Five people accused of hosting cockfighting derbies in Blount County and collecting between $49,000-$70,000 in entry fees alone per derby are charged with conspiring to violate the Animal Welfare Act ...

TOWNSEND, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Tennessee Department of Tourism announced in June that the state has broke visitor spending records for four consecutive years. Statewide, the number has continued to ...

Alcoa-Blount County NAACP and Blount County United (BCU) will be cohosting the sixth Race Relations and Social Justice Symposium on Saturday, July 19, starting at 10 a.m. at St. Paul ...

Blount County Sheriff's Office hosted a child safety seat installation event to educate parents on proper installation.

Blount County Sheriff seeks public help in finding missing man Wendell Rowland, last seen riding his distinctive motorcycle.

The primary reasons noted by Fitch Ratings for the upgrade to AAA are the county’s reduced debt resulting in lower ...

Sarah Jurinsky with the United Way of Blount County is passionate about helping people who are unhoused, and said this summer ...

A crash on US 411 in Blount County left two people dead on Tuesday, a Tennessee Highway Patrol preliminary report stated.

Emotions ran high as residents packed a public hearing regarding the proposed expansion of B & B Tire Landfill into the ...

BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — The Blount County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help to find a man who was last seen ...

BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — The Blount County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help to find a man who was last seen on Wednesday. Mark Allen Boling left his home on Self Hollow ...