Jefferson County, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed on I-40 in Jefferson County early Sunday morning. According to a THP preliminary report, a tractor-trailer was traveling eastbound on I-40 near mile marker 412 just before 1:00 a.m. when 45-year-old Tony Lee Ford, of Virginia, crossed the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to one count of enticement of a child. Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice say 29-year-old Dominique J. Starr was sentenced to 15 years in prison for soliciting nude photos and sex in 2022 from an undercover FBI agent who he thought…… MORE
Sevierville, TN (WOKI) A Sevierville man was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to child sex crime charges. Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice say 47-year-old Ronnie Joe Maples was sentenced to 151 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography. Federal investigators say Maples and another individual were…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man and business have plead guilty to polluting the Holston River back in 2018. Christopher Domermuth and Domermuth Environmental Services both plead guilty Tuesday to violating the Clean Water Act. Domermuth operated DES which processes petroleum-contaminated soil and water in Knoxville. “On July 26, 2018, DES workers rolled over a…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A man has been charged with multiple felonies after an early-morning crime spree. Officials with the Knoxville Police Department say 21-year-old Isaiah Shuman was arrested following an incident which began around 2:15 Friday morning at the Half Barrel bar on Cumberland Avenue. Police say Shuman fled the area with a woman in…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued an Endangered Child Alert for three Knoxville children. Special Crimes Detectives with the Knoxville Police Department and TBI are working to find 12-year-old Aki-Bakari Warren, 8-year-old Amena Hood and 5-year-old Amirr Warren. TBI says all three children are believed to be with their non-custodial father,…… MORE
Mascot, TN (WOKI) State employment leaders are stepping-in to help more than 200 people find a job after an East Tennessee company announced it’s closing its doors. EXEDY America told the state it’s laying off 223 workers, all of them at their location in Mascot, and shutting down by spring. The company’s website indicates at…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Tennessee Athletics just got an official beer of the Vols, and now it also has an official moonshine! Ole Smoky Distillery made the announcement Wednesday. Owners say the “partnership perfectly combines [their] mutual commitment to promoting local culture and values with the passion and dynamic energy of college sports.” The deal is…… MORE
Farragut, Tn (WOKI) The Knox County District Attorney’s office and the sheriff’s department are still considering charges in a hit and run case. According to reports, a 16 year old student was sitting at a Farragut bus stop on Thornton Drive with her legs in the road; a driver turning onto the road, struck the…… MORE
Clinton, TN (WOKI) An Oak Ridge man, found guilty of several counts in a grisly Anderson County rape and murder case, will now join 44 other men on Tennessee’s death row. Sean Finnegan now faces the death penalty after being convicted of 11 of 13 counts Monday including first-degree murder, rape and abuse of a…… MORE
