Category Archives: Local News Reel 1

Morristown, TN (WOKI) A Morristown West High School teacher is accused of making unlawful sexual contact with a teenager.According to Hamblen County Court documents, teacher Dennis G. Cupp is accused ...

A lawsuit has been filed against Kiddie Korner day care in Clinton by parents who say their child was injured while at the daycare.The parents were told their child had a "minor" incident at Kiddie Ko...

Another hoax call at a University, this time close to home.Yesterday (Mon) afternoon, Knoxville Police received a phone call of a person with a weapon at Hodges Library on the University of Tennessee ...

KNOXVILLE, TN (Story courtesy of WVLT) – The City of Knoxville is set to begin the next phase of construction on Pleasant Ridge Road. People from the area were invited to see the city's plans fo...

A search for a missing boater on Melton Hill continues today (Friday).Multiple agencies are on scene at Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge searching for a boater who they say went missing yesterday (Thursd...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A man is accused of breaking into apartments on UT’s campus.Knoxville police say the incidents occurred around 1:00 a.m. Thursday morning on Lake Avenue.Police say 25-year-o...

An injured hiker is rescued from a remote area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.A flight crew with the Tennessee National Guard's 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion responded to Snake Den ...

A fixture in many homes for several years delivering the news as presumably the most trusted journalist in Knoxville, WBIR anchor emeritus Bill Williams has died.He died at his home in Knoxville yeste...

The Principal at Friendsville Elementary School in Blount County has been suspended.The Blount County Sheriff's Office opened an investigation into Stan Painter on Friday based on allegations regardin...

White Pine, TN (WOKI) An arrest has been made nearly one year following a deadly road rage shooting in White Pine.Police say in September of last year they responded to a shooting incident on Roy Mess...