Union County News

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.

With the spread of illnesses such as the H1N1 Virus, many school systems in East Tennessee are taking extra steps to clear the air when it comes to germs.

In many Tennessee counties, the road superintendent is a powerful elected office that involves millions of dollars and dozens of workers.

A passenger on a motorcycle was killed Sunday on Bull Run Road in Union County after the driver crossed the center line and struck an SUV head-on. Pamela G. Riffey, 50, of Maynardville was riding on a 1997 Kawasaki Eliminator driven by David D. Riffey, 44, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Adam Bowman.

A passenger on a motorcycle was killed Sunday on Bull Run Road in Union County after the driver crossed the center line and struck an SUV head-on. Pamela G. Riffey, 50, of Maynardville was riding on a 1997 Kawasaki Eliminator driven by David D. Riffey, 44, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Adam Bowman.