The Franklin Police Department discovered a body in the Little Tennessee River on the July 3 afternoon, the department said in a Facebook post.

The Franklin Police Department discovered a body in the Little Tennessee River on the July 3 afternoon, the department said in a Facebook post.

The Sevierville Fire Department rescued stranded campers from a flood-affected island after water levels rose due to storms.

The Franklin Police Department said an investigation is underway after a body was found in a river on Tuesday.

The snail darter, at the time one of Tennessee's endangered species, proved to be a feisty little creature. It was fruitful, multiplied and survived.

A woman's body was pulled from a North Carolina river Tuesday morning after two fishermen found her, according to the Franklin Police Department.

The controversy began in 1967, when the Tennessee Valley Authority initiated construction on a dam on the Little Tennessee River, some 20 miles southwest of Knoxville.

Staff file photo by Tracey Trumbull / Scenic views of the Little Falls section of Little River Canyon National Preserve near Fort Payne, Ala., are shown here in August 2011. The preserve atop ...

A body was recovered Monday morning at the Little Tennessee River in Macon County near the location a missing person was reported last seen.

The Hiwassee River basin does not have major industrial employers, and its main threat to water quality is runoff from crop fields and pastures.

A non-profit group that helps care for the Little River in Blount County wants more people to use and love the river. Now they've mapped out a way to promote the pristine body of water.

A return to in-person programming at the University of Tennessee Arboretum Society will be marked with a lecture from Dr. Martin Knoll about the dangers of microplastics in two major Tennessee rive… ...