Red Cross sends 2 more East TN volunteers to Moore OK

(WBIR-Louisville/Knoxville) Those affected by the deadly tornado in Moore, Okla. are in need of almost everything, from food to shelter. This past week, 10 American Red Cross volunteers from East Tennessee traveled to Moore. Don Barker and Rachel Dunne left from McGhee Tyson Airport on Saturday morning. It will be Dunne's first deployment with the Red Cross. "You're meeting ...

Make-A-Wish whisks local teen to Disney World

(WBIR-Knoxville) Make-A-Wish Foundation whisked a local teen battling heart issues to the most magical place on earth. Garrett, 14, has had several surgeries in the past on his heart. His one wish was to travel to Orlando and visit Disney World, Universal and all the other theme parks. On Saturday, he took off from McGhee Tyson Airport to Florida. His mother, Connie Metcalf, said ...

IRS audits thousands of adoptive families

A report from the IRS's Taxpayer Advocate Service says that 90 percent of families who claimed the adoption tax credit during the 2012 filing season had their returns flagged for further review. Nearly 70 percent had at least a partial audit of their tax return. / File / Getty ...

March Against Monsanto protesters rally in Knoxville

"We've had a lot of people come up and talk to us that didn't know what this was or the dangers they are proposing not only to our children and to our families, but to the earth," said Jennifer Bullard, host of the Knoxville March Against ...

Alexander Inn estate sale funds renovations to historic structures

(WBIR- Oak Ridge, Tenn.) Several unique pieces of East Tennessee and US Cold War History were on the market Saturday morning. Dozens of items from the Alexander Inn, better known as the "Guest House" for the Manhattan Project, were apart of an estate sale. It was an effort by the East Tennessee Preservation Alliance to raise money to protect historic structures throughout the ...