ANDERSON COUNTY, TN (WOKI/TBI)– Special agents assigned to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Medicaid Fraud Control Division have obtained an indictment for a Clinton woman accused of abusing a vulnerable adult in her care. In September 2024, after receiving a referral from Adult Protective Services, TBI agents began investigating allegations of abuse involving a patient…… MORE
Knox County, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway following “an apparent murder-suicide” late Sunday night at a West Knox County apartment complex. Officials with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office say deputies were called to the scene around 11:00 p.m. Sunday at the Hinton Hollow Apartments. According to KCSO, initial findings indicate this is a domestic-related…… MORE
Gatlinburg, TN (WOKI) Hiking to LeConte Lodge via Alum Cave Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will look a little different as Park Service crews continue to clean up some storm damage. According to LeConte Lodge representatives via a social media post, the higher peaks in the Smokies saw up to 100 mph…… MORE
An investigation is underway in North Knox County after a man is found dead. Deputies with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a possible break-in and shots fired in the 6900 block of Saint Croix near Dante Road yesterday (Sunday) morning. Deputies found a man dead at the scene. Preliminary findings indicate…… MORE
Friday evening at approximately 10:34 pm, Knox County Communications District received a call that their neighbor’s house was on fire at 3116 Rector Street. Upon arrival, the first due engine company saw heavy smoke with fire coming from the basement. The crew was able to enter the house and start firefighting operations. After a thorough…… MORE
Friday evening at approximately 10:34 pm, Knox County Communications District received a call that their neighbor’s house was on fire at 3116 Rector Street. Upon arrival, the first due engine company saw heavy smoke with fire coming from the basement. The crew was able to enter the house and start firefighting operations. After a thorough…… MORE
Newport, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has canceled the Endangered Child Alert issued earlier on Friday afternoon for a mother and her three children missing out of Cocke County. TBI officials say Trevor, Emma, and Adelin Holt together with their mother, 46-year-old Melissa Holt, have been located and are safe. Officials were…… MORE
Morristown, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 3/7: The woman at the center of a TBI Silver Alert issued early Friday morning out of Morristown has been found dead. Officials with the Morristown Police Department reporting 83-year-old Daisy Friddle was found Friday afternoon deceased a short distance from her residence on Buffalo Trail. MPD says it is believed…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Late Thursday night, Dolly Parton released a song dedicated to her late husband, Carl Dean. Dean died in Nashville on Monday. He was 82. “Carl and I fell in love when I was 18 and he was 23, and like all great love stories, they never end,” Parton said. “They…… MORE
Jefferson County, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 3/7: The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office releasing more information concerning a fire and explosion Thursday at Lake Cove Resort. Jefferson County EMA officials say a man was injured in the fire which occurred in an RV; he was treated at the scene and airlifted to the University of Tennessee Medical…… MORE
