Michael Reed, the face of the heartbreaking loss of the 2016 Gatlinburg wildfire, filed a malpractice suit against his attorneys Thursday, months after a federal judge tossed out much of the original ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Gatlinburg Fire Department Chief Charlie Cole will retire in early 2026 after nearly 40 years of working as a first responder in the city. In 2018, Cole became the seventh ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — A South Carolina man was convicted on first-degree murder in connection to a shooting at a Gatlinburg rental cabin that left a woman dead in May, 2022. According to Sevier ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. -- Authorities on Wednesday charged two juveniles in an East Tennessee wildfire that killed 14 people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,700 buildings in an iconic tourism spot at ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Thursday a man wanted in connection to a 2022 Gatlinburg homicide case was found and taken into custody by the Houston Police Department.

With a paperwork error no longer standing in the way, the families of victims of the 2016 Gatlinburg wildfire can move forward in their federal lawsuit against the ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) – A brush fire in the Pittman Center area near Gatlinburg is 100 percent contained after growing from 60 to 80 acres. Around 20 fire departments and the Tennessee Emergency ...

The fire that destroyed a downtown Gatlinburg commercial center in October started in the same vacant shop where a man's burned body was found, a Gatlinburg Fire Department investigative report states ...

Sevier County fire crews responded to multiple brush fires this week as dry conditions and low humidity make the Great Smoky Mountains communities susceptible to fires. Wind made things worse, but ...