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Educator of the Week

Honoring outstanding teachers in East Tennessee.
Cool Schools

Nominate your amazing school today!
Enter WBIR's contests

Lots of great opportunities to win!
It's Buddy Check 10 day! Here's how you can join in

We want you to find a buddy and on the 10th of each month, remind each other to do a self breast exam
Recipes

Try out delicious recipes you've seen on our shows
Verify

A team of investigators verifies information you may have seen
10 Rising Hearts

Tell us about a kids making a difference in their community
Behind Closed Doors | The crimes taking place in Knoxville's motels

Records from Knoxville Police Department and Knox County 911 detail motels with the most calls for service in the past five years.
Former National Guard leader shares pride in Tennessee's 'Citizen Soldiers'

This week WBIR is marking 20 years since the start of the Iraq War. Among those who served were members of the Tennessee National Guard.
Military mom remembers fallen hero 20 years after start of Iraq War

On Dec. 27, 2006, Lance Corporal William C. Koprince, Jr., 24, was killed by an IED explosion while serving in Iraq.
Beer industry brews up good business in Knoxville

For the past decade, the Scruffy City's beer industry has exploded from just a handful in 2013 to dozens today.
Tow truck driver - a retired Marine, father and fiancé - killed helping clean up crash on I-85 in Georgia

Toby Bowden is the first known tow truck driver to be killed while on the job in Coweta County, Georgia.
How Knoxville's 'complication and history' inspired acclaimed authors, celebrated stories

The captivating plots, fabled characters and powerful prose made them unique, but one detail bound their stories together in literary history: Knoxville, Tennessee.
Blizzard of '93 baby now grown, father of a 'pandemic baby'

In December of 1993, dozens of babies were born all over East Tennessee — nine months after the legendary blizzard.