Morristown, TN (WOKI) – Members of the Morristown Police Department (MPD) Criminal Apprehension Unit along with MPD Special Response Team, and officers did locate and arrest 38-year-old Roy Ray Herron following a standoff at an apartment complex in west Morristown on April 17, 2025. Herron was wanted for Contempt of Court in Hamblen County with…… MORE
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (Courtesy of WVLT) – Officials with Sevier County Fire and Rescue said one person has died in a house fire in Sevier County. Fire crews were called to the home in the 600 block of Pee Dee Drive just after 3:00 p.m. Thursday. Sevier County 911 said they received a call reporting a…… MORE
Authorities say the man involved in a crash that injured a student waiting for a bus in Sevier County is charged with passing a stopped school bus and reckless endangerment. They say John Callaway tried to overtake a bus on East Union Valley Road Friday and when he went around the bus, he hit a…… MORE
Sevierville, TN (WOKI) A former Sevier County golf coach who worked at Northview Academy in Kodak pleaded guilty to multiple counts of statutory rape. Jennifer Paige Blanchard was arrested in November 2023 on the charges, which stemmed from her time working at the school. Police said at the time of Blanchard’s arrest that the victim,…… MORE
Gatlinburg, TN (WOKI) A South Carolina man is convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend at a Gatlinburg rental cabin in May, 2022. According to Sevier County court records, a jury found Julian Popoca, of Wellford, South Carolina, guilty of first-degree murder on Wednesday; he was sentenced to life in prison…… MORE
UPDATE: (Sevier County, TN- WOKI) Sevier County sees multiple wildfires this week and fortunately all 4 fires are 100% contained, the latest breaking out last night in Townsend. Crews called to Province Drive last night and officials say that fire was about 8 acres. Wednesday, three fires broke out in Sevier County: one at Walden’s…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert out of Sevier County for 55-year-old Autumn Hackney. TBI officials say Hackney was last seen on Monday in the area of Villa Court in Dandridge. They say she has a medical condition that may impair her ability to return home safely without…… MORE
Local emergency officials Sevier County are decreasing the amount of areas under evacuation orders due to flood waters from the French Broad, Pigeon and Nolichucky Rivers along with Douglas Lake. In the latest update from Sevier County, emergency management officials have coordinated with TVA officials and advised the current release of water will remain the…… MORE
