Rocky Top, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 1/23/24 3:30 p.m.: One person is found dead and an investigation continues following an early morning apartment building fire in Rocky Top. Multiple crews were called to the 300 block of Main Street just before 4:00 a.m. Tuesday for a major fire. Officials on scene say the building housed five…… MORE
Courtesy / UT Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee men’s basketball team moved to fifth in the nation in each major poll this week. Tennessee (14-4, 4-1) ascended one spot in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll and two positions in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll, as announced Monday afternoon. This is the 50th…… MORE
Courtesy / UT Sports KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – For the third time this season, including the second in a row, Dalton Knecht of the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team is the SEC Player of the Week, as announced Monday afternoon by the league office. Knecht also garnered Naismith Trophy Player of the Week plaudits, as revealed Monday afternoon…… MORE
Nashville, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation encourages residents to identify and address radon problems in their homes by providing free radon test kits through the Tennessee Radon Program. Governor Bill Lee has proclaimed January as “Radon Action Month.” Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that is released during the natural…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville pastor out for his morning jog Monday finds a man lying dead outside of Edgewood Chapel AME Zion Church. Knoxville Police Department officials say the pastor came across the deceased man around 7:30 a.m. outside of the church located at 2440 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. Officers dispatched to the…… MORE
Knoxville Police arrest a teen for carjacking. Officers called to the 1400 block of Beaumont Avenue after a woman reported her car was taken at gunpoint yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. Officers spotted the car which eventually crashed at Texas Avenue and Sherman Street and the man, identified as 18 year-old Shaun Sullivan, ran from the car…… MORE
Updated Information: The victim from the fatal crash that happened on Rutledge Pike on Sunday morning has been identified as Michael Eastridge, 52 of Knoxville, Tennessee. The victim was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. Crash reconstruction investigators also believe that the poor condition of the vehicle’s tires was a contributing…… MORE
Courtesy / UT Athletics Game Recap: Women’s Basketball | January 21, 2024 | Kimberly Hood KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee won for the eighth time in its last nine games and improved to 5-1 in SEC play on Sunday afternoon, defeating in-state rival Vanderbilt in front of a season-best crowd of 9,088 in Food City Center, 73-64. The win…… MORE
Courtesy / UT Athletics Game Recap: Men’s Basketball | January 20, 2024 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – In a matchup of two teams in the top seven of the KenPom national rankings, the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team turned in an impressive 91-71 victory Saturday afternoon over Alabama. Fifth-year guard Dalton Knecht dropped 25 points, becoming the first SEC player…… MORE
Newport, TN (WOKI) Newport police arrest a murder suspect Thursday, January 18 after finding the body of a missing woman along a highway in Cosby. Murder suspect Jerrod Martin was arrested Thursday in connection to the disappearance and murder of Michelle Johnson of Newport who was reported missing on January 9. Newport Police Department officials…… MORE
