Sunny Monday with gusty southwest winds; showers and thunderstorms likely Tuesday night through Thursday with heavy rain possible.

A Jacksonville woman was sentenced to 63 months in federal court in Knoxville after admitting she traveled to East Tennessee to have sex with a 14-year-old.

A viral clip of Keith Ervin telling a student "God, you're hot" prompted a school board censure and a symbolic no‑confidence vote by county commissioners. The measures stop short of removal, and Ervin is up for re‑election in August.

Knox County Republicans asked prosecutors to review Commissioner Courtney Durrett’s claim she voted in the GOP primary, raising legal questions as the May 5 primary nears.

Two rounds of storms could bring damaging wind gusts to Knoxville from late Monday through Wednesday, with an isolated tornado risk in parts of the Cumberland Plateau.

Christopher Goodrich, a Perfect Game regional director and longtime Tennessee Nationals coach, was arrested Tuesday after an undercover sting in Knoxville. Arrest reports say he agreed to pay $200 to meet someone he believed was 14.

Adient will close its Athens plant on June 30, affecting about 210 workers. McMinn County EDA and the City of Athens are coordinating rapid‑response services.

A West Tennessee task force recovered roughly 16 pounds of fentanyl and a bottle of xylazine from a tractor‑trailer on I‑40; officials say the shipment was bound for Knoxville.

Knox County detectives arrested a man after a chase and seized about 13 pounds of marijuana, suspected morphine pills, two handguns and roughly $20,000 in cash.

UT held a topping‑out ceremony for a new Haslam College addition and unveiled the proposed name Boyd Hall. The $227M project will add classrooms, labs and auditoriums by fall 2027.

A truck hauling bees crashed at the Henley Street exit Friday, closing the I‑40 ramp to downtown Knoxville and snarling traffic as bees swarmed the roadway.

A Knox County man was sentenced to 20 years without parole after pleading guilty in a June 21, 2024 head‑on crash that killed two women and an unborn child.

A cool morning gives way to highs near 86°F and elevated fire danger across Knoxville.