Alcoa, TN (WOKI) The Alcoa Police Department responded to a deadly crash Friday morning. According to the department, the crash happened at the intersection of East Lincoln Road and Southbound Hall Road. As of Friday morning, traffic was being rerouted to Joule Street and onto Rankin Road. APD did not release any more information, except…… MORE
Knox County Sheriff’s Office Deputies took two suspects into custody in connection to a carjacking which resulted in a soft lockdown at Halls Schools. 32 year-old Tyler Christian and 31 year-old Elizabeth Terry were arrested last night (Wednesday) after being on the run after crashing the vehicle they reportedly carjacked earlier in the day on…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Schools in the Halls area were placed under a “soft lockdown” Wednesday afternoon while Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputies searched for two wanted suspects, KCSO Communications Director Kimberly Glenn told WOKI News in a release. The suspects, a man and a woman, are accused of carjacking and wanted by the Knoxville Police…… MORE
An investigation is underway in Sevier County after an evacuation following a structure fire which led to a nearby neighbor being evacuated. Crews responding to fires near Bluff Heights Road, that home has been destroyed and the fire is contained. The mobile home next door had to be evacuated but everyone is safe. This house…… MORE
Nashville, TN (WOKI) The family of missing Missouri student Riley Strain calls-in the United Cajun Navy, a disaster response organization made up of volunteers, for support in the search for their 22-year-old son. The family held a press conference at Public Square Park in downtown Nashville Tuesday afternoon after asking the United Cajun Navy to…… MORE
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Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: The Knoxville Police Department Monday afternoon shared that a fourth teen, a male, was taken into custody Monday morning. KPD officials say the teen had a backpack that “officers retained from the scene of the shots fired incident, which upon further investigation contained suspected marijuana and a gun that was reported…… MORE
Sevier County, TN (WOKI) Carrie Matthews, the woman accused of helping a murder suspect wanted for killing a Blount County deputy and shooting another, appeared in court on Friday, opting to waive her right to a preliminary hearing. Matthews’ decision means her case will move forward to a Grand Jury. Matthews is facing a charge…… MORE
An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, detectives with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department, and the 13th Judicial District Attorney General’s Office into a shooting Monday has resulted in an arrest. On March 11th, at the request of 13th Judicial District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway, TBI agents joined deputies in responding to a…… MORE
Jamestown, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating after a Jamestown Police officer fatally shoots a man during a domestic dispute call Wednesday night. TBI says officers responded to the 200 block of N. Smith Street around 9:00 p.m., where they found a man armed with a machete who reportedly refused to comply…… MORE
