Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Officials with the Knoxville Police Department are confirming the discovery of a dead woman outside of an apartment complex near Old City. Officials say police along with the Knoxville Fire Department and the Medical Examiner’s Office responded around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 17 to the complex at 246 Hall of Fame Drive.…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Area Transit (KAT) announces it is suspending operations for the rest of the day Friday due to dangerous road conditions. KAT representatives say safety is their number one priority, and the roads are too icy to operate city buses safely. KAT says it plans to operate severe snow routes tomorrow Saturday,…… MORE
Updated Story: The weather related deaths from the snow and ice that hit our area a week ago has risen. The state says the death is now at 27, four of those in Knox County, two in Roane County, one in Anderson County and two in Washington County. The state says weather related deaths include…… MORE
Knoxville Police say one of the two people accused of carjacking a USPS truck has been arrested. 18 year-old Kemian Strawder was arrested at the Hardee’s on Clinton Highway yesterday (Thursday), Officers found him with a loaded handgun. He is wanted in connection to the December 6th carjacking on Dandridge Avenue of the USPS worker…… MORE
Courtesy / UT Athletics Game Recap: Women’s Basketball | January 18, 2024 | Kimberly Hood STARKVILLE, Miss. – The Lady Vols got back in the win column in a big way on Thursday evening, overcoming a 13-point second-quarter deficit to take a 75-64 victory over Mississippi State in Humphrey Coliseum. Tennessee (11-6, 4-1 SEC) was led by fifth-year…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Vestal United Methodist Church warming center in Knoxville has reached capacity. City of Knoxville officials making that announcement Thursday afternoon, adding that guests were being moved to the South Knoxville Community Center. The city is asking that people needing a warm place to stay make their way to the community center…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) If your trash has been piling up over the last week, there is some good news. Knox County officials say that Waste Connections, the county’s contracted trash hauler, will be picking up extra trash after roads become less dangerous, even if that trash doesn’t fit in your trash can. They say all…… MORE
An investigation is underway in Anderson County after a person is killed in a house fire. It happened last night (Wednesday) on Cove Lane when the Marlow Volunteer Fire Department responded to the home. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are looking into the cause of the fire.… MORE
You will have to wait a little longer if you are planning to attend the Knox County driver’s license reinstatement event this weekend. The Knox County Criminal Court Office says they’re postponing their license reinstatement resource fair scheduled for Saturday due to weather. They are pushing it into February, with the date to be determined.…… MORE
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (Thursday, January 18, 2024) —With lingering snow and the potential for additional winter weather, Dollywood Parks & Resorts’ first hiring event of 2024, scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 20 at Sevier County High School, has been postponed. The event will be rescheduled and details will be announced once final. The next hiring event…… MORE
