Maryville, TN (WOKI) Authorities in Blount County continue getting the word out about a telephone scam plaguing the area.
Sheriff’s deputies are warning, once again, that a scammer is leaving voicemails posing as Lt. James Perry from the Civil Service Division. If you get this call, it IS a scam.
The Blount County Sheriff’s Office says they do not have a James Perry working for them, and they do not have a Civil Service Division. They advise, if you get this call . . . HANG UP!
Rockwood, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway in Roane County after a 15-year-old is fatally wounded Tuesday in what police suspect may have been an accidental shooting.
Officials with the Roane County Sheriff’s Office say the shooting happened around 1:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 2 at a home in Rockwood. They say the victim may have shot himself accidentally.
RCSO has yet to release the full circumstances surrounding the shooting or the identities of anyone involved.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – As the 2024 baseball season approaches, a running list of Tennessee players that have earned preseason All-America honors can be found below.
This article will be updated periodically as the remainder of the 2024 preseason All-America teams are released over the coming weeks.
INF Christian Moore – Third Team (2B) 2023 Stats: 63 GP, 61 GS, .304/.444/.603, 66 R, 65 H, 13 2B, 17 HR, 50 RBI, 129 TB, 50 BB, 7 HBP, 67 K, 16-18 SB
The Vols open their 2024 season in Arlington, Texas at the Shriners Children’s College Baseball Showdown presented by Kubota.
The tournament will be held on Feb. 16-18 at Globe Life Field, home of Major League Baseball’s Texas Rangers. UT will square off against Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Baylor. Tickets for the event can be purchased HERE.
Knoxville Fire Department crews respond to a fire at a home on Jefferson Avenue in East Knoxville Thursday (Courtesy: KFD)
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Fire Department is crediting a passerby who warned strangers that their house was on fire Thursday, possibly saving their lives.
Mark Wilbanks with KFD says that crews responded to the home on Jefferson Avenue Thursday afternoon. Once there, crews learned that someone walking by had seen that the attic was on fire and warned the people inside. That Good Samaritan then left the scene.
The home’s smoke detectors didn’t go off, Wilbanks said, because of how high the fire was in the house.
No one was injured, but the house was heavily damaged in the attic and porch areas. Another home saw minor damage because of the heat of the flames.
Jeffrey Scott Cicirelli was arrested and charged with arson, reckless endangerment, burglary and vandalism. (Courtesy: MPD)
Morristown, TN (WOKI)
Investigators in Hamblen County say the man charged with setting fire to a downtown building, also planned to start more fires.
According to a warrant, police found Jeffery Scott Cicirelli at a Morristown hotel where he admitted to setting the fire in the Parks-Belk building earlier this week and also said he planned to set more buildings on fire.
The building, burned, was valued at more than a quarter of a million dollars and was part of a plan to renovate much of downtown Morristown.
Stephaine Harvey, 26 is located and is safe, says TBI (Courtesy: TBI)
Sevierville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Silver Alert for a missing Sevier County woman has been canceled.
TBI had issued the alert Friday morning for 26-year-old Stephaine Harvey. TBI officials report Harvey has been located and is safe.
Harvey had last been seen Thursday night, on foot, in the area of Lloyd Huskey Road in Pigeon Forge.
ORIGINAL STORY: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert for a missing Sevier County woman.
Police are asking for help finding 26-year-old Stephaine Harvey who has a medical condition that may impair her ability to return safely without assistance.
Police are asking for help finding 26-year-old Stephaine Harvey. (Courtesy: TBI)
Harvey was last seen Thursday night, on foot, in the area of Lloyd Huskey Road in Pigeon Forge; she was wearing a black and white plaid jacket and dark jeans.
Harvey is described as 5′8″, 130 pounds, w/ brown hair and brown eyes.
If you have any information about Stephaine, call the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office at 865-453-4668 or 1-800-TBI-FIND.
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The University of Tennessee Medical Center is implementing visitor restrictions due to an increase in flu and COVID activity.
UTMC announced this week that anyone under the age of 12 and anyone exhibiting signs of illness are restricted from visiting patients at this time. Signs of illness include cough, congestion, and stomach upset. This restriction does not include those seeking care.
Data released by the CDC late last month placed Tennessee among the states with “very high” levels of respiratory illness, to include influenza, COVID-19 and RSV.
