Nashville, TN (WOKI) Update 12/12: Country music star Morgan Wallen appeared in a Nashville courtroom Thursday pleading guilty in his now infamous chair-throwing case. Wallen pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor reckless endangerment charges, reduced Wednesday from felony reckless endangerment. A Nashville judge approved a plea deal wherein the award-winning singer will serve seven days of…… MORE
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
Knoxville Police say a 17-year-old is taken into custody after firing shots following an argument. Officers responding to a shots fired call in the area of Walker Boulevard and Underwood Place yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon. Witnesses reported that the suspect walked away from the scene after the shooting but Officers found him within minutes on Valley…… MORE
The Pageant returns: Saturday, December 14 at 3p.m.; Sunday, December, 15 at 3p.m. and Monday, December, 16 at 7p.m.Location: Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker AvenuePrice: No Charge for admission. $5 parking.Phone: 865-209-8705Website: KnoxvilleNativity.comEmail: [email protected]: Nativity Pageant of KnoxvilleInstagram: @nativitypageantJoin us as we celebrate the 56th year of the Nativity Pageant of Knoxville with a…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) New details revealed in court Wednesday in the murder of an 18-year-old in Knoxville. Juan Carlos Diaz Perez is charged in the murder of his girlfriend Suceli Perez back in July. Her body was found in a truck bed in Oak Ridge, a day after KPD received a report of a potential…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police investigating a “suspicious death” Tuesday in South Knoxville have now charged a man with murder. KPD says officers were dispatched around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday to an apartment in the 1500 block of Daylily Drive where a woman was found dead on the front porch. One person, later identified as 60-year-old…… MORE
MEDIC Regional Blood Center’s Pint Before Christmas gets underway next week. The event runs December 16th – Christmas Eve and holiday donors will receive a long-sleeved holiday shirt, a night session pass to Ober Mountain, and a coupon for Texas Roadhouse. Shirts and passes are while supplies last. Schedule your appointment at medic blood dot…… 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
Nashville, TN (WOKI) A resounding success, the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s (TDOT’s) month-long initiative “No Trash November” sees nearly 70,000 pounds of litter removed from Tennessee roadways. TDOT officials say over 2,400 volunteers participated in 175 cleanups, collecting more than 3,200 bags of litter, weighing almost 70,000 pounds. Among the groups recognized this year by…… MORE
