Rural Metro says one person has been taken to the hospital after a tree fell on a home in East Knox County. Crews were called to the home in the 5900 block of Edmondson Lane early this (Friday) morning and found that a very large tree had fallen into the house during overnight storms with…… MORE
Madisonville, Tn (WOKI) A suspect is in custody and more than 800 fentanyl pills are off the street following a drug bust Wednesday in Sweetwater. Officials with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office say more than 800 pressed fentanyl pills, cash and other drugs were recovered by law enforcement after deputies and Sweetwater Police officers executed…… MORE
A fuel leak on I-75 North that shut down the interstate in Campbell County is contained. Officials with the Tennessee Department of Transportation say the crash involved an overturned vehicle and a tanker truck leaking fuel yesterday (Wednesday). Officials say the leak on the tanker is contained to about 20 gallons and the tanker will…… MORE
Cocke County, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating following a deadly crash Tuesday night in Cocke County. According to a report from THP, only one car was involved in the crash which happened on Thinwood Drive near Highway 25/70. Officials say the 19-year-old driver of the car was reportedly following a curve…… MORE
Alcoa City Schools are already back in the classroom with several other schools systems starting including Blount County Schools which have their first day of class today but they are off tomorrow for Election Day. The start of school means crossing guards and students will be in those crosswalks at schools and Buses will be…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police have arrested a suspect in connection to an early morning robbery Monday at a home on Chester Avenue. KPD says officers responded to a home in the 2200 block of Chester Avenue around 4:00 a.m. where a 27-year-old woman reported that two people in masks had broken into her home,…… MORE
In the early morning hours (Monday), unknown suspects utilized a heavy-duty truck to break into a West Knoxville Bank ATM. The ATM was a stand alone unit and not attached to the bank building. During the burglary of the ATM money cartridges and us currency were stolen. The suspect(s) fled the scene of the…… MORE
Knoxville Police are investigating after a woman is shot at an apartment complex. Officers responded Inskip Flats in the 4700 block of Romeo Way yesterday (Sunday) morning after a 20-year-old woman had been shot in the lower body, she was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect has not been identified but is…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Young people playing with fire may be to blame for a fire Friday morning at Montgomery Village Apartments. Knoxville Fire Department officials say crews responded to the apartment complex in the 1500 block of Daylily Drive around 11:45 a.m. to findlight smoke coming from one of the windows on the upper floor.…… MORE
UPDATE: Knoxville Police charge a man with second-degree murder after he reportedly killed a man with an axe. Police called to Cokesbury church Tuesday when 26-year-old Tavares Harrison showed up with stab wounds and police found a 55 year-old man dead nearby.It is alleged that Harrison and the victim were engaged in a fight when…… MORE
