A former Blount County Schools employee, Joseph Michael Dalton, pleaded guilty to inappropriate touching of elementary students. His sentencing is set for November 6.

Greenback High School's head football coach, Tommy Clemmer, has been removed following an incident involving a minor, with Gray Williams appointed as interim coach.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park's visitation in 2023 generated $2.2 billion for the local economy, supporting over 33,000 jobs, according to the National Park Service.

The DOE and ORNL are conducting controlled burns in Oak Ridge, TN, to prevent wildfires, resulting in temporary trail and area closures until September 13.

Ayana Ghosh from ORNL wins the American Ceramic Society's 2024 Early Discovery Award for her contributions to glass and ceramics science, and her work with AI and causal machine learning in materials science.

Trails in Oak Ridge are closing temporarily for controlled burns aimed at wildfire protection, coordinated by DOE, ORNL, and the Tennessee Division of Forestry.

A multi-agency drug bust in Blount County, Tennessee, resulted in the arrest of Jamie Ivan Henry and Amanda Lynn Whitehead with various drug charges. Drugs, cash, and paraphernalia were seized.

Knoxville experiences fair early conditions with 64°F and 94% humidity, according to NWS. The forecast indicates sunny skies with temperatures rising to the high 80s and clear evenings around 61°F, with a slight chance of rain over the weekend.

Flexcon Global has licensed a self-healing film technology from ORNL, aiming to improve building efficiency with vacuum insulation panels for use in various markets, including construction and healthcare.

The TBI warns of sextortion scams using victims' personal information, including home photos, demanding Bitcoin to prevent releasing non-existent webcam footage.

Two brothers, Blake and Travis Kirkland, were honored with keys to the city during Harriman's annual festival for revitalizing the local economy through building renovations.

Researchers at ORNL using the Frontier supercomputer have advanced the understanding of magnetic properties of calcium-48, a "doubly magic" nucleus, potentially impacting the study of supernovae and stellar mechanics.

The ORNL team studied molten uranium trichloride to refine predictive models for next-generation molten salt nuclear reactors, finding that heated UCl3 contracts rather than expands.