Game Recap: Women’s Basketball | December 14, 2024 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — No. 19/18 Tennessee broke the NCAA single-game record for three-pointers made in game, draining 30 from beyond the arc, and also snapped school and SEC marks for most points in a 139-59 victory over North Carolina Central on Saturday at Food City Center. The Lady Vols…… MORE
Newport, TN (WOKI) The victim in an ongoing homicide investigation out of Cocke County has been identified. Officials with the Cocke County Sheriff’s Office say 52-year-old Lisa Goode was found stabbed to death around 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 7 in a bedroom inside a home located in the 1400 block of Arlis Road in…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A pair of Tennessee football offensive standouts earned All-America status from multiple outlets this week as organizations began rolling out their postseason honors for the 2024 season. Senior center Cooper Mays and junior running back Dylan Sampson were both tabbed Second Team All-America by The Athletic, while Mays earned second team recognition from the American Football Coaches…… MORE
Maryville, TN (WOKI) Kenneth DeHart Jr., the man accused of shooting two Blount County Sheriff’s Office deputies in February, injuring one and killing the other, could face the death penalty. He appeared in a Blount County courtroom Friday for a formal arraignment. The state has filed two notices, one seeking the death penalty. DeHart entered…… MORE
A Knox County School is placed on lockdown this morning (Friday). Officials say that L&N Stem Academy was placed on lockdown due to a law-enforcement investigation near the campus. The school was locked down just after 9:30 a.m. and Scott Erland with the Knoxville Police Department says officers are investigating a possible threat that was…… MORE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Tennessee football garnered four honorees on the 2024 Freshman All-SEC Team as the league office concluded its awards rollout Thursday. Tennessee’s four recipients are the program’s most since having four players recognized in 2011. Tight end Ethan Davis, defensive lineman Jordan Ross, linebacker Jalen Smith and defensive back Boo Carter are UT’s representatives on the team, with Carter being…… MORE
For the first time since July, American Medical Response is facing fines for not responding to Knox County emergencies on time. The fines came in October, and AMR is citing large events, like the dynamite found at CMC Steel – a recycling facility, for the late response times. AMR says they were on the scene…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Meals on Wheels is asking for help this holiday season brightening up seniors’ mornings with gift bags. The organization has a program that allows people in East Tennessee to put together gift bags for seniors who will be spending the holidays at home, away from family. Those interested are asked to put…… MORE
Clairfield, TN (WOKI) Officials say there are multiple suspects in a double murder in Claiborne County. More than six months after two men, Nathan Hamblin and Robert Hatfield, were found murdered at the abandoned Kopper Glo Coal Mine, investigators believe the suspects knew the men, but they’re having a hard time finding them and believe…… MORE
Nashville, TN (WOKI) Update 12/12: Country music star Morgan Wallen appeared in a Nashville courtroom Thursday pleading guilty in his now infamous chair-throwing case. Wallen pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor reckless endangerment charges, reduced Wednesday from felony reckless endangerment. A Nashville judge approved a plea deal wherein the award-winning singer will serve seven days of…… MORE
