Alcoa, TN (WOKI) A Maryville City Schools teacher is facing drug and DUI charges following a traffic stop on February 8. According to charging documents, Alex Rouse was stopped by an Alcoa Police Department officer around 2:30 p.m. for reckless driving. The report also indicates that Rouse did not pass field tests for sobriety and…… MORE
Governor Bill Lee has signed the Education Freedom Act, which passed during last month’s specially called legislative session, into law solidifying its place in Tennessee’s education system. Lee signed his landmark school choice program yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon. The $500 million plan gives 20,000 Tennessee students around $7,000 in public funds to pay for private school…… MORE
Blount County, TN (WOKI) A former magistrate with Blount County Juvenile Court has been indicted for tampering with her son’s child pornography case. Diane Lashmit was charged by a grand jury for tampering with proceedings and accessory after the fact. She was a Blount County Juvenile Court Magistrate from 2013 to January 2024 but had…… MORE
The City of Knoxville is severing ties with Turn Up Knox, a violence prevention organization. Officials say while the circumstances that led to the decision to terminate the Agreement are unfortunate. The city’s first contract with Turn Up Knox was for $450,000. In 2023, during the second contract, Officials became concerned with inner workings of…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A man is facing several child sex crimes charges in Knox County. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office took 49-year-old Gary Phillips into custody on February 7 at a home on Pellissippi Parkway. KCSO responded to the home to execute a search warrant after receiving a cyber crimes tip. According to the report,…… MORE
Deputies in Monroe County says they have a possible police impersonator that has attempted to pull vehicles over using a flashing light on the dash of a vehicle which is described as a dark colored Cadillac. Authorities say if an unmarked vehicle is attempting to pull you over, turn on your hazard lights and call…… MORE
Dandridge, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 2/10: Sad news out of Jefferson County. A man missing since Thursday has been found dead. Investigators with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office had been searching for 68-year-old Randy Foland who was last seen walking on Scarlett Road in Dandridge on Thursday. JCSO officials say Foland was found deceased in a…… MORE
An escaped Roane County inmate is back in custody and charges are pending. The Roane County Sheriff’s Office says an inmate, 29 year-old Benjamin Johnson, at the Roane County Detention Facility escaped on Saturday. Officials say Johnson escaped by climbing over the facility’s recreation yard fence, which resulted in injury due to the razor wire.…… MORE
Jefferson City, TN (WOKI) Carson-Newman University says most of its systems are back up and running after what they call an “anomaly” shut it down to start the semester. Officials say they are still working to figure out what it was, where it came from and if it was intentional. The university is asking all…… MORE
Pigeon Forge, TN (WOKI) A Pigeon Forge pastor is under arrest after a months-long investigation following accusations of committing multiple child sex crimes. According to the Pigeon Forge Police Department, 69 year old Dwight Suttles was indicted on five counts of aggravated sexual battery and one count of rape of a child. Authorities say Suttles…… MORE
