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
A missing Claiborne County man at the center of a TBI Silver Alert is found dead in Kentucky. Police say 86-year-old Curtis Mason was last seen on February 26th in Harrogate. His van was spotted in Kentucky in the days after he went missing in Middlesboro, Pineville and along Highway 92. He was found dead…… MORE
Cumberland County, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office are investigating following a shooting Monday, March 11 in east Cumberland County. TBI officials say the sheriff’s office responded around 4:45 p.m. to the shooting call in the 2000 block of Smith Mountain Road where deputies found a woman who…… MORE
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Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department’s Chief of Police is asking the city for almost $3 million for employee and officer raises. KPD Chief Paul Noel, making his case to city leaders during a budget hearing on March 6, said that even with the new hires the department secured in 2023, the department had…… MORE
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Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Union County man is sentenced Monday to more than 50 years behind bars for child sexual abuse. Officials with the Eighth Judicial District of Tennessee saya Union County Grand Jury found Scott Stiner guilty of four counts of aggravated sexual assault on a child under 13 and one count of solicitation…… MORE
