Gatlinburg, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway in Gatlinburg after a man jumps to his death from the Space Needle. Gatlinburg fire and police departments responded around 4:20 p.m. Wednesday to a report that a person jumped from the iconic tourist destination. Gatlinburg Police Department officials say its Investigations Division was dispatched after a man’s…… MORE
Dandridge, TN (WOKI) A Jefferson County man is arrested Tuesday on felony and misdemeanor charges related to the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots. Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice say 51 year-old Bart Gore of Dandridge entered the Capitol Building on January 6 along with other people rioting over the result of the 2020…… MORE
Knoxville Police are searching for a suspect in a deadly shooting that happened near the Old City. It happened yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon outside of the Knox Rail Salvage on Depot Street. KPD found a man who’d been shot at least once next to a box truck. He died at the scene. Police say the suspect…… MORE
Knoxville Police Department detectives are in the early stages of an investigation into a shooting that happened on Wednesday morning at a Merchant Center Boulevard motel. At around 7:10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, KPD officers responded to the report of a shooting with a victim at the Econo Lodge at 5505 Merchant…… MORE
Knoxville Police are still searching for the suspect in the carjacking of a USPS truck. KPD says now 18 year-old Kemian Strawder is being sought in connection to last week’s carjacking on Dandridge Avenue. At the time of the carjacking he was under 18, so police filed juvenile petitions charging him with carjacking, aggravated assault…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A woman is charged after a fatal wrong-way crash on I-40 early Sunday morning, December 10. Knoxville Police Department officials say the crash occurred around 1:20 a.m. near I-640 in west Knoxville when 34-year-old Ellen Rideout, traveling west in a Subaru sedan in the eastbound lanes of I-40, struck a Prius heading…… MORE
Knoxville Police are investigating a fatal crash on I-40 West. It happened yesterday (Thursday) afternoon near West Hills. Police say a Nissan SUV that was traveling eastbound on I-40 lost a tire which went over the divider wall and struck another Nissan SUV going west and that tire went through the windshield and struck the…… MORE
Maryville, TN (WOKI) A Maryville man is in custody after leading officers on a 120 mile-per-hour chase Tuesday in a rented Maserati. Twenty-seven year-old Isaiah Hearn was driving the car on I-40 near Papermill Drive in Knoxville. Police say he was driving at “excessive speeds” and swerving in and out of traffic. Initially, police thought…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Two men suspected of robbing a USPS truck Wednesday morning are on the loose. Knoxville Police Department officials say officers responded around 10:00 a.m. to the 2200 block of Dandridge Avenue when a call came in that a USPS worker had been robbed at gunpoint. They say one of the men had…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man is facing multiple charges including assaulting an officer after he reportedly almost hit one with his car before leading police on a chase during a traffic stop. The incident happened Monday around 9:00 p.m. when police spotted a vehicle which matched a BOLO (be on lookout) and attempted to…… MORE
