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Today is the Last Day to Give Blood to Medic to Participate in Orange and Blue Blood Drive Against Kentucky Blood Center, Medic Trailing
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Today is the Last Day to Give Blood to Medic to Participate in Orange and Blue Blood Drive Against Kentucky Blood Center, Medic Trailing

MEDIC Regional Blood Center is still behind in the 37th Orange and Blue Blood Drive against Kentucky Blood Center. Tennessee is trailing Kentucky by 263 units after the forth day of the competition which runs through today (Friday). A big change for this year, the event is appointment only. Please go to medic blood dot…MORE

Veteran-Focused Housing Complex Opens in Knoxville

Veteran-Focused Housing Complex Opens in Knoxville

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Thursday marked the grand opening of Liberty Place, a veteran-focused housing development in Knoxville. Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC) headed up the project, which aims to give veterans an affordable place to live with support from the Department of Veterans Affairs. “Liberty Place provides safe and essential housing for veterans who need…MORE

KPD Says Pedestrian Fatality in Merchant Drive Area was Not a Hit and Run
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KPD Says Pedestrian Fatality in Merchant Drive Area was Not a Hit and Run

UPDATE (11/21/24): KPD crash reconstruction investigators have determined that the man who was found deceased on a sidewalk in the area of Merchant Drive and Central Avenue Pike late Tuesday night was not struck by a vehicle. Following a review of surveillance video from a nearby business, investigators verified that the victim was not struck by…MORE

Newport City Hall Reopens as Flood Cleanup Continues

Newport City Hall Reopens as Flood Cleanup Continues

Newport, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Nearly two months after historic flooding ripped through Newport, City Hall will soon be back serving the public. After clearing out the mud, water and even animals, staff are officially moving back into the building with the goal to have everything back in working order by Thanksgiving. City Hall operations…MORE

One Dead in Early Morning I-40 Crash, Knoxville Police Say

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police are investigating a fatal crash that happened early Wednesday morning on I-40 East. Officers say a Toyota Corolla was stopped in the far right lane on I-40 East, for an unknown reason, near Midway Road when a box truck hit the rear of the stopped car. The man driving and…MORE

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