Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A driver for Amazon escapes injury after crashing into a church outbuilding Sunday in Knoxville. Knoxville Police Department officials say officers responded to the scene on an icy Yarnell Avenue Sunday afternoon. According to KPD, the truck slid on the ice covered roadway after the driver parked it, hitting a church’s outbuilding.…… MORE
At the request of 6th Judicial District Attorney General Charme Allen, TBI special agents continue to investigate a Sunday night shooting involving troopers from the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Preliminary information indicates the incident began with a traffic stop at approximately 7:25 p.m. in Loudon County. While a trooper was issuing a citation, the subject drove…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (KPD/WOKI) A 20 year-old man was wounded in a shooting that happened on Sunday afternoon in a Riverview Park Apartment complex parking lot. At around 2:40 p.m. on January 12, 2025, Knoxville Police Department officers responded to a report of shots fired in the area of River Maple Way and Holston Hills Road. Numerous shell…… MORE
An investigation is underway after an East Knox County house fire. Rural Metro Fire and other crews responded to the fire early Saturday evening in the 8400 block of Asheville Highway. Officials say there was smoke and fire on the right side of the structure and crews were able to keep it from spreading. The…… MORE
The Tennessee Highway Patrol responding to multiple accidents including three fatalities as a result of the snow storm that hit our area. The Tennessee Department of Homeland Security says THP responded to a total of 645 crashes across the state, which includes 518 property damage crashes, 127 injury crashes in addition to the fatalities. Troopers…… MORE
Nashville, TN (Story courtesy of WVLT) Tennessee on Thursday released a redacted version of its newly completed execution manual, blacking out sporadic titles and team names throughout the notably trimmed-down document that now provides vague guidelines and omits previously detailed steps on carrying out the death penalty. The Tennessee Department of Correction initially refused to hand…… MORE
Updated Story: (Oak Ridge, TN WOKI) Oak Ridge Police are releasing the names of a father and daughter who died as the result of a crash into an Oak Ridge grocery store on Saturday morning. On Saturday, January 11, 2025, at approximately 8:55 a.m., a vehicle traveling northbound on South Rutgers Avenue near Manhattan Avenue…… MORE
Tennessee Department of Transportation crews busy clearing roads and say the East Tennessee region saw 118 crashes from midnight Friday into Saturday morning. Mark Nagi with TDOT says the storm created conditions that remain dangerous for drivers this weekend. TDOT say SR 34/US 421 in Sullivan County looks good today, but refreezing is possible as…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department activated its snow plan Friday afternoon. “While in the snow plan, Field Operations officers will be paired up in two-person cars to guarantee at least two officers make it to priority calls,“ KPD officials said. ”Supervisors will continue to closely monitor calls for service.” As for the surrounding…… MORE
NASHVILLE—Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti secured a nationwide victory today against the Biden Administration’s illegal and unconstitutional Title IX rules. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky ruled that the U.S. Department of Education’s Title IX rules—rules that would have compromised girls’ privacy in locker rooms and bathrooms and required teachers and administrators to use…… MORE
