Knoxville, TN (WOKI) As hurricane Debby looks to advance up the eastern seaboard, members of the Knoxville Fire Department are deployed Monday afternoon to aid in the response. Knoxville Fire Department officials announcing a possible 10-day deployment of its Swift Water Team to South Carolina to support local emergency services and communities affected by Hurricane…… MORE
Morgan County, TN (WOKI) A woman is charged in a string of arsons and vandalism in Morgan County. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office says 59-year-old Anita Hall was charged in the crimes on July 27. A storage unit complex on Petros Highway then an explosion with black smoke at a home on Malachi Drive where…… MORE
East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers is asking for help to identify a suspect in a theft that took place at an Alcoa store. The man is seen on camera leaving the store on Hunters Crossing Drive with 10 boxes of Robitussin inside his clothes without paying for them. We have his photo on our website…… MORE
August 2, 2024: Earlier this afternoon, we received a call from TWRA Biologist Janelle Musser. She set a trap this morning for a bear that destroyed a homeowner’s garage door. Within two hours, the bear was trapped. Sadly, the bear was female and had three cubs. A bear that is willing to break apart a…… MORE
The suspect on the run in connection to two separate shootings is in custody. 20 year-old Robert Steed was arrested Friday in connection to a pair of shootings on July 20th, charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment. He was released on bond Saturday morning, is scheduled to appear in court today (Monday morning). Steed…… MORE
On the morning of July 31st of 2024, Clinton Police Department officers responded to a residence on Rolling Acres Lane on the report of a shooting. Officers arrived at the scene and found a male victim at the residence with an apparent gunshot wound to the abdomen. Officers requested EMS to the scene for treatment…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Authorities in the Knoxville area are asking for help finding a missing mother and her two children. According to East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers, Shanicca Ewing and her two children, Nathan and Izayah Thomas, were last seen on July 23, when Ewing’s mother dropped them off at KARM. Crime Stoppers says Ewing’s…… MORE
Madisonville, TN (WOKI) One man is dead and an investigation is underway following an officer-involved shooting Friday morning inside the Monroe County Justice Center in Madisonville. Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation say the situation unfolded around 8:00 a.m. when a man showed up at the Justice Center and fired shots in the parking…… MORE
Rural Metro says one person has been taken to the hospital after a tree fell on a home in East Knox County. Crews were called to the home in the 5900 block of Edmondson Lane early this (Friday) morning and found that a very large tree had fallen into the house during overnight storms with…… MORE
Knoxville Police Department officers are investigating two separate and unrelated fatal crashes that happened on Thursday night. At around 9 p.m. on Thursday, August 1, 2024, KPD officers were dispatched to a single-car crash on I-40 West near Hall of Fame Drive. The involved vehicle had hit the center median wall, for reasons that remain…… MORE
