Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones is asking the public to share anything suspicious they may have seen in connection to a ...

TELLICO PLAINS, Tenn. (WVLT) - Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones is asking for the public’s help in tracking down an arson ...

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office seeks public help in solving an Aug. 22 arson case in Tellico Plains. The TBI is assisting ...

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 ...

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 is fondly known as "the Little Town with the Big Backyard," thanks to the hundreds of miles of surrounding forests, falls, rivers and picturesque landscapes you're sure to see during a ...

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 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 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 352 and the school serves PK-4.