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Knox County Evacuation Order Lifted after Propane Truck Crash
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Knox County Evacuation Order Lifted after Propane Truck Crash

Knox County, TN (WOKI) – UPDATE 3:15 p.m.: A one-mile evacuation order for the area near the site of an earlier overturned propane truck which caught fire briefly on E. Emory Road has now been lifted. Officials with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office making that announcement as Rural Metro fire crews have righted the truck…MORE

Parking Changes Coming to Downtown Knoxville

Parking Changes Coming to Downtown Knoxville

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) New meters and signs will soon go up in Downtown Knoxville as part of the city’s revised downtown parking plan. The city unveiled the plan last fall, following a parking study. It increases rates for two-hour and four-hour parking zones but keeps parking at night and on the weekends free. The plan…MORE

Tourism in Pigeon Forge May Be Slowing
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Tourism in Pigeon Forge May Be Slowing

For a fourth year in a row, Pigeon Forge generated $2.4 billion from tourism, but overall there is a sign that tourism may be slowing. The last quarter of last year saw a 1% decline in visitor spending, resulting in gross revenue being down for the year for the town of 6,000. At the State…MORE

TVA Debris Clean-Up Progress on Douglas Lake
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TVA Debris Clean-Up Progress on Douglas Lake

Neighbors and businesses in Jefferson County are still recovering months after Helene ripped through parts of East Tennessee. One place Tennessee Valley Authority officials are working on is Douglas Lake. They’ve been cleaning out the lake for months. Neighbors there remember what it all looked like right after the storm. Residents says they’ve seen anything…MORE

Data Breach at Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley
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Data Breach at Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley

The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley say the organization has had a data breach. Officials say it happened back in November when someone had access to their system between November 19th and the 23rd. Names, social security numbers and driver’s license numbers were compromised. So far, no fraudulent activity has been reported…MORE

Cumberland County Skeletal Remains Identified as Man Missing Since 2022, Sheriff’s Office Says

Cumberland County Skeletal Remains Identified as Man Missing Since 2022, Sheriff’s Office Says

Cumberland County, TN (WOKI) Skeletal remains found earlier this month in Cumberland County have been identified as those belonging to a man missing since 2022. Officials with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office confirming Monday the remains found February 8 on Westel Road were 33-year-old Cody Ramsey-Dearing. According to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System…MORE

Reward Offered for Information Regarding Elk Poached on North Cumberland WMA

Reward Offered for Information Regarding Elk Poached on North Cumberland WMA

CARYVILLE, Tenn.—A $3,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the conviction of the person(s) responsible for an elk poached on North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area (NCWMA) in the Caryville area of Campbell County. The location is well known to locals as the Red Ash/Wheeler Gap area on the Royal Blue Unit of NCWMA.…MORE

New Video Could Be a Break in the Case in a Missing Autistic Hendersonville Teen

New Video Could Be a Break in the Case in a Missing Autistic Hendersonville Teen

A private investigator hired by the mother of missing Hendersonville teen says that a new video could help break the case in the continued search for Sebastian Rogers. The teen with autism went missing from his mother’s home on February 26 of last year and hasn’t been seen since.  Investigator Steve Fischer says a new…MORE

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