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Updated: Dec. 17, 2020 at 4:45 PM EST
|By Kyle Grainger
Dollywood continues to give back to the Sevier County community with a huge donation to help feed people in need in Sevier County.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2020 at 6:40 PM EST
|By Ashley Bohle
More than thousands of people will be impacted from Scott’s donation given to the YWCA.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2020 at 7:23 PM EST
|By Ashley Bohle
A Knoxville woman started a holiday tradition that grabbed people’s attention as far as Ireland.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2020 at 6:57 PM EST
|By Ashley Bohle
With a couple clicks of the keyboard you can give to the families of fallen aircrew who protect and serve.
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Updated: Dec. 8, 2020 at 6:13 PM EST
|By Ashley Bohle
Daycares, churches and volunteers all helped made sure no one will go without Christmas.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2020 at 7:24 PM EST
|By Ashley Bohle
Out for a hike a Knoxville couple did not expect to save a few lives.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2020 at 4:14 PM EST
|By Maggie Gregg
A North Carolina couple used their lottery payday to make a difference in their community.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2020 at 9:12 PM EST
|By Maggie Gregg
Justin Timberlake came to the rescue for a Morristown teen with cerebral palsy.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2020 at 9:00 AM EST
|By Megan Sadler
The Crossville community came together to raise $50,000 for an injured Cumberland County Deputy.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2020 at 10:37 PM EST
|By Gwendolyn Ducre
A Morristown teen who has spread so much joy in his community is finally getting paid back.
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Updated: Nov. 17, 2020 at 8:12 PM EST
A lost stuffed animal is returned to its family after a mom makes it her mission.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2020 at 7:33 PM EST
|By Abby Kousouris
Maryville High School student Bailey Hasty has learned about sacrifice all of her life. Her father served in the Marines. He was deployed in Iraq when she was born.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2020 at 1:30 PM EST
|By Lauren Meyers
Wreaths Across America announced it has begun accepting donations for its 2020 wreathing on Dec. 19.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2020 at 5:59 PM EST
|By Kyle Grainger and Maggie Gregg
To those who served, one high school in Tennessee is letting them know they are thinking about them this Veterans Day.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2020 at 7:09 PM EDT
|By Ashley Bohle
Powell Elementary School’s morning routine has changed a second grader’s perspective about tackling the school day.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2020 at 8:01 PM EDT
|By Ashley Bohle
A year after a puppy was abandoned, abused and left for dead, his supporters have rallied behind him and other dogs to give back.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2020 at 7:04 PM EDT
|By Ashley Bohle
The Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum used its resources to share the beauty of nature and grow food for neighbors in need.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2020 at 7:14 PM EDT
|By Ashley Bohle
When a community came together in East Tennessee, they conquer anything.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 6:26 PM EDT
|By Ashley Bohle
Knoxville Police Department got a big donation to help Knoxville’s youngest citizens.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 10:05 PM EDT
|By Ashley Bohle
A Knoxville non-profit will help recent high school graduates pay for their college textbooks.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2020 at 11:07 PM EDT
|By Anne Brock
East Tenn. firefighters couldn’t stop all of the flames and water damage to a a house that caught fire on Sept. 9 in Newport, but they did save some family photos after making sure there was no one inside who needed rescuing.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2020 at 7:27 PM EDT
|By Ashley Bohle
You’re required to do it by law. But by filling out the census this year, you could helping other East Tennessee neighbors.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2020 at 1:04 PM EDT
|By Whitney Kent
Join Austin Bowling as a Hunger Hero and help feed those in need
Updated: Aug. 28, 2020 at 3:53 PM EDT
|By Zack Rickens
Duo of football players organized fundraising campaign for A.J. Cucksey.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2020 at 8:10 AM EDT
|By Maggie Gregg
WVLT News Anchor Brittany Tarwater emceed the YWCA Keys of Hope fundraiser Thursday morning.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2020 at 8:09 AM EDT
|By Whitney Kent
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation announces the need to cancel this year’s Wine on the Water event due to ongoing concerns over the continued increase in COVID-19 cases in our community but holds a month long virtual event you can get involved in!
Updated: Aug. 17, 2020 at 5:50 PM EDT
|By Casey Wheeless
Skylar Bruneel is only seven, but she's already doing more than most kids her age.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2020 at 3:36 PM EDT
|By Anne Brock
An organization that treats people struggling to make ends meet is asking for your help now.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2020 at 11:04 PM EDT
|By Anne Brock
Turning from automotive materials to medical gowns is helping a Clinton plant keep workers employed while helping with the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2020 at 8:43 PM EDT
|By Megan Sadler
United Way of Blount County said they were able to raise enough money to provide 1,260 masks for kids who need them.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 6:39 PM EDT
|By Ashley Bohle
Service dogs in training learned how to swim.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 5:53 PM EDT
|By Lauren Meyers
Hillcrest Healthcare, a network of senior living centers in Knoxville delivered 1,500 lunches to seniors Thursday for a mobile meals program.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 9:28 PM EDT
|By Maggie Gregg
An 11-year-old boy in Knoxville celebrated his birthday by doing something nice for local police.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2020 at 10:42 PM EDT
|By Ashley Bohle
A group of people who were once homeless have been transforming their lives while working on a garden.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2020 at 8:22 PM EDT
|By Ashley Bohle
Thirteen year old girl is bringing Disney characters to life with her sidewalk chalk talent.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2020 at 9:32 PM EDT
|By Ashley Bohle
Knoxville girl creates jewelry, sells it, then uses money to buy toiletries for people at KARM.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 10:08 PM EDT
|By WVLT Staff
WVLT Meteorologist Ben Cathy gave an aspiring meteorologist a virtual tour of the news station for his birthday.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2020 at 12:43 AM EDT
Every Wednesday afternoon members of Second United Methodist Church provide groceries to those in need. They say now the need is greater than ever.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 5:10 PM EDT
|By WVLT Staff
An officer with the Murreesboro Police Department helped a man in a wheelchair cross the street on Tuesday.
Updated: May. 20, 2020 at 4:17 PM EDT
|By WVLT Staff
A Knoxville nurse who spent weeks fighting COVID-19 on the front line in New York City, returned to East Tennessee and went straight into quarantine.
Updated: May. 16, 2020 at 9:58 PM EDT
|By WVLT News
Members of City Hills Church decided to help the community by giving out free masks.
Updated: May. 13, 2020 at 9:43 PM EDT
|By WVLT News
WVLT Meteorologist Austin Bowling doesn't just report your local weather coverage, he saves baby owls in his spare time!
Updated: May. 9, 2020 at 9:36 PM EDT
|By Arial Starks
The Hamblen County Volunteer Fire Department in conjunction with Hamblen County community members, gave one man the birthday surprise of a life time Saturday afternoon.
Updated: May. 5, 2020 at 4:43 PM EDT
|By WVLT News
Former Vols football player Josh Dobbs donated hundreds of bottles of water to the Knoxville Police Department.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2020 at 3:34 PM EDT
|By Amanda Hara
A Knoxville nurse who left East Tennessee to fight COVID-19 in New York City was shocked to learn her stay wouldn't last long.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2020 at 10:52 AM EDT
|By Lauren Meyers
Willy's Butcher Shop announced it will be donating 450 pounds of ground beef to anyone in the Knoxville community who has experienced financial hardship due to COVID-19.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2020 at 8:47 PM EDT
|By WVLT News
In all, viewers watching WVLT and other stations in Gray Television raised $1,026,000 dollars, which will provide more than four million meals.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2020 at 3:27 PM EDT
Employees who are used to sewing upholstery for watercraft now are turning out 120 new N95 masks each day.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2020 at 7:50 PM EDT
|By Erica Lunsford
Knoxville's Care Cuts put down its’ scissors and clippers to pick up pots and pans to help feed the homeless Easter dinner.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2020 at 11:32 PM EDT
|By WVLT News
Anna Bennett Curtis rounded up her closest friends and a few classmates and created a video of each student sharing encouraging quotes to nursing home residents who aren't able to have visitors amid COVID-19 restrictions.