Former Blount County teacher Joseph Dalton will have his teaching license suspended for three years after a meeting of the Tennessee State Board of Education on Friday morning.

Blount County showcased its athletes' skills on the gridiron during the second quarter of the Blount County Jamboree on Friday at Heritage. The six teams in attendance sent their best ...

For a 3 1/2-year-old, Elmo sure has sung a lot on “Sesame Street” with some of the best musicians in the world.

Alcoa and Heritage were the fastest runners, Maryville had the loudest leg, a Tornado running back unleashed the longest ...

The Maryville Downtown Design Review Board and Historic Zoning Commission met in back-to-back regular sessions Monday to ...

Alcoa volleyball faced its share of unknowns entering the 2025 season.

Sept. 17 was officially designated by Congress in 1952 as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day. It marks the day that the ...

The Prep Football Preview is included in today’s edition. It was also distributed Friday to the fans attending the KOC ...

Because we were Country Strong. We hauled hay all summer. We put up tobacco, climbing around the rafters of the barn. We hoed ...

The Blount County Animal Center is over capacity, particularly for large dogs, and facing what the center says is an "influx" of incoming animals.

The Great Smoky Mountain National Park has issued a press release reminding visitors to the park to not feed or approach black bears in the park.

I don’t have a strong pain threshold. I’m not saying I’m soft, but I’m convinced a paper cut is one of the most painful things God created.