Updated: Jan. 12, 2021 at 8:43 AM EST
|By David Sikes
States determine who gets the vaccines based on federal guidance. Azar said that “the administration in the states has been too narrowly focused.”
Updated: Oct. 27, 2020 at 8:24 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
A United States Postal Service employee has been federally charged for willfully obstructing the passage of mail after more than 100 absentee ballots and other mail were found discarded in a dumpster more than a week ago.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 9:18 PM EDT
|By David Sikes and Megan Sadler
The Department of Child Services following up on a situation of a three-year-old child left at the Knoxville Public Safety Building Tuesday morning.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 8:13 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
The trial of a Tennessee convict charged with killing a corrections official before escaping prison on a tractor has been delayed until next year.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2020 at 8:02 AM EDT
|By David Sikes and Associated Press
An official says voters who don’t receive an absentee ballot by Oct. 28 can go to any polling site, sign an affidavit saying they did not receive the ballot and vote in person.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2020 at 9:00 PM EDT
|By David Sikes
If you see her, call 901-545-2677.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 10:54 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
According to the report, only 6 percent of deaths have COVID-19 as the only cause mentioned.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 2:15 PM EDT
|By David Sikes
Morristown investigators are searching for missing 28-year-old Joseph William Ricker.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2020 at 1:09 PM EDT
|By David Sikes
The Vols are back in the top 25. Tennessee is ranked #25 in the Associated Press Top 25 preseason poll.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2020 at 6:08 PM EDT
|By David Sikes
he University of Memphis says specialists from its earthquake research center are traveling to North Carolina to monitor aftershocks of this past weekend’s 5.1 magnitude earthquake.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2020 at 8:42 AM EDT
|By David Sikes and Associated Press
Some are worried their districts are unable to offer a strong virtual learning program.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 4:04 PM EDT
|By David Sikes and Alivia Harris
Officials said it is an active investigation.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 11:46 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
According to reports, Hollomon’s 13-year-old was sitting in her lap when the crash happened.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2020 at 2:08 PM EDT
|By David Sikes
Police said 17-year-old Katelynn Longworth was last seen just after 5 p.m. Monday evening.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2020 at 10:56 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
The Blount County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Safety Unit will to investigate the incident.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2020 at 11:14 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
Starting in August, Medic Regional Blood Center will screen all donors for COVID-19 antibodies in an effort to identify and recruit potential COVID Convalescent Plasma donors.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2020 at 8:52 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
Hundreds of people were already in the parks across from the federal courthouse and Justice Center as of 8 p.m. Monday night.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2020 at 7:03 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
Two people were arrested and a person believed to be the gunshot victim had non-life-threatening injuries.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2020 at 7:37 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
TDOT said the cargo fire was reported around 7:00 a.m. Friday on the northbound side of I-75 at mile marker 130.
Updated: Jul. 16, 2020 at 8:34 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
Officials said Homeland Security was notified about the incident.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2020 at 7:25 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
The company says it did so to protect phones with older batteries.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 1:51 PM EDT
|By David Sikes
The Knox County Education Coalition issues reopening recommendations in an open letter to the school system.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 12:13 PM EDT
|By David Sikes
The Gary Sinise Foundation provides a mortgage-free home to Purple Heart recipient with support from Home Builders Association of Greater Knoxville.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 9:10 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
Two other federal executions are scheduled for later this week, though one is on hold in a separate legal claim.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 8:01 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
Due to the recent increases in COVID-19 cases the Drive-In Concert Series has been postponed until September.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2020 at 9:43 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
Memphis protesters said they have been told to relocate or they could be arrested for unlawful assembly.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 1:10 PM EDT
|By David Sikes
Tennesse EMS Director indicted after being paid improperly
Updated: Jun. 29, 2020 at 8:01 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
Tulsa police are investigating after they said two officers were shot Monday morning.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2020 at 7:31 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
All 502 inmates and approximately 100 staff will now be tested.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2020 at 7:29 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
Officials said that Laurel Creek Rd. to Cades Cove is temporarily closed due to the slide.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2020 at 7:10 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
Protesters tried to pull down a statue of President Andrew Jackson near the White House Monday night before being dispersed by police.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2020 at 8:49 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
As of Wednesday morning, no arrests have been made.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2020 at 8:10 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
Cineworld Group, the owner of Knoxville based Regal Cinemas, will begin reopening movie theaters July 10 following a three-month shutdown due to coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2020 at 10:25 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
Authorities are on the search for three men after they reportedly fired various rifles and handguns at deputies in North Carolina Sunday night.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2020 at 1:00 PM EDT
|By David Sikes
Tulsa Police Department have released body camera footage from two officers who arrested a black teenager and handcuffed a second for jaywalking last week.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2020 at 9:56 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
The first experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. is on track to begin a huge study next month to prove if it really can fend off the coronavirus, its manufacturer announced Thursday — a long-awaited step in the global vaccine race.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2020 at 8:23 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
The U.S. government is set to issue its latest report on the layoffs that have left millions unemployed but that have markedly slowed as many businesses have partially reopened and rehired some laid-off workers.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 2:35 PM EDT
|By David Sikes
The 57-bed facility will provide care to patients recovering from a stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation and other complex conditions.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 2:29 PM EDT
|By David Sikes
A new poll by Vanderbilt University suggests the political partisanship of Tennesseeans strongly influences their views on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 12:29 PM EDT
|By David Sikes
Confederate statue removed in Kentucky, A controversial monument in the Highlands was moved from Cherokee Triangle on Monday.
Updated: May. 19, 2019 at 6:34 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
Deputies with the Knox County Sheriff's Office were called to a home off of East Governor Sevier Highway just after 11:30 P. M. Saturday for a stabbing.
Updated: May. 18, 2019 at 10:28 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
Kids are invited out for free fishing on Saturday June 8th on the Clinch River.
Updated: May. 18, 2019 at 8:23 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
Morristown police are investigating a shooting Saturday morning that left two dead and one injured.
Updated: May. 18, 2019 at 8:06 AM EDT
|By David Sikes
Governor Bill Lee has appealed the recent Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) decision to deny his request to provide Individual Assistance to residents in five counties including Sevier, impacted from the flooding and severe storms of Feb. 19, to March 30, 2019.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2019 at 12:22 AM EDT
|By UT Sports
The No. 8 Lady Vols used a Haley Bearden bomb in the seventh inning to edge No. 16/22 Georgia, 7-6, in Game 2 on Saturday, setting up a series-deciding rubber match on Sunday.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2019 at 6:20 PM EST
With #HighSchoolMeVsAdultMe trending on Twitter, the WVLT News team decided it's time to dive into the past and compare photos from high school to today.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2016 at 5:42 PM EST
|By Donovan Long
Horrifying moments clouded with unforgettable experiences will forever mark a day that changed Sevier County forever.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2016 at 1:18 AM EST
|By Amanda Hara
A 10-year-old girl displaced by the wildfires in Sevier County called a Red Cross shelter a "miracle."
Updated: Aug. 19, 2016 at 1:28 AM EDT
|By Heather Burian
Some students are fighting back after Knox County Schools passed a new dress code in August.