Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Gibbs Middle School student is taken into custody Friday afternoon after threats of mass violence. Knox County Sheriff’s Office officials confirming that thesuspect is an 11-year-old sixth-grade student at Gibbs Middle. As the suspect is a minor, no additional information is currently available. Officials say this latest incident is unrelated to…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issues an “Endangered Child Alert” Friday afternoon for a teen out of Knoxville who may be armed with a weapon. TBI officials say 16-year-old Donovan Smith has a known medical condition and is believed to be without his medication. They say Smith was last seen wearing a…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A 25-year-old Knoxville man is in custody and facing multiple charges following a domestic dispute early Thursday morning. KPD officials say Steffon Green was arrested Friday afternoon, January 26 after being found at the Big Oak Apartments on Middlebrook Pike. Police were searching for Green after he reportedly ran over a woman…… MORE
Rocky Top, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has identified the victim in Tuesday’s deadly apartment fire in Rocky Top. TBI officials say 69-year-old Danny Cecil Parks died in the fire which broke out early Tuesday morning on Main Street. That fire also leaving several people without a home. The investigation remains ongoing into the…… MORE
Maryville, TN (WOKI) Investigators with the Blount County Sheriff’s Office are asking for help in locating a missing Maryville man. They are hoping to locate 33 year-old Arden James Geist of Maryville who was last seen on January 7 around 3:00 p.m. leaving the Food City on East Broadway on foot. BCSO officials say Geist…… MORE
Crossville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 1/26/24: A Virginia teen is arrested Friday in connection to a bomb threat made against Cumberland County Schools Thursday night on social media. Officials with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office say the 16-year-old boy had previous ties to one of the schools. He was arrested Friday in Herndon, Virginia and now…… MORE
The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office says Christopher Finchum was arrested following a drug investigation after a brief car pursuit in the Edwina Area yesterday (Thursday). A Newport man is arrested after a short police chase. Finchum is charged with multiple drug charges and evading arrest among other charges. The investigation is ongoing.… MORE
The Dandridge Police Department is searching for an ‘armed and dangerous’ man. Jimmy Greene is wanted for aggravated domestic assault in connection to an incident on Milldale Road yesterday (Thursday) afternoon. We have his photo on our website newstalk987.com. If you see him, police say you should call 911 and do not approach him.… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Two people are arrested Tuesday in connection with an apartment fire in North Knoxville earlier this month. Knoxville Fire Department officials say the fire occurred on January 11 on Mystic River Way at the Holston Ridge Apartments complex. Fire investigators determined the fire was intentionally set and arrested 48 year-old Wendy Ann…… MORE
UPDATED Story: Three juveniles have been arrested after reportedly calling in an active shooter at Halls Middle School. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office Juvenile Detectives Unit arrested two boys and a girl from Gibbs Middle School for placing a false active shooter call to 911 yesterday. The eighth graders have all been charged with Making…… MORE
