WBIR-TV (Knoxville, TN)

5 days ago | wbir.com | Sarah Oppmann

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Chants echoed through the stands as One Knoxville took the field at Covenant Health Park on Friday, and one thing was for certain: the fans brought the energy. Inside the team's new stadium, there’s one section where the volume never drops. “We bring a lot of positivity. We sing for the players that we love so much and we just bang on our drums and sing our hearts out,” said Jacob Mann, a fan of the team.

5 days ago | wbir.com | Lauren Davis

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Mother's Day arrives on Sunday, and flowers are often a thoughtful gesture. This year, that gesture could cost families more after President Donald Trump put sweeping tariffs into place. Walta Patt, who owns Powell Florist, said Mother's Day is known as the "Super Bowl of Florists." But the tariffs could increase prices because several kinds of cut flowers are sourced from outside the United States.

5 days ago | wbir.com | Libby Cunningham

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A well-known animal advocacy group is offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest in a Knoxville animal cruelty case. Humane World for Animals, previously known as the Humane Society of the United States, is offering up to $5,000 as a reward after a dog was found dead with a bag over its head in a parking lot at NHC Healthcare early Monday morning. Police said another dog was also found, which was similar to the first dog, near the deceased animal.

5 days ago | wbir.com | Tom Barclay

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A dog that captured the hearts of East Tennesseans has found a home after a suspected "deliberate act of cruelty" took the life of her sister. Officers from Young-Williams Animal Center responded around 7 a.m.  Monday at NHC Healthcare, where they discovered a dead dog and a second female dog that was alive and didn't appear to be hurt. A bag similar to the one found on the dead dog was also found, according to the Knoxville Police Department.

5 days ago | wbir.com | Tom Barclay

LOUDON COUNTY, Tenn. — The Knox County Regional Forensic Center released the autopsies of two Chattanooga teens who died in April after they jumped from an interstate bridge during a multi-county chase and plunged into the river below in Loudon County. The autopsy reports identified the two teens as 18-year-old Marico Johnson and 16-year-old Mykel Haddox.