Category Archives: Local News
An Investigation is Underway Following a Knox County School Bus Crash
An investigation is underway following a Knox County School bus crash.Knoxville Police responded to a multi-vehicle crash on Tazewell Pike Thursday afternoon.Representatives from Knox County Schools s...
Apr 05, 2024
A Fatal Train Crash is Under Investigation in Sweetwater
A fatal train crash in Sweetwater.Police responding to the Duck Park area yesterday (Thursday) afternoon and say a woman, identified as Sharlotte Castillo-Wong, was driving across the tracks when the ...
Apr 05, 2024
Knoxville Police are Investigating a Murder in South Knoxville
A murder investigation is underway after Knoxville Police Department Homicide Unit detectives responded to a home in south Knoxville early Friday morning.At around 1:15 a.m. on Friday, April 5, 2024, ...
Apr 05, 2024
Alcoa Police Searching for 5 Suspects in Apartment Vandalism
Alcoa, TN (WOKI) The Alcoa Police Department is asking for help finding five suspects in an apartment vandalism.APD says officers and detectives went to the Ardmore Apartments construction site on Mon...
Apr 03, 2024
Neighbors Want Proposed South Knox County Housing Plan Nixed, Petition Circulating
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Neighbors in South Knox County are calling on Heartland Development to stop a proposed plan to bring around 170 homes to the Tarklin Valley area.Heartland Development plans to get...
Apr 03, 2024
Two People are in Custody and an Investigation is Underway in Cocke County after a Woman is Found Dead in her Home
An investigation is underway after a daughter is charged in her mother’s death in Cocke County.Sheriff C.J. Ball says deputies responded to Battle Road in Newport after getting a call from 36 ye...
Apr 03, 2024
Tennessee’s Attorney General Joins Multi-State Lawsuit Against Mariner Finance
On Tuesday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced that Tennessee has joined a multistate lawsuit against Mariner Finance over widespread violations of multiple consumer prot...
Apr 03, 2024
An Investigation is Underway Following a Fatal House Fire in Halls
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office Fire Investigation unit is investigating following a fatal house fire in Halls.Rural Metro crews were called to the 4200 block of Eiffel Lane at Andersonville Pi...
Apr 03, 2024
The National Weather Service says it was an EF-1 Tornado that hit a Morgan County Town
Updated story: The National Weather Service in Sunbright yesterday (Wednesday) surveying damage caused by what they say is an EF1 tornado. Sam Roberts with the National Weather Service says maximum wi...
Apr 03, 2024
JCSO: Suspect Identified in Deadly Shooting in Strawberry Plains
Jefferson County, TN (WOKI) Police in Jefferson County have identified the suspect in a deadly shooting Tuesday morning in Strawberry Plains.Officials with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office say th...
Apr 02, 2024
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