Updated Story: There are some new details about a fire in Halls that damages several campers and leads to the arrest of a man who is charged with with criminal trespass, reckless burning and reckless endangerment. Police say Joseph DeFoe was seen trespassing in the 8500 block of Old Jacksboro Road on Saturday where several…… MORE
Hendersonville, TN (WOKI) Thursday’s search of a Kentucky landfill for evidence related to the disappearance of a Sumner County autistic teen has come up empty. While the search for 15-year-old Sebastian Rogers continues, the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office says the search at the Hopkins County, Kentucky landfill is over after “exhaustive efforts” to find any…… MORE
Jellico, TN (WOKI) Jellico Regional Hospital is closing its doors once again. A notice posted Thursday on the hospital door says the facility will be closed effective March 9 at 7:00 a.m. and directs people to the two closest emergency rooms, Baptist Health in Corbin, Kentucky and LaFollette Medical Center in LaFollette: Baptist Health Corbin…… MORE
Madisonville, KY (WOKI) The search for a missing autistic teen boy out of Sumner County took investigators to a landfill in Kentucky Thursday morning. Officials with the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office say deputies and the Kentucky State Police are searching a landfill in Hopkins County Kentucky where trash went from missing 15-year-old Sebastian Rogers’ neighborhood.…… MORE
Authorities have identified the Canadian family of five killed in a plane crash off I 40 in Nashville. 43 year-old Victor Dotsenko, who got his pilot’s license in 2022, his wife Rimma and their three children, David, 12, Adam, 10, and Emma who was 7 died in Monday night’s crash. The family was headed for…… MORE
Nashville, TN (WOKI / WVLT ) Former President Donald Trump wins the GOP’s presidential primary in Tennessee by a landslide Tuesday earning an endorsement from the Volunteer State’s top leader. In a statement, Governor Bill Lee endorsed Trump for president following his overwhelming victory over challenger Nikki Haley. Trump earned more than 445,000 votes while…… MORE
Several commission seats were up for grabs in Knox County, the Election Commission says almost 27,000 early voting and absentee ballots were cast ahead of Super Tuesday. Most were for the Republican Party Primary Election. The District 8 seat on the Knox County Board of Education. The winner of that election, Travis Wright, took the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A former Loudon County corrections officer was sentenced to prison on Monday for using excessive force. A release from the Department of Justice says 32-year-old Brian Phillips, of Georgia, was sentenced to five months in prison as part of a plea agreement. Phillips pleaded guilty to one count of use of excessive…… MORE
A deadly plane crash in Middle Tennessee on I-40 E in West Nashville just past the Charlotte Pike exit., all five people on board the single engine plane died in the crash. Officials say the pilot of the plane requested an emergency landing at John C Tune Airport saying they were experiencing engine problems. The…… MORE
Cocke County, TN (WOKI) A woman found dead last month in Cocke County has been identified. Officials with the Cocke County Sheriff’s Office say 26-year-old Michella Day was found dead off of Punkton Road on February 24. CCSO says Day was originally from California but was living in Hamblen County. While the office is still…… MORE
