The Knoxville Police Department releases its yearly report, outlining crime statistics from 2022 to 2023 and departmental updates. Chief of Police Paul Noel says Knoxville’s murder count dropped and car burglaries also dropped. This, all compared to 2022 data. He also says they closed more than 70% of the murder cases that happened in 2023,…… MORE
Several commission seats were up for grabs in Knox County, the Election Commission says almost 27,000 early voting and absentee ballots were cast ahead of Super Tuesday. Most were for the Republican Party Primary Election. The District 8 seat on the Knox County Board of Education. The winner of that election, Travis Wright, took the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A former Loudon County corrections officer was sentenced to prison on Monday for using excessive force. A release from the Department of Justice says 32-year-old Brian Phillips, of Georgia, was sentenced to five months in prison as part of a plea agreement. Phillips pleaded guilty to one count of use of excessive…… MORE
Oak Ridge, TN (WOKI) Two people are arrested after a high speed chase through Oak Ridge. Anderson County Deputies were called to the Marathon Gas Station on Oak Ridge Highway after a man was spotted at the gas pumps putting on a ski mask Monday morning. When deputies arrived, the man fled the scene, and…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) There are only 30 hospitals in the country that offer a newly FDA-approved T-cell treatment for cancer, and the University of Tennessee Medical Center is one of them. Through this new treatment process, UTMC staff are able to take the cells that your body naturally produces to fight cancer, reproduce more of…… MORE
It’s day two (Tuesday) in the murder trial of a Fountain City woman accused of killing her young daughter. Robin Howington is accused of shooting her 5 year-old daughter at a home on Balsam Drive in 2019. She’s charged with felony murder, child neglect, false reporting and tampering with evidence. In court yesterday (Monday), Prosecutors…… MORE
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A deadly plane crash in Middle Tennessee on I-40 E in West Nashville just past the Charlotte Pike exit., all five people on board the single engine plane died in the crash. Officials say the pilot of the plane requested an emergency landing at John C Tune Airport saying they were experiencing engine problems. The…… MORE
Today is Super Tuesday and the Tennessee Secretary of State says you can report anything suspicious you may see today at the polls. Tennessee is #1 nationwide for election integrity. A toll free number is in place to report suspected fraud, 1-877-850-4959. Election officials say all registered voters should know it’s easy to cast a…… MORE
Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) crews continue working around the clock repairing potholes along interstates and state routes caused by January’s record winter storm. The statewide effort is using all available resources, including contract crews, to repair the damaged areas as quickly as possible. TDOT has laid more than double the amount of mix this…… MORE
