Tennessee football began fall practices on Wednesday ahead of the 2023 season. The Vols are a month away from their season opener against Virginia, which will take place on Sept. 2 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. The players didn’t wear pads as per usual in week one of fall camp. Head coach Josh Heupel said… Keep Reading
On Wednesday, the The National Amateur Baseball Federation officially announced its 10-year sublease with the City of Knoxville to use Christenberry Ballfields and Park as its home complex, which will welcome people from across the country to one park. “It’s been a lot of work, but it’s been rewarding,” Fulton High School baseball coach and… Keep Reading
In the late 1880s, two brothers founded a business that would fill the homes of people across Knoxville, and across the world, with all kinds of newly manufactured furniture. One of the brothers who founded that operation, W.H. Sterchi, had his home in the city. Now, his former home faces demolition around a century after… Keep Reading
A Tennessee Army National Guard medical flight crew evacuated an injured hiker from Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Shortly before 7 p.m. July 27, the Tennessee National Guard and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency were notified that a hiker suffering head trauma needed immediate medical aid and evacuation to a nearby hospital. The hiker was… Keep Reading
Davis Shore won the Osprey Valley Open in Ontario, Canada, on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Canada victory. The 24-year-old Shore shot 19 under par for a one-shot victory and held off Myles Creighton, who started the final four shots back. Shore was 18 under the final three rounds and earned $40,500. Continue reading… Keep Reading
The price of living in the Knoxville area is continuing to get higher, according to a new report from the East Tennessee Realtors group. They said the price of rent for Knoxville apartments grew higher by 9.6% compared to the previous year. During the same time period, rent growth was 2.3% nationally, showing Knoxville’s rent grew by… Keep Reading
East Tennessee students are gearing up to head back to the classroom. With the high costs of school supplies, it’s easy for items like shoes to fall to the bottom of the priority list. North Knoxville Baptist Church wanted to help ease the financial burden. The church gathered and donated more than 700 pairs of… Keep Reading
Stepping Stones Early Learning Center in Knoxville received a $25,000 donation from the Knoxville Community Foundation Wednesday. The donation is a contribution to Stepping Stone’s “Step Up” capital campaign. The goal of the capital campaign is to raise $600,000 to pay off the loan from the original build and allow for payments to be redirected… Keep Reading
A Blount County church will host a free backpack and school supply drive at its church starting Wednesday. Lakeview Baptist Church in Rockford will host the event for the third year in a row as they hope to help more than 150 kids get school supplies before the year starts. Continue reading on WVLT Keep Reading
Moving to a different country comes with a unique set of challenges, but there’s one bump in the road University of Tennessee doctoral student Nagham Abou Zeid wasn’t expecting when she arrived in the United States. “I realized that it’s really hard to live in Knoxville or any non-major U.S. city without a car,” she… Keep Reading
