It was two years ago this month that wildfires ripped through parts of the Smokies and Sevier County. There are signs of recovery nearly everywhere you look, but there are scars that will never heal.
Experimental Aircraft Association are bringing back a true piece of American history to East Tennessee. A B-17 bomber, known as a "flying fortress" during World War II, will sit at the Morristown airport through the end of the weekend.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to immediately return the White House press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta, saying Acosta suffered "irreparable harm" from the decision to bar him.
President Donald Trump heads to Northern California on Saturday to see firsthand the grief and devastation from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century, as confusion continued over how many people remain unaccounted for.
CHICO, Calif. (AP) - With the confirmed death toll at 71 and the list of unaccounted for people more than 1,000, authorities in Northern California on Friday searched for those who perished and those who survived the fiercest of wildfires ahead of a planned visit by President Donald Trump.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Volunteers gathered around folding tables Friday to begin a painstaking hand recount in Florida's acrimonious U.S. Senate contest, with a goal of determining the intent of about 93,000 voters whose ballots for Republican Gov. Rick Scott or Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson could not be counted by machine.
After a viral story in New Jersey last year recently turned out to be a get-rich-quick scheme, according to investigators, East Tennessee's BBB shared more about researching before you make a donation.
Four-year-old Oakley Henderson has found a kidney donor. Henderson faces a condition called congenital nephrotic syndrome. Her mother, Stephanie Debord, says she'll soon begin at-home dialysis, then undergo kidney removal surgery and possibly a transplant in three months.
There's a flurry of activity when it's news time at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy. A crew works the cameras, brings weather updates and runs the controls.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Friday proposed a major overhaul to the way colleges and universities handle sexual misconduct complaints, adding protections for students accused of assault and harassment and narrowing which cases schools would be required to investigate. Her plan would scale back important Obama administration rules while adding mandates that could reshape the school disciplinary systems that schools have developed over the past decade.
NEW YORK (AP) - Jennie-O Turkey recalled ground turkey in a salmonella outbreak, and regulators say additional products from other companies could be named as their investigation continues. The recall was the first - not counting pet food - tied to a widespread and ongoing outbreak that has resulted in one death and 164 reported illnesses in 35 states. Jennie-O's parent company, Austin, Minnesota-based Hormel Foods Corp., noted the recall was connected to one illness.
A 20-year-old Washington state man was sentenced Thursday to less than three years in prison for raping a high school student as she died from a drug overdose and texting semi-nude photos of her.
WASHINGTON (AP) - North Korea on Friday deported an American citizen it says it detained for illegal entry, a U.S. official said, an apparent concession that came even as the reclusive nation announced the test of a newly developed but unspecified "ultramodern" weapon that will be seen as a pressuring tactic by Washington.
A group of students at the University of Tennessee has the goal of alleviating food insecurity on campus with a fundraising campaign for a local food pantry.
Outgoing Tennessee Senator Bob Corker did not deny when he was considering a presidential run when responding to questions from reporters about his future.
