Union County News

Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year. Thousands of people throughout East Tennessee braved the Black Friday crowds to get a head start on holiday shopping.

One man is dead after losing control of his vehicle and wrecking in Union County.

Volunteers and prospective patrons of Remote Area Medical clinic got a scare late Friday when some hunters' shots disrupted a clinic at Union County High School.

Construction is set to start Thursday on a highly traveled road through Union County.

A Union County factory is opening up again after falling victim to the slumping economy.

A man died this evening after losing control of his motorcycle along Alcoa Highway, police said.

There's a sharp, steeply inclined, heavily banked U-shaped curve on Highway 61 in Union County, approximately one-half mile east of the main entrance to Big Ridge State Park.

An East Tennessee parolee was shot to death and his girlfriend sprayed with mace inside his mobile home in East Nashville early Wednesday morning.

TAZEWELL, Tenn. - There was a fist fight at a Claiborne County church and now the building has burned to the ground.

There was a fist fight at a Claiborne County church and now the building has burned to the ground.

There will definitely be a shakeup in the Newport Plain Talk Football Contest overall standings this week following Week 5 tabulations.

A drunken fight at a party left one man in the hospital today and the other charged with attempted murder, authorities said.

" The story of a Union County Volunteer Firefighter who suffers from a rare immune system disorder and was recently cut off TennCare generated a lot of phone calls to the WVLT Volunteer TV News from concerned East Tennesseans.

Knoxville police charged one man in connection with the stabbing of a couple during a robbery at their home and are seeking a second man.

This bridge on Lenox-Nauvoo Road is one of four in Dyer County targeted for improvement in the Tennessee Department of Transportation's 2009-2010 Transportation Infrastructure Improvement Bond Program.

Six structurally deficient bridges in Shelby County will be replaced or repaired during the first year of the Tennessee Department of Transportation's four-year, $350 million Better Bridges Program approved by the Legislature earlier this year.

Demolition and replacement of the 1,793-foot bridge deck and the vertical, concrete supports above its arches Addition of a sixth lane Minor repairs to arches and piers Estimated cost of $30-plus million Total closure of the bridge for estimated 24-30 months A long-planned, intensive rehabilitation of downtown Knoxville's iconic Henley Bridge ...

NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Department of Transportation today identified an Almaville Road bridge along with 110 others across the state that will be either replaced, repaired or rehabilitated through a new initiative aimed at reducing the number of structurally deficient bridges.

A Union County project over the Clinch River is the biggest of 111 bridges in Tennessee set to be replaced or repaired in a list issued today by the Tennessee Department of Transportation.

This Tuesday at noon eastern time, President Obama will broadcast a live back-to-school speech to students throughout the country.