McNabb Center breaks ground on Blount County campus offering services to previously incarcerated
The complex is expected to be the first of its kind in the state by allowing clients with co-occurring disorders to receive a ...
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‘Blount County has a big heart’: Warming center serving food and fellowship
The warming center at First Baptist Church in Maryville has been in operation for seven years and is open when the ...
Woman dies after tent catches fire in Townsend, sheriff’s office says
The woman put kerosene in a wood burning stove and had several propane heaters, according to the Blount County Sheriff’s ...
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Blount Co. Animal Control says new pet protection laws are necessary but painful
State lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it illegal to abandon an animal and another that would make tethering ...
Campus focuses on providing resources to those struggling with substance abuse and mental health
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - A new transitional housing campus begins construction on Friday in Blount County. The new McNabb facility will feature multiple buildings including housing for formerly ...
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Woman dead after tent catches fire near Townsend
A Blount County woman has died after a her tent caught fire near Townsend on Monday. A report from the Blount County ...
Blount Co. neighbors host warming center as service season nears its end
This is the seventh year that volunteers have operated a warming center at the First Baptist Church in Maryville.
Blount County sting operation leads to arrest of six men for alleged child solicitation
The Blount County Sheriff's office has arrested six men following an undercover sting operation designed to capture sexual ...
Suspect arrested in Blount County sex crime sting operation was living in country illegally
A man arrested during a recent sex crimes sting operation in Blount County was living in the country illegally, the Blount County Sheriff’s Office. Everardo Aleantra, ...
Video shows arrest of Jefferson County teacher in Blount County sting operation
A video from TruBlu Network shows the arrest of man now charged with human trafficking, electronic solicitation and traveling ...
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Minor teacher and coach arrested in child sex trafficking sting
Thirty-three-year-old Christopher Thompson is a teacher and bus driver at U.W. Clemon Elementary. He's also an assistant ...