Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Summer may be waning, but don’t put that bug spray up just yet. The Knox County Health Department is warning about a mosquito born infection; it’s already sent six kids to the hospital. Despite kids being back in school, the health department says the La Crosse virus is still a…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department is asking for help finding a suspect in a Little Caesars robbery. KPD says a woman robbed the Little Caesars on Center Lane Drive at gunpoint last Wednesday, August 21st just before 6:00 p.m. KPD says a K-9 unit tried to track the suspect after the robbery but…… MORE
Maryville, TN (WOKI) The Blount County Sheriff’s Office has issued a warning about scam callers after the department received several complaints. BCSO officials say a number of scam calls are circulating ranging from scammers posing as deputies with the sheriff’s office warning respondents to call a number with a 205 area code in regard to…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The FBI is offering a reward for information on three people who went missing from Knoxville in 2018. The FBI says it believes Bonnie Drane, William Inklebarger and Brenda Carroll were victims of foul play. Police say they were in the same friend group and that they have a history of substance…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville home is a total loss following an early morning fire. Knoxville Fire Department crews were called to the scene at 1432 West 5th Avenue just after 3:30 a.m. Monday morning to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the upper side of the home. KFD says it took nearly an…… MORE
Jefferson County, TN (WOKI) A longtime judge for four East Tennessee counties has died following a crash in Jefferson County. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says the crash occurred around 1:30 yesterday Sunday morning just outside of Dandridge near Mountain Vista Trail. The crash report says fourth judicial district court Judge O. Duane Slone was walking…… MORE
Jefferson County, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed on I-40 in Jefferson County early Sunday morning. According to a THP preliminary report, a tractor-trailer was traveling eastbound on I-40 near mile marker 412 just before 1:00 a.m. when 45-year-old Tony Lee Ford, of Virginia, crossed the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to one count of enticement of a child. Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice say 29-year-old Dominique J. Starr was sentenced to 15 years in prison for soliciting nude photos and sex in 2022 from an undercover FBI agent who he thought…… MORE
Sevierville, TN (WOKI) A Sevierville man was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to child sex crime charges. Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice say 47-year-old Ronnie Joe Maples was sentenced to 151 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography. Federal investigators say Maples and another individual were…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man and business have plead guilty to polluting the Holston River back in 2018. Christopher Domermuth and Domermuth Environmental Services both plead guilty Tuesday to violating the Clean Water Act. Domermuth operated DES which processes petroleum-contaminated soil and water in Knoxville. “On July 26, 2018, DES workers rolled over a…… MORE
