Updated story: Knoxville Police have identified the suspect and victim in a fatal shooting at Arbor Place Apartments and are asking for help to locate that suspect. Homicide Unit detectives have obtained warrants charging Jesse Bailey Jr., 28 of Knoxville, Tenn., with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder and employing a firearm during…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A convicted felon and alleged gang member is sentenced Friday in a 2021 Knoxville traffic stop. Donald D. Kirkland, 42, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted violent felon and reckless endangerment. According to the Knoxville District Attorney’s office, Kirkland was charged following…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police take two convicted felons into custody after confiscating five guns. KPD responded to north Knoxville after getting a report of shots being fired on Forestdale Avenue early Friday morning. Officers say the driver of a car told them that two people in his vehicle, identified as 21-year-old Alexander Foye and…… MORE
An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) squad, the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, and the McMinnville Police Department has resulted in the arrest of a man charged with the sexual exploitation of a minor. ICAC agents received a cybertip via the National Center for Missing and…… MORE
The National Park Service (NPS) is investigating an online scam selling fraudulent parking tags to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Someone posing as the National Park Service is directing individuals and organizations to a website titled “Smokies Park Pass.” This website looks like it belongs to our park partner, Great Smoky Mountains Association (GSMA), but it…… MORE
Jellico, TN (WOKI) Utilities customers in the Jellico area will be without power for a time overnight Saturday, December 2. Officials with Jellico Utilities say the Tennessee Valley Authority has scheduled a planned outage from 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 2 to 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 3. They say the outage will impact all…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A former Knoxville pet sitter has pleaded guilty to two charges of aggravated cruelty to animals. That plea coming nearly nine months after 38 pets were removed from the home of 23 year-old Haylee Morris. Court documents indicate Morris pleaded guilty to the two animal cruelty charges as well as a violation…… MORE
Tennessee is seeing an uptick in flu cases. It is that time of year and the CDC ranks our flu activities moderate right now. The State Health department says flu cases are highest in East Tennessee and have been trending upwards for the last two weeks.… MORE
A woman whose remains were found in 1987 in Roane County has been identified as a result of a partnership between the Roane County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Unidentified Human Remains DNA Initiative. On August 29, 1987, a body was discovered by a passer-by beside a garbage dumpster in the 2600…… MORE
Knoxville’s annual WIVK Christmas parade is returning for its 50th year tomorrow (Friday). Over 120 parade displays will proceed along Gay Street including marching bands, church and community groups, small businesses and more. The event is scheduled, rain or shine, for 7 p.m. It will also follow Knoxville’s new parade route, which has groups staging…… MORE
