Overton County, TN (WOKI) A man has been arrested and charged one week after a body was found in a burning refrigerator on the side of a Tennessee road. Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation say 49-year-old Edward Randolph was arrested Wednesday in connection to the death of his girlfriend 48-year-old Hope Parrott. The…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knox County Property Assessor Phil Ballard is indicted Wednesday on criminal charges by a Knox County grand jury. According to court records, Ballard was indicted on one count of official misconduct; he is accused of abusing the use of a county vehicle while also drawing a travel allowance. The 71-year-old Ballard was…… MORE
Tennessee (WOKI and WVLT) – Tennessee Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn announces her run for Governor of Tennessee this (Wednesday) morning on social media. Blackburn said “In his first six months, President Trump has made historic strides in Making America Great Again, but as he sends power back to the states, he’s going to need strong…… MORE
JACKSON, Tenn. (story courtesy of WSMV by WVLT) – The Jackson Police Department’s search for the man suspected of killing four people and abandoning a baby in Dyer County last week has ended. After a “shelter in place” was ordered for residents along Bridlepath Drive and Saddlebrook Drive on Tuesday morning, Jackson PD announced that 28-year-old Austin…… MORE
The suspect of the quadruple homicide, Austin Drummond is caught on camera. Officials with the Jackson Police Department say he was caught on a citizen’s camera system in the 700 block of Pipkin Road on Sunday night. JPD says Drummond is considered armed and dangerous and urging area residents to use extra caution coming and…… MORE
Madison County, TN (WOKI) TBI UPDATE 8/4/25: The search for the man wanted in connection to the quadruple murder in West Tennessee continues, and now a third person is charged in connection to the case. TBI agents Monday morning arrested 23-year-old Dearrah Sanders of Jackson after investigators determined she assisted Austin Drummond following the murders…… MORE
Oliver Springs, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: A man is facing several charges after police in Oliver Springs, with the assistance of the Knoxville Police Department Bomb Squad, confirm the presence of homemade explosives in his vehicle. Officials with the Oliver Springs Police Department say that just after midnight Friday, officers were called to investigate a suspicious…… MORE
Tiptonville, TN (WOKI) A manhunt is now underway for a suspected quadruple murderer wanted out of Lake County in Northwest Tennessee. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has obtained warrants for 28-year-old Austin Robert Drummond charging him with four counts of First Degree Murder and one count of Aggravated Kidnapping among other charges. The warrants come…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, TN (Story courtesy of WVLT) – Two people have been charged after a child told authorities he would allegedly get locked in a dog kennel for misbehaving and get hit with a metal pole. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office said 911 received a report Tuesday morning about two small children standing in the wood…… MORE
A 17-year-old male has been arrested and charged in connection to a Minnesota Avenue shooting that injured two on Tuesday night. At just before 9 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, Knoxville Police Department officers responded to an apartment at 1944 Minnesota Avenue in the Lonsdale Homes community. Once inside the apartment, officers located two…… MORE
