Alcoa News

A house fire on Peppermint Road kept firefighters from multiple departments busy for several hours Friday afternoon as the blaze slowly took over the entire structure.

Timothy Andre Mathis II, 20, of 1520 Jourolman Ave., was charged with attempted first-degree murder of Charles Hart, 27, of Alcoa .

Blount County dispatchers say there were no injuries in an Alcoa house fire Monday morning.

A new tourism authority for Blount County has been established, and the county's vision for the new board is serving as a model for the rest of Tennessee.

Motions were heard during an all-day hearing Wednesday in Blount County Circuit Court for a Maryville man charged with killing his estranged wife on Sept.

* Thursday, May 17 Town of Farragut is offering a refresher on rules of the road through AARP's driver safety course from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Farragut Town Hall.

Officers in Blount County killed in the line of duty were honored during an annual public memorial service Tuesday morning at Victory Baptist Church in Maryville.

The second East Tennessee location of a supplement store just opened in Alcoa. It has a balanced approach to helping clients lose weight.

The Blount County Commission will consider approving a private act that would finalize the creation of a new Smoky Mountain Tourism Authority during its May 17 meeting.

Party Stuff in Alcoa opened more than 20 years ago, but even they are hard pressed to remember times better than these.

Two years ago when pastor Joe Green was turning 60, he made a request of God that would either see him into retirement at Alcoa First United Methodist Church in a few years or send him packing.

There's a hole in the soul of business, and the only way for managers to change this fact.. is to embrace what Socrates called the good, the just and the beautiful.

A 28-year-old Maryville man was charged Thursday afternoon in connection with a methamphetamine investigation, according to the Blount County Sheriff's Office.

A private act approved by the state Legislature creating the Smoky Mountain Tourism Authority was ratified Tuesday night by Maryville City Council.

Alcoa residents in an almost three-to-one vote chose Alternate A for the new road that will serve as the initial entrance to the West Plant development.

On July 29, 1937, an American Airlines Stinson TriMotor, capable of carrying about 10 passengers, touched down at McGhee Tyson Airport, marking the first commercial flight at that facility.