Paige Hill
Digital Producer, WVLT
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Paige is a Digital Content Producer at WVLT News.
She is from Galax, VA but loves the culture and community surrounding East Tennessee.
Paige obtained a bachelor's degree in Journalism at East Tennessee State University. While there, she served as a reporter for the East Tennessean and an editor of Overlooked in Appalachia, a publication designed to highlight overlooked issues in the Appalachian region, such as the opioid crisis.
She also received her master's degree in Communication and Information at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Paige enjoys cooking, cycling, reading, and watching movies in her free time.
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Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 6:33 PM CST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey, Paige Hill and Jordan Gartner
Tennessee authorities say a retail store employee has died in a robbery.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 2:53 PM CST
|By Paige Hill and Andrew McMunn
Chelsie Autum Walker, 24, was reported missing on Oct. 29, authorities said.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 12:37 PM CDT
|By Paige Hill and Andrew McMunn
A man vacationing in Tennessee was injured by a black bear that entered the home in the middle of the night.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2022 at 2:30 PM CDT
|By Paige Hill and Jordan Gartner
A 19-year-old giraffe at a zoo in Tennessee is under hospice care due to declining health.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 11:07 AM CDT
|By Paige Hill
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2022 at 5:37 PM CDT
|By Paige Hill and Jordan Gartner
A military veteran was reportedly killed in an attack while vacationing in the Turks and Caicos Islands last weekend.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 7:12 AM CDT
|By Paige Hill and Gray News staff
Once out of the water, it was 118 pounds and 7 ounces, 54 inches long and 41 inches around.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2022 at 8:02 AM CDT
|By Amanda Alvarado and Paige Hill
Brent and Monica Pelusio say that their son was assaulted by a group of five athletes last September.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 3:56 PM CDT
|By Paige Hill and Emily Van de Riet
A registered sex offender tried to kidnap and rape a woman in Tennessee as she jogged Tuesday morning, according to the Knoxville Police Department.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 2:41 PM CDT
|By Paige Hill and Andrew McMunn
The crash occurred Tuesday afternoon and shut the highway down temporarily.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 9:53 AM CDT
|By Paige Hill and Debra Worley
The toddler was sleeping inside the home during the crash and was killed, officials said.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 8:52 AM CDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger, Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey, Paige Hill and Savannah Smith
The disappearance of Summer Wells, the 5-year-old Hawkins County girl at the center of a Tennessee AMBER Alert, has captured the attention of thousands across the region.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 5:24 PM CDT
|By Paige Hill and Jordan Gartner
Zoo Knoxville announced it was grieving the loss of a 4-week-old lion cub after being injured in an incident involving her mother.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 12:22 PM CDT
|By Carissa Simpson, Paige Hill and Gray News staff
Just before 11 p.m. Tuesday, Gatlinburg Fire Department crews initially responded to a call that 14 people were trapped at the campground
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 7:13 PM CDT
|By Paige Hill and Jordan Gartner
A highway patrol trooper in Tennessee has a new best friend.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 at 5:26 PM CDT
|By Paige Hill
The investigation remains ongoing.
Updated: May. 28, 2022 at 2:52 PM CDT
|By Paige Hill and Jordan Gartner
An Illinois man is accused of killing his father in a deadly shooting while the two were at a highway rest stop.
Updated: May. 24, 2022 at 10:27 AM CDT
|By Paige Hill, Kelly Ann Krueger and Emily Van de Riet
A Tennessee couple died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a villa at Sandals Emerald Bay resort on Exuma Island earlier this month, according to a report by The Nassau Guardian.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 2:54 PM CDT
|By Paige Hill and Jordan Gartner
A 24-year-old man was arrested and facing several charges after police said he was driving over 110 mph on a highway in Tennessee on Monday.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2022 at 11:22 AM CDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Paige Hill
Tony Vitello got physical after being ejected at the top of the first inning.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2022 at 10:57 AM CDT
|By Paige Hill and Gray News Staff
Country music superstar Dolly Parton said she no longer wants to be considered for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 8:11 PM CST
|By Paige Hill and Savannah Smith
Two men who were arrested during the Tennessee-Ole Miss game are both scheduled to appear in court in March.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2022 at 10:04 AM CST
|By Kelly Ann Krueger, Paige Hill and Gray News Staff
A 38-year-old Tennessee woman is facing 23 counts of sex crimes involving nine minors at a high school.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2022 at 2:22 PM CST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey, William Puckett, Kelly Ann Krueger and Paige Hill
After an hours-long rescue, first responders freed two construction workers from a collapsed trench at a Powell construction site.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2022 at 7:55 AM CST
|By Paige Hill and Debra Worley
Troopers with Tennessee Highway Patrol say a glare from the sun is likely to blame for the death of two people involved in a major crash on I-40 Monday morning.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2022 at 1:06 PM CST
|By Paige Hill and Gray News staff
The young child was pronounced dead on the scene.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 12:58 PM CST
|By Paige Hill
The Gatlinburg Skylift Park is working to “lift up” tornado victims in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 12:08 PM CST
|By Paige Hill
The East Tennessee native was presented with three new awards by Guinness World Records.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2021 at 5:50 AM CDT
|By Madeline Thompson and Paige Hill
The TBI confirmed that Trisha had been located safe.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 9:21 PM CDT
|By Paige Hill, Ashley Bohle and Gray News staff
LaLa was diagnosed with cancer and only has days left to live, according to her foster mom.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 at 9:10 AM CDT
|By Paige Hill
An Anderson County teen is in custody after allegedly killing his mother after she took his phone away.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2021 at 3:18 PM CDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey, Paige Hill and Kelly Ann Krueger
A Gibbs High School graduate was killed in the Kabul airport attack that killed 13 Americans.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 at 10:15 PM CDT
|By Paige Hill
NewsChannel 5 reported that the twins had been swept away in catastrophic floodwaters.
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