The Knoxville Fire Department is on the scene of a fire in the 300 block of East Caldwell Ave in North Knoxville. (Wednesday morning) The fire is contained to the outbuilding with only minor damage. KFD says it is under control.… MORE
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Claiborne County Jail Employee’s Husband Charged in Her Death, TBI Says
New Tazewell, TN (WOKI) A New Tazewell man is being charged with killing his wife. An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office which began on April 2nd into the death of 49-year-old Lori Ann Hopson found that her husband, 37-year-old Benjamin Wayne Hopson, was responsible…… MORE
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An Investigation is Underway, a Dog Dies but a Couple and Python are Rescued from a Cocke County House Fire
A dog dies but an elderly woman and man are rescued, along with a six-foot-long python from an early morning (Tuesday) Cocke County house fire. The Parrottsville Fire Department responding to a single-wide trailer on Ray’s Loop Road along with the Cocke County Fire Department. Damage was contained to the home’s kitchen and living room…… MORE
KPD: Felony Suspect Leads Knoxville Police on Chase, Almost Hits Officers
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A man is facing several charges after leading Knoxville Police Department officers on a chase down Chapman Highway Sunday afternoon. KPD officials say officers responded to a suspicious vehicle off Chapman Highway around 5:00 p.m. Sunday to find 39-year-old Jerad Morrell and 35-year-old Stephanie Epperson who reportedly told the officers there was…… MORE
Knoxville Police have Identified Victim in a Fatal Shooting on Gilbert Lane
The victim of the April 5th homicide at 3206 Gilbert Lane has been identified as Danishka Sibaja Mejia, 22 of Knoxville. One day prior to her death, on April 4, Mejia reported that she was the victim of a sexual assault at a home in the 600 block of Walker Street in West Knoxville, naming…… MORE
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TENNESSEE SELECTS CALDWELL TO LEAD STORIED LADY VOL BASKETBALL PROGRAM
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – University of Tennessee Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Danny White announced Sunday that Kim Caldwell, the 2024 Spalding Maggie Dixon NCAA Division I Rookie Coach of the Year, has been chosen to lead the Lady Volunteers. She will be introduced Tuesday at a press conference on campus. “From the beginning, our goal has been…… MORE
TBI: 13 Charged, 5 Pounds of Meth Seized in Blount County
Maryville, TN (WOKI) Thirteen people from Blount County are indicted after an undercover investigation into methamphetamine distribution. According to a release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the investigation was part of the 313 Initiative and focused on those trafficking illicit drugs into Blount and Knox Counties from Detroit, Michigan. TBI says numerous search warrants…… MORE
Knoxville Police are Investigating a Murder in South Knoxville
A murder investigation is underway after Knoxville Police Department Homicide Unit detectives responded to a home in south Knoxville early Friday morning. At around 1:15 a.m. on Friday, April 5, 2024, KPD officers were dispatched to a home in the 3200 block of Gilbert Lane. Officers arrived on scene and found a 22-year-old woman dead…… MORE
Escaped Cocke County Inmate Back in Custody, Sheriff Says
Cocke County, TN (WOKI) An inmate who escaped from the Cocke County detention center late Wednesday night is now back in custody. Cocke County Sheriff’s Office officials say 37-year-old Stephen Jones was taken into custody Thursday afternoon on Shalebark Road in Newport after deputies received a complaint about a man in a hoodie matching Jones’s…… MORE
The 2024 Covenant Health Knoxville Half Marathon and 5k are This Weekend and Road Closures will be in Place
It’s marathon time in Tennessee. The 2024 Covenant Health Knoxville Half Marathon is scheduled for 7:30 am this Sunday but first the Kids Run gets underway on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and the Covenant 5k starting at 7:00 p.m. There will be road closures in place in and around downtown Knoxville to accommodate runners. Covenant…… MORE
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