Wildfires have once again overtaken portions of East Tennessee. Local fire departments and the Tennessee National Guard are fighting several wildfires in Sevier County, near Gatlinburg, as well as ...

TELLICO PLAINS, Tenn. (WATE) — All evacuation orders have been lifted for Monroe County after crews were able to contain a wildfire near Tellico Plains. Wednesday morning, Monroe County Mayor Mitch ...

Update 9:40 p.m.: The U.S. Navy on Twitter said its aircraft crashed in the Cherokee National Forest near Tellico Plains Sunday afternoon. A release from the U.S. Navy said two pilots were aboard the ...

A 15-year-old girl who was missing from Tellico Plains has been found safe, The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday morning. On Monday, the sheriff’s office asked for assistance locating the ...

A wildfire in the Tellico Plains area near Cherohala Skyway, threatening a section of the historic Trail of Tears in Monroe County, had grown to approximately 50 acres since it was first spotted ...

TELLICO PLAINS (WATE) – Monday will make three years since an EF2 tornado touched down in Tellico Plains. More than 100 homes were either damaged or destroyed. People there remember March 2, 2012 like ...

Tellico Plains Elementary is a public school located in Tellico Plains, TN, which is in a distant rural setting. The student population of Tellico Plains Elementary is 334 and the school serves PK-4.

A Tellico Plains, Tennessee, man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after entering a guilty plea to child abuse charges in Meigs County. James Lance, 21, of Hunt Coppenger Lane, Tellico Plains, ...