KNOXVILLE —The John Sevier Hunter Education Center in Knoxville is hosting the 3rd annual Kickoff to Hunting Season event on Saturday, October 5 from 9 am to 1 pm. The event is geared towards getting hunters ready for the fall hunting season.Everyone is welcome, whether experienced hunters or those new to the sport and wanting…… MORE
Update (9/7/24): The Knox County Sheriff’s Office Juvenile Detectives, Major Crimes Detectives, and Patrol Officers responded to various threats Friday at Halls Middle and High Schools in North Knox County. The following arrests have been made as a result – A 14-year-old Halls High School Student was arrested around noon this afternoon for threats of…… MORE
(Story courtesy of WVLT) Knoxville, TN Millions of dollars in federal funding is headed to Knoxville, aimed at improving a stretch of Chapman Highway. The money is coming from the Biden administration’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program, a pool of more than $1 billion for grants to local governments who are improving…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Country music superstar Blake Shelton is coming to Knoxville! Shelton’s “Friends & Heroes 2025” tour will play Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center on February 28, 2025. His performance will include special appearances by Craig Morgan, Deana Carter, Trace Adkins and Emily Ann Roberts. American Express Card members can purchase tickets before…… MORE
Lenoir City, TN (WOKI) A man is killed after a farming accident Thursday in Lenoir City. Officials with the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office say deputies responded to a call on Cardwell Chapel Road around 12:30 p.m. Thursday. They found a 76-year-old man had fallen off the tractor he was driving and then was run over…… MORE
Grainger County, TN (WOKI) A Morristown man suspected of killing and dismembering two people in Bean Station last spring has now been indicted. The Grainger County District Attorney’s office confirms Aaron White was indicted on August 28 on two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of abuse of a corpse. White was arrested in…… MORE
Sevier County, TN (WOKI) The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help finding a missing man. SCSO officials say 26-year-old Shawn Odell was reportedly last seen in Kodak Wednesday morning. The office has not released a description of Odell at this time. Those with information are asked to call Detective Sergeant Graham Brantley at…… MORE
Sweetwater, TN (WOKI) An shooting investigation is underway following a home invasion Thursday morning in Monroe County. Officials with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office say deputies were called to a home on Brunner Road in Sweetwater early Thursday morning after the break-in, which prompted the investigation. MCSO says a person was forced from the home…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Jamaican man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for his role in defrauding a 76-year-old Lenoir City woman. Department of Justice officials say 24-year-old Morice Armani Brown and other co-conspirators bilked the woman out of nearly $700,000 by convincing her to pay various fees and taxes to…… MORE
Dandridge, TN (WOKI) A two-month long investigation results in the arrest of an East Tennessee man charged with multiple child sex crimes. Officials with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office say the investigation into exchanges on Snapchat ended in the arrest and charging of 39-year-old William “Nick” Edens of Dandridge. Edens faces 20 counts of aggravated…… MORE
