Cocke County, TN (WOKI) An inmate who escaped from the Cocke County detention center late Wednesday night is now back in custody. Cocke County Sheriff’s Office officials say 37-year-old Stephen Jones was taken into custody Thursday afternoon on Shalebark Road in Newport after deputies received a complaint about a man in a hoodie matching Jones’s…… MORE
Lenoir City, TN (WOKI) Authorities in Loudon County say an armed man who had barricaded himself inside a home in Lenoir City Thursday morning is now safe and in custody. Officials with the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office say officers responded to the home in the 4000 block of Harrison Lane around 8:00 a.m. after a…… MORE
It’s marathon time in Tennessee. The 2024 Covenant Health Knoxville Half Marathon is scheduled for 7:30 am this Sunday but first the Kids Run gets underway on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and the Covenant 5k starting at 7:00 p.m. There will be road closures in place in and around downtown Knoxville to accommodate runners. Covenant…… MORE
An investigation is underway after a teen is killed in a car crash in Anderson County. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a 16-year-old died in the crash on Frost Bottom Road in Anderson County Monday morning and three teens were injured. A 14-year-old teen was behind the wheel of a car which lost control and…… MORE
Police need your help to find an inmate that’s on the loose after escaping from the Cocke County detention center. Cocke County Sheriff C.J. Ball says 37-year-old Stephen Jones escaped last night (Thursday) and was last seen in the parking lot of Food City on Broadway Street. Jones was wearing blue jeans, a dark blue…… MORE
Alcoa, TN (WOKI) The Alcoa Police Department is asking for help finding five suspects in an apartment vandalism. APD says officers and detectives went to the Ardmore Apartments construction site on Monday, April 1 after receiving a report of vandalism. Police say construction workers reported finding signs of vandalism in multiple buildings including the destruction…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Neighbors in South Knox County are calling on Heartland Development to stop a proposed plan to bring around 170 homes to the Tarklin Valley area. Heartland Development plans to get the land rezoned by the Knox County Planning Commission to allow them to build single-family homes off Pickens Gap Road. Most people…… MORE
An investigation is underway after a daughter is charged in her mother’s death in Cocke County. Sheriff C.J. Ball says deputies responded to Battle Road in Newport after getting a call from 36 year-old Polly Fox saying she had found her mother dead in her home. Deputies found Ola Schumacher dead with a “deep cut…… MORE
On Tuesday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced that Tennessee has joined a multistate lawsuit against Mariner Finance over widespread violations of multiple consumer protection laws. The suit alleges that Mariner Finance charged consumers for hidden add-on products that consumers were not fully informed about or, in some instances, did not agree to buy. In doing so, Mariner…… MORE
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office Fire Investigation unit is investigating following a fatal house fire in Halls. Rural Metro crews were called to the 4200 block of Eiffel Lane at Andersonville Pike yesterday afternoon (Tuesday). A man and two dogs perished in the fire. … MORE
