Paige Hill
Digital Producer, WVLT
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Paige is a Digital 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.
Paige is currently studying to get her master's degree in Journalism at the University of Tennessee.
In her free time, Paige enjoys cooking, shopping, spending time with her cats and hiking.
Education
Awards
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 8:12 AM EDT
|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 9:02 AM EDT
|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 4:56 PM EDT
|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 3:41 PM EDT
|By Paige Hill and Andrew McMunn
The crash occurred Tuesday afternoon and shut the highway down temporarily.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 10:53 AM EDT
|By Paige Hill and Debra Worley
The toddler was sleeping inside the home during the crash and was killed, officials said.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 5:59 PM EDT
|By Paige Hill
One of Dollywood’s most popular events has again been nominated for an award.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 9:52 AM EDT
|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 6:24 PM EDT
|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 1:22 PM EDT
|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 8:13 PM EDT
|By Paige Hill and Jordan Gartner
A highway patrol trooper in Tennessee has a new best friend.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2022 at 12:04 AM EDT
|By Paige Hill
Grayson was injured by the fire’s smoke and has been at Vanderbilt in the Prenatal Intensive Care Unit with lung and brain damage.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 at 6:26 PM EDT
|By Paige Hill
The investigation remains ongoing.
Updated: May. 28, 2022 at 3:52 PM EDT
|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 11:27 AM EDT
|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 3:54 PM EDT
|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: May. 10, 2022 at 10:35 AM EDT
|By Paige Hill
A man was arrested and will face several charges after driving over 110 miles per hour on I-40 without a license.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 4:31 PM EDT
|By Paige Hill, Savannah Smith, Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Kelly Ann Krueger
The blaze prompted evacuations and closings Wednesday.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2022 at 4:39 PM EDT
|By Paige Hill
A man who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two minors was sentenced to twenty years without the possibility of parole, according to District Attorney General Charme Allen’s office.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2022 at 3:11 PM EDT
|By Paige Hill
At the top of Hatcher Mountain amid chaos were Maintenance Chief Jim Carr and Tanker 111 trapped after he ensured the safety of others first.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2022 at 11:57 AM EDT
|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: Feb. 16, 2022 at 11:04 AM EST
|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. 15, 2022 at 8:34 PM EST
|By Paige Hill
Emily Crase, 12, and Cristopher Crase, 16, have been found safe.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2022 at 8:55 AM EST
|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. 9, 2022 at 6:04 PM EST
|By Kelly Ann Krueger and Paige Hill
Three people were killed in a house fire on Friday morning, according to officials with the Blount Co. Sheriff’s Office.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2022 at 9:07 PM EST
|By Paige Hill
One of Maryville College’s alum is being hailed for her heroic efforts after stopping a mass shooting suspect in Colorado, where she serves as a police agent.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2022 at 2:06 PM EST
|By Paige Hill and Gray News staff
The young child was pronounced dead on the scene.
Updated: Jan. 1, 2022 at 9:46 AM EST
|By Paige Hill
Dolly Parton took to Twitter on Saturday morning to reflect on the death of TV’s Golden Girl, Betty White, who passed away at her home Friday.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 1:08 PM EST
|By Paige Hill
The East Tennessee native was presented with three new awards by Guinness World Records.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2021 at 5:54 PM EST
|By Paige Hill
In a Twitter post, he said he couldn’t wait for the moment he was able to propose.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2021 at 6:50 AM EDT
|By Madeline Thompson and Paige Hill
The TBI confirmed that Trisha had been located safe.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 10:21 PM EDT
|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. 30, 2021 at 4:38 PM EDT
|By Paige Hill
As of Sept. 29, only one staff member had returned to work.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2021 at 6:51 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Paige Hill
Three other children are listed as active AMBER Alerts on the TBI website, and more have been missing so long they are now adults.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2021 at 4:18 PM EDT
|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 11:15 PM EDT
|By Paige Hill
NewsChannel 5 reported that the twins had been swept away in catastrophic floodwaters.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2021 at 4:30 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Paige Hill
The missing 13-year-old texted her mother “SOS.”
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