Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Summer may be waning, but don’t put that bug spray up just yet. The Knox County Health Department is warning about a mosquito born infection; it’s already sent six kids to the hospital. Despite kids being back in school, the health department says the La Crosse virus is still a…… MORE
Jefferson County, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed on I-40 in Jefferson County early Sunday morning. According to a THP preliminary report, a tractor-trailer was traveling eastbound on I-40 near mile marker 412 just before 1:00 a.m. when 45-year-old Tony Lee Ford, of Virginia, crossed the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A man has been charged with multiple felonies after an early-morning crime spree. Officials with the Knoxville Police Department say 21-year-old Isaiah Shuman was arrested following an incident which began around 2:15 Friday morning at the Half Barrel bar on Cumberland Avenue. Police say Shuman fled the area with a woman in…… MORE
Mascot, TN (WOKI) State employment leaders are stepping-in to help more than 200 people find a job after an East Tennessee company announced it’s closing its doors. EXEDY America told the state it’s laying off 223 workers, all of them at their location in Mascot, and shutting down by spring. The company’s website indicates at…… MORE
Clinton, TN (WOKI) An Oak Ridge man, found guilty of several counts in a grisly Anderson County rape and murder case, will now join 44 other men on Tennessee’s death row. Sean Finnegan now faces the death penalty after being convicted of 11 of 13 counts Monday including first-degree murder, rape and abuse of a…… MORE
Anderson County, TN (WOKI) An Oak Ridge man was found guilty Monday, August 19 of several counts in a grisly Anderson County rape and murder case. Sean Finnegan faced several charges, including first-degree murder, rape and abuse of a corpse. The charges stem from a 2020 investigation, during which police said Finnegan and his girlfriend,…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Human remains found two decades ago in Knoxville have finally been identified. The Knox County Regional Forensic Center identifying the remains Monday morning as Brian A. Sanderson. Sanderson was found in 2003 near I-275 at the Woodlawn entrance ramp. Knoxville Police responded and a team from UT assisted in the recovery at…… MORE
Morristown, TN (WOKI) A victim is identified and a suspect arrested swifly following a deadly hit-and-run accident Sunday morning in Morristown. Officials with the Morristown Police Department say the incident happened just after midnight on West Andrew Johnson Highway. Thirty-one year old Alisha Marie Caminiti, was attempting to cross the highway in the 2400 block…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department is investigating a fatal, single-vehicle crash that happened Friday morning at Buffat Mill Road and Loves Creek. KPD says the crash happened around 11:45 a.m. when a van traveling east on Buffat Mill Road went through the intersection at Loves Creek and crashed through a guardrail, ending up…… MORE
Moorseburg, TN (WOKI / WVLT) An investigation is underway after a plane believed to be piloted by an East Tennessee racing legend crashed Thursday morning in Hawkins County. The crash happened around 8 :00 a.m. near Brooks Road in Moorseburg. According to the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the area, finding a plane…… MORE
