Tennessee’s extreme winter weather event over the last week has left 34 dead across the state, according to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency’s latest update. TEMA said the State Emergency Operations Center in Nashville is activated at a Level 4 – Elevated to support local requests. “The extreme cold experienced last week is transitioning out…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville pastor out for his morning jog Monday finds a man lying dead outside of Edgewood Chapel AME Zion Church. Knoxville Police Department officials say the pastor came across the deceased man around 7:30 a.m. outside of the church located at 2440 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. Officers dispatched to the…… MORE
Knoxville Police arrest a teen for carjacking. Officers called to the 1400 block of Beaumont Avenue after a woman reported her car was taken at gunpoint yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. Officers spotted the car which eventually crashed at Texas Avenue and Sherman Street and the man, identified as 18 year-old Shaun Sullivan, ran from the car…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Officials with the Knoxville Police Department are confirming the discovery of a dead woman outside of an apartment complex near Old City. Officials say police along with the Knoxville Fire Department and the Medical Examiner’s Office responded around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 17 to the complex at 246 Hall of Fame Drive.…… MORE
Knoxville Police say one of the two people accused of carjacking a USPS truck has been arrested. 18 year-old Kemian Strawder was arrested at the Hardee’s on Clinton Highway yesterday (Thursday), Officers found him with a loaded handgun. He is wanted in connection to the December 6th carjacking on Dandridge Avenue of the USPS worker…… MORE
You will have to wait a little longer if you are planning to attend the Knox County driver’s license reinstatement event this weekend. The Knox County Criminal Court Office says they’re postponing their license reinstatement resource fair scheduled for Saturday due to weather. They are pushing it into February, with the date to be determined.…… MORE
New Market, TN (WOKI) One person is dead and an arson investigation is underway following a fire early Wednesday morning in Jefferson County. Officials with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office say thefire broke out in New Market around 2:00 a.m. at a home in the 1800 block of Lafayette Road. The fire has left one…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The “show must go on;” that’s the word from officials with the Tennessee Theatre in response to inquiries regarding this week’s scheduled performances of WICKED. Theatre officials say all performances set for this week will happen as scheduled and that, as per Tennessee Theatre and Ticketmaster policy, no refunds will be issued…… MORE
Lawmakers are trying to crack down on street racing in Tennessee. A new proposal allows offenders to lose their driving privileges and possibly their car. This proposal comes after a deadly drag racing crash on Magnolia Avenue which left one man dead and injured two children in June of last year. Right now, drag racing…… MORE
Knox County has again achieved one of the highest honors in the arena of governmental accounting and finance reporting, winning what is considered the “triple crown” for finance departments. The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) recently recognized the county for receiving all three of its awards: • The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial…… MORE
