Blount County News

Jamie Satterfield will be doing a live chat Monday from 11:30-12:30 on the Judge Baumgartner story.

A mobile home was practically destroyed by early Sunday morning fire, causing extensive damage to the interior and most of the exterior.

Two American Buddhists' journey around the world recently landed them in East Tennessee, after they were charged by their teacher to open a retreat center in Blount County.

"We just do the best we can do we try to keep people as warm as we can. Unfortunately we have to turn people away and that's heartbreaking because it's so cold," said Heaven Sent Homes Employee,Rhonda Cooper.

"We want students to learn how physical activity contributes to their overall well-being," said physical education teacher Leesa Taylor.

State Sen. Doug Overbey has concluded the first of several meet-and-greets scheduled with constituents in Blount and Sevier counties, visiting four Maryville businesses Saturday morning and speaking with area residents.

The brass ring may not have been up for grabs Jan. 13, but a Blount County teen definitely has her sights set on the gold - the Gold Award, that is, the highest achievement in Girl Scouting.

Officials responded to a home in the 700 block of Blair Loop after dispatchers received a report of an injured person at 1:24 p.m. Friday.

With forecasts pointing to signs that winter weather is still very much upon East Tennessee, Blount County started bracing for potential snow this weekend.

Drug Task Force investigators arrested three people and cited three others in a drug bust at a Maryville home Thursday evening.

Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong said today six individuals were either arrested or cited as the result of a search warrant executed by the 5th Judicial Drug Task Force Thursday evening.

There's reason for optimism at beef cattle operations in Tennessee or Kentucky.The mid-South states are the center of cow-calf beef production east of the Mississippi River.

Knox County officials are taking a second look at the 2009 death of a 4-month-old girl now that her father faces child abuse charges in Blount County involving injuries to his infant daughter.

A Blount County grand jury has elected not to indict a Louisville man on criminally negligent homicide and reckless burning charges in connection with an 2010 house fire that left his ex-girlfriend dead from smoke inhalation.

A Townsend man was arrested Wednesday for abuse and neglect of his children since August of last year, according to a Blount County Sheriff's Office report.

Blount Co. authorities have charged Hank Anthony Stropp with aggravated animal cruelty after a neighbor reported that a dog appeared to be starving.

Land the Airport Hilton sits on is exempt from property taxes, but a state judge has ruled the building out of which the business operates is not exempt, and that translates into about $30,000 a year the hotel now will be required to pay in property taxes.

Entrepreneur Ron Hicks opened the business Nov. 5 beside Firehouse Subs at the intersection of Washington and High streets in Maryville.

Blount County Sheriff's Office responded to a home invasion call on Mentor Road in Louisville Monday night close to 6:30. One of the white males pushed her down on her couch and pulled out a stun gun.

When it comes to the prescription pill epidemic, things are not getting better. In fact, it's getting worse in our area.