for her life to get there.
Every year, more than one thousand babies in Tennessee are born drug dependent. It's a sobering number. One East Tennessee group is going behind bars to get ahead of the problem.