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Red Cross working to help those displaced after apartment fire in Maynardville
MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) -- Firefighters were fighting hotspots at an apartment fire in Maynardville Monday afternoon. The fire happened in the 300 block of Main Street and everyone was able to make...
View ArticleDrug Task Force responsible for Cumberland Plateau ending operations after...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The 8th Judicial District Drug Task Force is ending operations due to lack of funding. In a news release, District Attorney General Jared Effler said the current funding...
View ArticleTBI, Union County Sheriff investigating domestic violence-related fatal shooting
MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — TBI agents are working alongside the Union County Sheriff's Office to investigate a fatal shooting that occurred Thursday, May 13, along Hickory Star Road in Maynardville....
View ArticleUnion County Sheriff admits deputies used answer key, multiple tries to pass...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Union County Sheriff's Department deputies cheated on training exams for two years, according to an audit by the state Comptroller and the state's officer training...
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County "All Call" issued for Union County fire
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A county "All Call" was issued by 911 dispatch for a fire on Gray Road in Maynardville on Wednesday, July 7. (Photo via Paulette Volunteer Fire Department)(Photo via Paulette...
View ArticleMissing NJ woman abducted along with her toddler found dead in Tennessee
TENNESSEE (WPIX) – A New Jersey woman was found dead in Tennessee Saturday night after she and her 2-year-old son were abducted by the child's father earlier in the week, officials said Sunday....
View Article8-year-old paints birdhouses to raise money for Knoxville crash victim's family
MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — An 8-year-old is painting birdhouses to sell in hopes to raise money for the family of a crash victim he barely knows personally. IRS to send out another 1.5 million...
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Union County Jail evacuated after laundry room fire
MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Union County Jail evacuated after a fire in the jail's laundry room on Tuesday afternoon. Knoxville Police second-in-command on paid suspension Corrections officers began...
View ArticleUnion County Public Schools to close for two weeks due to COVID-19
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — All Union County Public Schools will close for the first two weeks of September, district officials announced Tuesday. All school events, including athletics, will be...
View ArticleDrugs found in cereal box during Union County traffic stop
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers on Sunday discovered methamphetamine and heroin inside a cereal box during a traffic stop in Union County. Around 5:45 p.m. Sunday, THP...
View ArticleTVA opens new 6 mile trail in Union County along Norris Lake
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Tennessee Valley Authority will cut the ribbon on a new 6.7 mile section of bike trail on Jan. 18 in Union County. The new multiuse trail will add to the 23.4 miles along...
View ArticleUnion County drivers imperiled by flooded roadways
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) - Many roads in Union County were unrecognizable Thursday, leaving drivers with two choices; turn around or risk driving through.Michelle Leach is the pharmacist in charge at...
View ArticleCorryton man crashes head-on into Union Co. Sheriff's Office cruiser,...
MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A 47-year-old Corryton man is facing several charges stemming from a head-on collision with a Union County Sheriff's Office vehicle Sunday night, according to a...
View ArticleTDOT breaks ground on Maynardville Highway project in Union County
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Maynardville Highway is getting a makeover in Union County. The Tennessee Department of Transportation officially broke ground Friday on a five-mile widening project along...
View ArticleOne dead, one hospitalized in Maynardville shooting
MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Union County Sheriff's Office identified one of the victims in the shooting that occurred Wednesday. One individual, Susan...
View ArticleUnion Co. director of schools walks out of board meeting, resigns
MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Union County Public Schools director reportedly walked out during a Thursday night board of education meeting and resigned, according to board members. A search for an...
View ArticleUnion County school board accepts director of schools transition plan
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A transition plan is being put into place following the sudden resignation of the Union County director of schools. On June 9, the Union County Public Schools director walked...
View ArticleNeighboring fire departments responding in Maynardville after fire chief's...
MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Maynardville City Fire Department Chief Danny Smith has been fired. However, the move does not mean there isn't any fire protection in Maynardville. Paulette Volunteer...
View ArticleMaynardville firefighters quit amid fallout from chief's firing
MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — There's nobody to call chief at the Maynardville Fire Department and the bay doors are locked following the firing of Danny Smith. "I was proud to represent them," Marty...
View ArticleCharges against Union County sheriff dismissed in cheating scandal
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The panel that oversees police in Tennessee heard testimony Friday about the Union County Sheriff's response to a cheating scandal. In May 2021, a state investigation found...
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