An investigation is underway by the Tennessee Highway Patrol in Cocke County following an accident involving a school bus. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported in yesterday afternoon’s (Tuesday) crash. According to the Cocke County Schools Assistant Director, a bus from Edgemont Elementary School was running its after school route when a woman driving a…… MORE
Knox County, TN (WOKI) – UPDATE 3:15 p.m.: A one-mile evacuation order for the area near the site of an earlier overturned propane truck which caught fire briefly on E. Emory Road has now been lifted. Officials with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office making that announcement as Rural Metro fire crews have righted the truck…… MORE
The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley say the organization has had a data breach. Officials say it happened back in November when someone had access to their system between November 19th and the 23rd. Names, social security numbers and driver’s license numbers were compromised. So far, no fraudulent activity has been reported…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Sean Williams, the man who prompted a month-long manhunt after escaping custody in October of 2023, has been sentenced after being found guilty on all counts in his child sex crimes trial. The 55-year-old Williams was sentenced to 95 years in federal custody. Williams was charged with three counts of production of…… MORE
Most roads in and around Knox County are in good shape and engineers say their crews have spread around 70,000 gallons of brine across the roadways including a couple hundred tons of salt but with that comes the risk of potholes. Crews with the Knox County Engineering an Public Works department have also been busy…… MORE
Townsend, TN (WOKI) A woman has died after the tent in which she was living in Townsend caught on fire Monday. Officials with the Blount County Sheriff’s Office say when deputies arrived on scene, the fire department was helping the tent owner, Julie Whetstone who had burns on her upper body. BCSO says deputies spoke…… MORE
Most roads in and around Knox County are in good shape and engineers say their crews have spread around 70,000 gallons of brine across the roadways including a couple hundred tons of salt but with that comes the risk of potholes. Crews with the Knox County Engineering an Public Works department have also been busy…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 2/20: A man wanted in connection to Wednesday’s fatal shooting at an East Knoxville apartment complex is now in custody. Knoxville Police Department officials say 19-year-old Tyzeek Wallace turned himself in to police Thursday afternoon. He is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death Wednesday of 21-year-old Christopher Taylor at…… MORE
29-year-old Wesley Tipton was charged with four counts of aggravated assault and one count of convicted felon in possession of a weapon after firing multiple gunshots at an occupied SUV on Tuesday evening. At around 5:20 p.m. on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, Knoxville Police Department officers responded to what was reported as an in-progress shooting…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A man is facing several charges after crashing into a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper’s cruiser while drunk Sunday afternoon in Knoxville. According to charging documents, two troopers were already working a traffic stop on a local bridge involving another suspected impaired driver when a pickup truck, driven by Jorge Agustin Castellanoz Martinez,…… MORE
