Updated story: KPD NEWS RELEASE: Suspect Captured from Deadly Middlebrook Shooting (February 5, 2024) The suspect from a deadly shooting that happened on Monday morning in West Knoxville was taken into custody after Knoxville Police Department officers quickly responded to the area. At around 5:45 a.m. on Monday, February 5, 2024, KPD officers were dispatched…… MORE
Updated Story: KPD NEWS RELEASE: KPD Investigating Armed Carjacking Near UT Campus The Knoxville Police Department is investigating an armed carjacking that happened early Monday morning and was the subject of a UT campus alert. At around 3:20 a.m. on Monday, February 5, 2024, KPD officers were dispatched to the area of 14th Street and Laurel…… MORE
An Amber Alert remains active for now 8 year-old Summer Wells out of Hawkins County. Then five year-old Summer Wells went missing on June 15, 2021 from her home in rural Hawkins County and her disappearance gained national attention. Yesterday was her eighth birthday, and she has now been missing for almost three years and…… MORE
An investigation is underway following a serious car crash which shut down a busy North Knoxville and critically injured four people. Rural Metro Fire says the crash happened on E. Emory Road near Bell Road yesterday (Sunday) afternoon when two cars hit “almost directly head on. All four people were taken to the University of…… MORE
UPDATE: The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says 57-year-old Paul Blythe has been found safe. He was last seen at the Speedway gas station in Dandridge and suffers from PTSD, depression, Bipolar disorder, and Schizophrenia. Original Story: The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help to find a missing Dandridge man. 57-year-old Paul Blythe…… MORE
Courtesy / UT Athletics Game Recap: Women’s Basketball | February 04, 2024 | Kimberly Hood KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Lady Vols won their sixth straight game at home on Sunday, taking an 80-69 wire-to-wire victory over Missouri in front of a season-high crowd of 9,190 in Food City Center. Senior Jewel Spear surpassed the 20-point mark for the third consecutive…… MORE
Courtesy / UT Athletics OKLAHOMA CITY – For the third consecutive year, USA Softball has named a pair of Lady Vols to its Top 50 “Watch List” for the Collegiate National Player of the Year award. Junior McKenna Gibson appears on the watch list for the first time in 2024, while graduate Kiki Milloy made the cut for the third…… MORE
Courtesy / UT Athletics Game Recap: Men’s Basketball | February 03, 2024 LEXINGTON, Ky. – For the second time in program history, the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team won on the road in a matchup of AP top-10 teams, as it earned a 103-92 victory Saturday night over No. 10/8 Kentucky. Behind a co-career-best 26-point, career-high…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A man is sentenced Friday to 31 years in prison for multiple child sex crimes. Officials with District Attorney Charme Allen’s office say 40-year-old Carl Richard Chesney was convicted of rape of a child, sexual activity involving a minor and two counts of sexual battery and rape. During the trial, attorneys said…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) McGhee Tyson Airport will be closing a portion of its long-term parking lot to begin a parking garage expansion project. Airport officials making that announcement Friday, February 2. The new airport garage will be six stories and add 3,500 parking spots adjacent to the airport terminal building. McGhee Tyson will still offer…… MORE
