Gatlinburg, TN (WOKI) A South Carolina man is convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend at a Gatlinburg rental cabin in May, 2022. According to Sevier County court records, a jury found Julian Popoca, of Wellford, South Carolina, guilty of first-degree murder on Wednesday; he was sentenced to life in prison…… MORE
Triple A projects over 119 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home over the year-end holiday period which runs from December 21st to January 1st. Triple A expects an additional 3 million travelers this holiday season compared to last year and is we are expected to be the record set in 2019.…… MORE
Recommendation is that a man convicted in the 1995 murder of a Knoxville couple should not get parole. David Scarbrough was one of three men charged in connection to the murder of Les and Carol Dotts, who were murdered inside their Knoxville home. Yesterday (Tuesday), Board member Zane Duncan said his vote is to decline…… MORE
Monroe County, TN (WOKI) Two now-resigned deputies with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office are indicted on official misconduct counts. The office started an investigation into Corrections Deputy Caleb Kirkland and Deputy Sheriff Ava Hensley which was taken over by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation when both deputies resigned. Both deputies were indicted by a grand…… MORE
The cause of a fire, that injures two, at the Amherst Ridge Mobile Home Park is determined to have been caused by unattended cooking, which is the leading factor contributing to cooking fires and casualties according to the National Fire Protection Association. The Knoxville Fire Department was called to Saturday’s fire in the 2600 Miss…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The University of Tennessee Police Department served active arrest warrants Wednesday on one of their own. UTPD officials say Anthony Rizo, who had been employed by the University of Tennessee Police Department for just over seven months, was terminated from his employment for alleged actions taken while off-duty and in the state…… MORE
An investigation is underway following an early morning (Friday) house fire in Halls that seriously injures three. Firefighters with Rural Metro called to the home in the 100 block of Keith Way Lane and found a single-wide mobile home with smoke showing and people still inside. Firefighters rescued one person, and two others were all…… MORE
Crossville, TN (WOKI) A Maryville man is arrested in Cumberland County and charged with “multiple offenses,” including carrying weapons on school property. Officials with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office say 33-year-old Robert Alva Sardella was detained Wednesday by a Student Resource Officer on 4th Street after being on the campus of Cumberland County High School.…… MORE
Larry McBee is found guilty of shooting and killing a 23-year-old Halls Rural King employee in 2022. Jury deliberations took less than an hour, and the jury returned a verdict convicting McBee of first-degree murder. He was sentenced to life in prison. Several witnesses spoke at the trial, including a neighbor, a Rural King shopper,…… MORE
Jekyll Island, GA (WOKI) A Tennessee state senator from Kingston is facing a DUI and hit-and-run charge out of Georgia. Tennessee Senator Ken Yager (R- Kingston) was arrested for DUI following a hit-and-run crash Tuesday evening in Jekyll Island, Georgia. According to officials with the Georgia Department of Public Safety, Yager was booked into the…… MORE
