Thomas Judge, 93, lost his wife of 67 years this year. His hospice team gave him one more thrill: a stunt-plane flight over East Tennessee.

Casie Nickerson's foundation honors 12-year-old Landon, who dreamed up the charity during his own hospital stays.

Inspectors cleared roughly 100 artists at the 14th annual downtown event, held at the World's Fair Exhibition Hall.

A neuroinvasive La Crosse virus case has been confirmed in Claiborne County, the only reported Tennessee case so far this year. Officials are urging residents to take mosquito precautions.

Two cases of cyclosporiasis have been confirmed in Knox County as federal officials investigate several foodborne outbreaks and a lettuce recall.

Knoxville is putting free naloxone where residents can access it around the clock. A new machine at a recovery center targets one of the county’s hardest-hit overdose areas.

MEDIC says East Tennessee blood shelves are stable even as the Red Cross declared a national emergency; local centers still urge donors to give to keep supplies ready.

About half a dozen former patients settled over Mycobacterium fortuitum infections from 2023 surgeries at a West Knoxville center, while other claims and regulatory actions remain active.

Inspectors found raw meats stored too warm and a filthy can opener at La Loteria in Tellico Plains; corrections raised the follow‑up score to 89.

A Knoxville widower says his wife's death was linked to mitragynine toxicity and urges caution as Tennessee's new kratom law takes effect July 1.

Tennessee will pay family doctors up to $200,000 for five‑year rural commitments as part of a push to shore up shrinking primary care in small towns.

Covenant Health says contract talks with UnitedHealthcare have stalled and warns United members they could lose in‑network access at Covenant Medical Group on July 1.

A new HHS OIG audit finds widespread generator and maintenance failures at U.S. nursing homes and places Tennessee in a medium‑risk category. Families and regulators face fresh questions about enforcement and readiness.