Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knox County Sheriff’s Office says a seventh-grade student is charged with threats of mass violence and false reports for making a bomb threat at a Knox County School. Hardin Valley Middle School was locked down on Wednesday, and students were evacuated for the bomb threat. KCSO says a suspicious backpack was…… MORE
District Leaders and the Blount County Commission unanimously voted on a resolution that asks for more thorough investigation into every single complaint of sexual misconduct in Blount County Schools. This resolution also included an official request of state legislators to take away state certification and benefits from any educator that’s pleaded or found guilty of…… MORE
Union County, TN (WOKI) Two students are arrested Thursday, September 19 after an incident at Union County High School. Union County Schools officials releasing a statement saying two juveniles are accused of assaulting a school resource officer and an administrator around 7:45 a.m. Thursday morning. Officials say both juveniles were arrested and removed from the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) We’re learning more now about Monday’s deadly crash in Powell. Officials with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office releasing an incident report Thursday afternoon detailing the crash in the 7900 block of Collier Road that killed the driver, a 17-year-old girl, who reportedly lostcontrol of the vehicle and hit a KUB utility pole,…… MORE
A Knoxville woman, who thought she was hiring a hit man to kill the wife of a man she met online, is headed to prison. Melody Sasser met a man on match dot com last year before he moved away and eventually married someone else. She reportedly paid almost ten thousand dollars through Bitcoin on…… MORE
Greene County, TN (WOKI) Sixteen Greene County middle school students are facing charges after posting a TikTok video reenacting a school shooting. Officials with the Greene County Sheriff’s Office say “the video shows several juveniles re-enacting what appears to be a school shooting with a title of ‘to be continued.’” They add that “the video…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway after two men are shot at an apartment on Sutters Mill Lane. Knoxville Police Department officials say officers responded to the Adelade apartment complex around 10:00 p.m. Tuesday, finding a 26-year-old man who had been shot. Around the same time, officers responded to the Sutters Mill Apartments where…… MORE
A Hardin Valley Middle School student has been detained in connection with a bomb threat at the school which has caused an evacuation at the school earlier today. The Knox County Sheriff’s Bomb Unit has cleared Hardin Valley Middle, and students are back in class. The suspect will be interviewed by Juvenile Detectives and there’s…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police are searching for a teen suspect in connection to Friday’s shooting at the Kwik Pantry Food Mart off Asheville Highway. KPD officials announcing Tuesday that officers and detectives are actively working to find 15-year-old Kendall Ridgeway who they say is facing multiple juvenile charges connected to the September 13 shooting,…… MORE
Knoxville Police Department detectives are pursuing strong leads on an investigation into a shooting that happened late Monday night at an apartment complex off Papermill Drive. At around 10:30 p.m. on Monday, September 16, 2024, KPD officers responded to a reported shooting in the area of 1000 Canyon Oak Pl. Around that same time, officers…… MORE
