(MARYVILLE, Tenn.) The McNabb Center will celebrate the groundbreaking of its Blount County Transition Campus on Friday, February 21, 2025, at 2 p.m. This residential complex will be the first of its kind in the state allowing clients with co-occurring disorders to receive a full range of re-entry services. The Blount County Transition Campus will…… MORE
A man wanted on rape of a child charges out of Alcoa is arrested in Kentucky. U.S. Marshals and investigators checked multiple residences throughout Knoxville, Blount County and Loudon County to find Horacio Mejia-Villegas. He was charged with rape of a child and aggravated sexual battery out of Alcoa. Detectives found he was taken to…… MORE
Blount County, TN (WOKI) A former magistrate with Blount County Juvenile Court has been indicted for tampering with her son’s child pornography case. Diane Lashmit was charged by a grand jury for tampering with proceedings and accessory after the fact. She was a Blount County Juvenile Court Magistrate from 2013 to January 2024 but had…… MORE
The man accused of killing a Blount County deputy and injuring another has filed a lawsuit against the county, the sheriff and deputies for excessive use of force. Kenneth DeHart filed the lawsuit on Friday, one day before the one year anniversary of the deadly shooting when police say he shot and killed Deputy Greg…… MORE
By Kelly Ann Krueger Published: Dec. 19, 2024 at 9:43 PM EST| KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – One person died after a crash on Chapman Highway Monday, according to a Tennessee Highway Patrol crash report obtained by WVLT News. Benjamin Jones was driving a 2013 GMC Sierra north on U.S. 411 when he crossed into the opposite lane.…… MORE
Maryville, TN (WOKI) Kenneth DeHart Jr., the man accused of shooting two Blount County Sheriff’s Office deputies in February, injuring one and killing the other, could face the death penalty. He appeared in a Blount County courtroom Friday for a formal arraignment. The state has filed two notices, one seeking the death penalty. DeHart entered…… MORE
A homeless man is charged with a fire at a Blount County RV Park. Officials with the Blount County Sheriff’s Office filed charges against 62-year-old Mark Bush for started Thursday night’s fire at the Whispering River Campground in Walland. He is charged with felony vandalism and felony arson in connection to the campground fire in…… MORE
UPDATE: The cause of the fire which destroyed Trailhead Steak and Trout House in Townsend is determined. Investigators determined the fire was caused by electrical arcing within the upstairs exterior wall. Fire crews called to E. Lamar Alexander Parkway Friday morning and found the building fully engulfed in flames. A firefighter was injured but treatment…… MORE
