Nashville, TN (WOKI) A bill that would limit SNAP benefits for junk food has failed in Tennessee. Earlier in March, the Tennessee House passed a bill that would place limits on buying junk food using SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The Tennessee Healthy SNAP Act would have required the Tennessee Department of Human Services…… MORE
Bean Station, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway in Grainger Countyafter two tractor-trailers containing more than 40 thousand pounds of beef each had been stolen from Southeastern Provisions, a slaughterhouse in Bean Station. Officials with the Grainger County Sheriff’s Office say Southeastern Provisions contracts with a trucking company, which has its own subcontracting agreements with…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knox County Air Quality Management officials have banned open burning until further notice. Rural Metro Fire Department taking to social media Thursday morning with the announcement say the ban comes as Knox County continues to experience dry and windy conditions. Those conditions have sparked a string of wildfires not just in Knox…… MORE
(Knoxville, TN – WOKI) Vehicular homicides charges are pending on a driver who was involved in a fatal single-car crash that happened early Thursday morning. At around 1:50 a.m. on Thursday, March 27, 2025, Knoxville Police Department officers responded to Boright Drive near Whitney Place, where a Honda Accord had crashed into a tree. The…… MORE
Several fire crews are fighting a large brush fire in Anderson County. Anderson County EMA says the fire was reported yesterday (Wednesday) on Beech Grove Lane in Rocky Top. The fire is estimated to be 80 acres in size and is 25% contained. No evacuations are in place and no structures are threatened. In addition…… MORE
Today (Thursday) marks six months since Hurricane Helene made landfall, moving through East Tennessee and causing unprecedented destruction and taking several lives. According to the National Hurricane Center, 18 Tennesseans lost their lives at the hands of the storm. Helene, which swiftly became a tropical storm as it made landfall, dumped billions of gallons of…… MORE
Today (Thursday) marks six months since Hurricane Helene made landfall, moving through East Tennessee and causing unprecedented destruction and taking several lives. According to the National Hurricane Center, 18 Tennesseans lost their lives at the hands of the storm. Helene, which swiftly became a tropical storm as it made landfall, dumped billions of gallons of…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Two teens are arrested for allegedly throwing rocks off an overpass and onto I-640 in Knoxville early Wednesday morning. Knoxville Police Department officials say officers responded around 2:30 a.m. to I-640 West at Bruhin Road after receiving several calls of objects being dropped from an overpass onto the interstate and striking several…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A new Malayan tiger from Dickerson Park Zoo is expected to play a key role in Zoo Knoxville’s conservation efforts. Zoo officials say the tiger, Jango, is “considered one of the most genetically viable” Malayan tigers in the world, making him a perfect fit for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species…… MORE
Pigeon Forge, TN (WOKI) The City of Pigeon Forge says its city manager of 44 years will soon be retiring. Earlene Teaster became Tennessee’s first female city manager when she was named to the position in 1980. She was first hired to be the city clerk in 1961. Pigeon Forge Mayor David Wear says Teaster’s…… MORE
