Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A longtime business leader in Knoxville has passed away. Bill Baxter, the CEO of Holston Gas, passed away on Sunday; he was 71. The Wort Hotel, a historic hotel in Jackson, Wyoming which Baxter owned, made the announcement on Sunday. Baxter was also chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority board and economic…… MORE
Blount County, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: A Blount County infant at the center of a TBI Endangered Child Alert has been found. Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation say two-month-old Chremson Blair was located Tuesday morning and is safe. The baby was reported missing Monday, having last been seen on August 9. In their alert,…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police have charged a woman in connection to a fatal hit-and-run crash Monday night on North Broadway. KPD says officers were called to the crash near Buchanan Avenue just before 9:00 p.m. for a woman who had been hit by a car that left the scene. Police say 75-year-old Ollie Jenkins…… MORE
Nashville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Tennessee has unveiled new designs for drivers licenses and ID cards. The new design features Tennessee’s state capitol and flag. It also has waves and patterns printed in very fine lines which cannot be scanned or easily reproduced (see photo below). Officials said the new credentials are made with a…… MORE
(WOKI) There is a rare super blue moon set to grace the skies this week. NASA defines the term supermoon “as either a new or full moon that happens when the moon is within 90% of perigee, its closest approach to Earth.” The moon will be closest to Earth for this orbit Wednesday morning at 11:55.…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department and East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers are working to apprehend those responsible for metal thefts in Knoxville. The first is a bronze statue of two children reading stolen from Tank Strickland Park on Asheville Highway. Officials with East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers say it could be sold almost…… MORE
Anderson County, TN (WOKI) An Oak Ridge man was found guilty Monday, August 19 of several counts in a grisly Anderson County rape and murder case. Sean Finnegan faced several charges, including first-degree murder, rape and abuse of a corpse. The charges stem from a 2020 investigation, during which police said Finnegan and his girlfriend,…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Human remains found two decades ago in Knoxville have finally been identified. The Knox County Regional Forensic Center identifying the remains Monday morning as Brian A. Sanderson. Sanderson was found in 2003 near I-275 at the Woodlawn entrance ramp. Knoxville Police responded and a team from UT assisted in the recovery at…… MORE
Cumberland County, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: A woman missing from Cumberland County has been found dead. Officials with The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report 69-year-old Roxanne Gallagher was found dead Saturday afternoon in Lake Cumberland in Kentucky. TBI had issued a Silver Alert for Gallagher earlier this month after she was last seen in late June…… MORE
Dandridge, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating a fatal shooting Saturday night in Dandridge. Officials with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office say deputies responded just after 8:00 p.m. to a reported shooting in the 500 block of Daisy Way, finding two gunshot victims. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, a woman…… MORE
