Knoxville Police have charged a man with multiple counts including first-degree murder and rape following a welfare check at an East Knoxville this (Friday) morning where officers found a man dead inside. 57-year-old Joe Whitaker is also charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and other additional charges after KPD officers responding to the 3100 block of…… MORE
Tennessee’s Hands-free law may come with harsher penalties if a new bill proposed by some Lawmakers becomes law. It will establish a number of points that may be charged to a person’s driving record after two or more violations of the Hands Free Law. Lawmakers say adding more consequences to distracted driving will help save…… MORE
Knoxville Police are investigating a fatal shooting in West Knoxville. Officers responding to Badgett Drive near Goins Drive last night (Tuesday) and found 21 year-old Rahleik Garcia, of Johnson City suffering from at least one gunshot wound, he was pronounced dead at the scene. Police believe there are multiple possible suspects who ran from the…… MORE
A Cocke County Jail inmate is airlifted to the University of Tennessee Medical Center after he attempted to escape. Cocke County Sheriff C.J. Ball says 33 year-old Michael Smith was in Sessions Court with six other inmates and got up from the bench “numerous times” to get a tissue yesterday (Monday) afternoon and jumped out…… MORE
An off-duty Knoxville Police Department officer is released from the hospital after suffering a broken arm and other injuries following a multi-vehicle crash near the Blount County line. It happened Saturday night, investigators say a car was traveling eastbound on I-140 West caused the crash which involved five cars with multiple individuals suffering injuries of…… MORE
Knoxville set a record in hotel revenue in 2022, by nearly 30% from the year before. ”These are numbers just that Knoxville pre-COVID, we just didn’t experience, and it’s just a great high. I think the hotels and restaurants everyone is happy, how long can we maintain it but what does the dip look like,…… MORE
Knox Area Transit announced they are asking for public input on a newly proposed transit map. The map came from a long process of public input on how a newly imagined KAT would look. “It had really been about twelve years since we made the move to Knoxville station since we had taken a look…… MORE
Agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrest 26 year-old Jasmine Johnson, 26, after police said she carried nearly three pounds of fentanyl and more than one pound of methamphetamine off a Greyhound bus in Knoxville. Police have recognized Greyhound as a hub for drug trafficking, according to a criminal…… MORE
Update: The 18 year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of an employee at Rural King in Halls has his charges upgraded to first-degree murder. The Knox County District Attorney’s Office filed a motion in court yesterday (Monday) to upgrade charges. 23-year-old Tristan Smith tried to stop the suspect, allegedly attempting to shoplift ammunition and bungee…… MORE
We have an update on the two children critically injured in a crash over a week ago on Magnolia Avenue that killed their grandfather and involved two suspects who have been charged for drag racing and other charges. Eleven-year-old Gage and his 6-year-old sister Hadley are in East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. Gage could be released…… MORE
