A Knoxville woman, who thought she was hiring a hit man to kill the wife of a man she met online, is headed to prison. Melody Sasser met a man on match dot com last year before he moved away and eventually married someone else. She reportedly paid almost ten thousand dollars through Bitcoin on…… MORE
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee is putting the word out, warning people that impersonators are trying to get “donations” for the group. “These parties may use buckets and display Second Harvest’s name but are NOT affiliated with the organization or its 670+ community partners,” the organization said. The groups have been appearing on…… MORE
Officials in Kentucky believe a body found in the area where the I-75 mass shooting happened could be the suspect, Joseph Couch. Kentucky State Police say the body was found near Exit 49. Officials say officers are still processing the scene and are waiting for a positive identification, but items found at the scene, including a…… MORE
Greene County, TN (WOKI) Sixteen Greene County middle school students are facing charges after posting a TikTok video reenacting a school shooting. Officials with the Greene County Sheriff’s Office say “the video shows several juveniles re-enacting what appears to be a school shooting with a title of ‘to be continued.’” They add that “the video…… MORE
(Knoxville, TN WOKI) UPDATE 9/18: Knoxville Police have identified the victims in last weekend’s fatal crash in North Knoxville. The crash happened Sunday night, September 15, on Cedar Lane at Central Avenue Pike involving a delivery box truck and a motorcycle with two riders, a man driving and a woman as a passenger. The woman,…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help identifying a man whose body was found more than year ago in West Knox County. KCSO says deputies were called to 325 Walker Springs Road around 4:30 on Saturday, August 5, 2023 for the report of a dead person near the wood line…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway after two men are shot at an apartment on Sutters Mill Lane. Knoxville Police Department officials say officers responded to the Adelade apartment complex around 10:00 p.m. Tuesday, finding a 26-year-old man who had been shot. Around the same time, officers responded to the Sutters Mill Apartments where…… MORE
Gatlinburg, TN (WOKI) The U.S. Board on Geographic Names’ Domestic Names Committee voted, unanimously, today (Wednesday) to change the name of a popular spot in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It’s the latest development in a years-long effort to rename Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi (Coo – Woe – HE), the traditional Cherokee name for…… MORE
A Hardin Valley Middle School student has been detained in connection with a bomb threat at the school which has caused an evacuation at the school earlier today. The Knox County Sheriff’s Bomb Unit has cleared Hardin Valley Middle, and students are back in class. The suspect will be interviewed by Juvenile Detectives and there’s…… MORE
A woman who ran an animal rescue out of her home in Dandridge where 68 dogs were found malnourished and neglected is charged with multiple counts of aggravated animal cruelty. The nonprofit, “A Life 2 go 2 Rescue”, has been on the sheriff’s radar for a while. Deputies went to the home on Argonnia Lane…… MORE
