Category Archives: Local News

Hancock County, TN (WOKI) The National Weather Service now confirming that an EF-1 tornado did, in fact, touch down Tuesday evening in Hancock County.Officials with the National Weather Service say th...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) No one was injured, but a home is a “total loss” following a house fire Wednesday afternoon in North Knoxville.Crews responding to the home in the 300 block of Chicama...

Maynardville, TN (WOKI) Union County High School was placed on a soft lockdown briefly Wednesday due to a threat to the school.Union County Schools officials say that a former student made the threat ...

(Story courtesy of WVLT News)Knoxville, TN Greek Fest is back for its 45th year hosted by the historic St. George Greek Orthodox Church on Kingston Pike.The event runs Friday, Sept. 27 through Sunday,...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A man has been charged after leaving the scene of a fatal, pedestrian-involved crash that happened during the overnight hours on Asheville Highway.At just after 12:30 a.m. on Wedn...

Hancock County (WOKI) The National Weather Service says radar indicates a tornado touched down in Hancock County.They are sending a survey crew to Hancock County today (Wednesday) to assess the damage...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Sevier County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man following a scam investigation.SCSO officials reporting the arrest happened on September 19 when deputies responded to Kerr R...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A man is arrested and an investigation is underway after two women are allegedly assaulted Monday morning near the University of Tennessee.Knoxville Police Department officials sa...

UPDATE: Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s endangered child alert for a five-year-old out of Knoxville is over.Dejon Parker was found with his non-custodial father, 42-...

The autopsy for a Jefferson County Judge who was hit and killed by a car while his was walking on the highway near Mountain Vista Trail shows alcohol in his system at the time of the incident.Fourth J...