WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) - As Northeast Tennessee heads into spring, flowers and Easter eggs may not be the only thing found in the grass. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) stated in a social media post that the middle of March is the peak time of year to find antlers that deer have shed. []
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) -- One lane in both directions of Highway 11E (State Route 34) will be closed beginning on Tuesday while crews continue repairs along the Devault Bridges over Boone Lake. According to a release from the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), lane closures will occur between Knob Creek Dock Road and Shady []
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) -- The first episode of a new reality series at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) is available as of Monday. 'Becoming Bucky' follows ETSU's three-month-long search to name a new Bucky mascot, marking the first mascot competition at the university, according to a release from ETSU. The competition is down to []
LEBANON, Va. (WJHL) - More than half of the residents of an apartment building in Lebanon, Virginia were sent to the hospital after a fire early Saturday morning. Russell County Emergency Management Director Jess Powers told News Channel 11 that seven occupants of the building on Flatwoods Drive were transported to nearby hospitals. A responding []
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) - A bill to dismantle an independent child welfare reporting agency in Tennessee appears to be dead in the water, state legislators said on Monday. Senate Bill 0282, filed by Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson (R-Franklin), was put forward originally as a placeholder bill with reportedly little effect on the bill's target: []
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A key coaching cog in the East Tennessee State University Buccaneers' winningest five-year is returning to Johnson City as the squad's head coach. Brooks Savage, currently an assistant under Wake Forest head coach Steve Forbes, spent the 2016 through 2020 seasons at ETSU, also under Forbes, as the team went []
Happy Spring You are waking up to record cold this morning with temperatures in the mid to upper teens. Thankfully, sunshine will promote a quick warming trend today as we officially kick off the spring season with sunshine this afternoon. Temperatures will be close to 50 in the Tri-Cities, with mostly 40’s in the []
Freeze Warning in effect for the region through the overnight tonight. This is valid from 9 p.m. tonight until 11 a.m. tomorrow morning. The Storm Team 11 Forecast calls for clear skies and cold temperatures tonight with a low of 17 degrees. A Freeze Warning is in effect overnight from 9 p.m. tonight until 11 []
CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) -- The Carter County community welcomed the Hampton High School Bulldogs home on Sunday as TSSAA Class 1A boys basketball champions. The team rolled back into town with a police and fire escort through downtown Elizabethton after topping defending state champions, Middleton, 51-43 in Murfreesboro on Saturday evening. The win marked []
WYTHE COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) -- A 16-year-old boy is reportedly dead following a house fire in Wythe County, Virginia on Sunday morning. According to a release from the Wythe County Sheriff's Office, the fire was reported at around 9 a.m. at a home on Brower Lane in the Max Meadows community. Upon arrival, first responders []
HAMPTON, Tenn. (WJHL) - One person was injured following a wreck that closed the Northbound lane of Highway 19E in Hampton Sunday morning, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP). A preliminary crash report from the THP said a Dodge Ram had broken down on 19E Northbound and moved partially out of the roadway when []
Freeze Warning in effect for the region through the overnight tonight. This is valid from 9 p.m. tonight until 11 a.m. tomorrow morning. The Storm Team 11 Forecast calls for clear skies and cold temperatures tonight with a low of 19 degrees. A Freeze Warning is in effect overnight from 9 p.m. tonight until 11 []