WBIR-TV (Knoxville, TN)

5 days ago | wbir.com | Sam Perez

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Overnight in the Secret City, people are working around the clock to conduct research. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is always awake with more than 6,000 scientists, engineers, technicians and support staff working together on research. At the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) that work never stops. While you’re sleeping, a five-person team monitors an accelerator to keep it running constantly.

5 days ago | wbir.com | Lauren Davis

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Salvation Army is just one group in East Tennessee helping unhoused people. Now the organization is looking for new solutions to help more people. For four years, Brandon Hall was without a place of his own.

5 days ago | wbir.com | Libby Cunningham

BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. — A federal judge in Nashville has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Tennessee Education Association over the state's divisive concepts law, which pertains to all K-12 public and charter schools in Tennessee. U.S. District Court Judge Aleta A. Trauger wrote she found the plaintiffs have "failed to establish standing to bring suit" and dismissed the case. When someone lacks standing, that means the court finds that they haven't been personally or directly impacted by the law.

6 days ago | wbir.com | Andrew Weil

WASHINGTON — Many Red Robin fans who tried to snag a limited-edition pass for bottomless burgers on Thursday were met with error messages. The company confirmed in a statement that its website had crashed under the overwhelming influx of traffic as the promotional passes went on sale around 11 a.m. Eastern.

1 week ago | wbir.com | Libby Cunningham

ALCOA, Tenn. — Alcoa High School senior Garrison Stephens is making the most of his last year of high school and the community is making sure of it. Stephens received a rare juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis diagnosis last summer. Also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, ALS attacks the nerve cells in a person's spinal cord and brain. "I'm doing good," Stephens told 10News.