Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs and Sheriff Tom Spangler reach a budget compromise which will see Patrol officers pay increase to $51,100, making them the fourth-highest in pay in East Tennessee and Corrections officers to $50,100 making them the second-highest in pay in East Tennessee. This means starting Patrol Officers will be making 30% higher…… MORE
Maryville, TN (WOKI) The Maryville Police Department is asking for help in locating a missing 16 year old girl. Kena Reed is a Black girl with red dreadlocks and brown eyes. She stands at 5-feet-seven-inches and was last seen on McCammon Avenue on Tuesday, May 23. Police say she may be in the East Knoxville…… MORE
Knoxville Police arrest a man in connection to a fatal shooting on Bradshaw Garden Road earlier this year. 28 year-old Samer Jurdi was taken into custody early this (Thursday) morning in connection to the death of 30-year-old Jeronimo Gomez in January. Jurdi was indicted by a Knox County Grand Jury for voluntary manslaughter, tampering with…… MORE
Roads in downtown Knoxville reopened following a deadly crash around 1:00 Wednesday afternoon. Knoxville Police Department officials report two cars and a KAT bus were involved in a crash on Henley Street. University of Tennessee officers saw an Infiniti sedan try to make a U-turn on the Henley Street Bridge but hit a KAT bus…… MORE
Rural Metro is investigating a house fire in East Knox County. It happened last night (Tuesday) in the 8100 block of Clay’s Corner. Crews found flames coming from the front of the home which suffered smoke and water damage. The resident made it out and several kittens and cats were rescued from the home. The…… MORE
UPDATE: NewsTalk 98.7 (WOKI) is learning more now about a shooting that occurred Monday afternoon (5/29) at Victor Ashe Park on Bradshaw Road. Knoxville Police Department officials say the shooting was the result of a “transaction” turned robbery. KPD reports the gunshot victim arranged to make a transaction with two other individuals in the park…… MORE
A months-long investigation ends in a murder charge for a state prison inmate in Northeast Tennessee. Forty-eight year old Gregory Barner has been charged with first degree murder in the death of fellow inmate 70-year-old Robert Henry Hicks Jr. back in January; Barner was served the indictment on Thursday, May 25 at the Northeast Correctional…… MORE
Rural Metro is investigating an early morning house fire in South Knoxville. Crews called to the scene in the 6200 block of Neubert Springs Road before 5 this morning. That road closed earlier as crews fought the blaze with equipment blocking the road but has re-opened. All family members and their pets made it out…… MORE
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office identifying the suspects involved in a suspected road rage . Marcus Watts and Christopher Sentell have been arrested and charged in Tuesday night’s incident on West Emory Road near Karns Valley. Watts is being charged with attempted first-degree murder. Sentell is charged with accessory after the fact and reckless driving.…… MORE
Knoxville Police are investigating a fatal shooting in East Knoxville with a suspect in custody, charged with first-degree murder, following a stand-off with police. Officers responding to Wilderness Road and found a woman who had been shot in the backyard of the home. She was pronounced dead at the hospital. KPD officers identified the suspect…… MORE
