Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Four Knoxville men are arrested and hundreds of grams of meth and fentanyl seized in a drug bust Monday by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. According to charging documents, Jahwyon Farmer, Antonio Anderson, Thomas Alexander and Jamar Cortez face drug and weapons charges after KCSO deputies found drugs, guns and cash during…… MORE
An Oliver Springs man is charged after he allegedly put a referee in a headlock during a basketball game. Officers went to Grace Christian Academy on Saturday after receiving a report that a parent had assaulted a referee. Officers say the referee told them that 54 year-old Jerry Crass disagreed with a call made during the…… MORE
Sevierville, TN (WOKI) March did not draw to a close without another campaign in the ongoing battle between the City of Sevierville and Camping World. This time, the city filed a complaint March 19 in chancery court demanding that the company be fined $50 a day for its continued refusal to lower its 130-foot-tall flag…… MORE
The Tennessee Valley Authority names its new president and CEO. Don Moul will serve in the position beginning April 9th. Moul, who has served as TVA’s executive vice president and COO since June 2021, becomes the fourth CEO of the agency, succeeding Jeff Lyash, who announced his intent to retire in January. “Don is the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Two men are in custody following an alleged early morning car burglary in downtown Knoxville. Knoxville Police Department officials say officers went to the parking garage on State Street around 3:30 a.m. Monday morning after receiving a report of a vehicle burglary. KPD says security footage caught two men checking door handles…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Conservative Knox County Schools board member Betsy Henderson is planning to throw her hat in the ring for Knox County mayor. Henderson took the first step Friday, appointing Zane Duncan as the treasurer for her campaign. WOKI’s news partner WVLT News reached out to Henderson for a statement on the…… MORE
Authorities say the man involved in a crash that injured a student waiting for a bus in Sevier County is charged with passing a stopped school bus and reckless endangerment. They say John Callaway tried to overtake a bus on East Union Valley Road Friday and when he went around the bus, he hit a…… MORE
The Knoxville Fire Department says the sprinkler system at an apartment complex does it’s job and contains a fire to limit damage. Crews were called to River View Park Apartments Friday night and saw flames from the door but found the sprinkler head had activated but there was significant damage to that apartment caused by…… MORE
The Knoxville Fire Department says the sprinkler system at an apartment complex does it’s job and contains a fire to limit damage. Crews were called to River View Park Apartments Friday night and saw flames from the door but found the sprinkler head had activated but there was significant damage to that apartment caused by…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville police have identified the victim in Thursday morning’s deadly single-car crash in northeast Knoxville. KPD says the passenger from a Honda Accord that had crashed into a tree on Boright Drive near Whitney place just before 2:00 a.m., 21-year-old T’Naesia Thomas of Knoxville, died despite life-saving measures provided on scene by…… MORE
