Knoxville, TN (WOKI) One person is facing charges following the discovery by investigators Monday of more than two-and-a-half pounds of meth at a North Knoxville home. Officials with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office say the meth, an unspecified amount of marijuana and other items consistent with the manufacturing and distribution of illegal narcotics were seized…… MORE
A Knoxville man is arrested after he allegedly fired a gun during a confrontation with an Amazon delivery driver. According to court records, an Amazon delivery driver was at a home in the 7800 block of Norris Freeway to deliver a package early Saturday morning when a man, identified as 56-year-old Michael Ensor, went outside…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man gets a life sentence Monday for a 2023 double murder. The sentencing — life in prison without parole — came after Jair Romario Martin pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated kidnapping and one count each of criminal impersonation and evading arrest in the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville police identify the motorcycle driver killed Thursday, June 12 following a head-on collision in West Knoxville. KPD says the crash happened on N. Gallaher View Road between Broome Road and Walker Springs Road. They report a truck was turning left out of an apartment complex when a motorcycle, driven by 39-year-old…… MORE
UPDATE: Knoxville, TN (KPD/ WOKI) Knoxville Police have identified the victim of the crash into Shannondale Assisted Living Facility as 96 year-old Walter Humphrey. KPD says charges will be filed against 24 year-old Eleasah Williams who they say was driving the minivan that crashed into Mr. Humphrey’s room at the facility on Saturday. Williams was…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 6/13 6:00 a.m.: A portion of Airport Loop Road at McGhee Tyson Airport has reopened Friday morning following the discovery of a sinkhole Thursday night. Airport officials say the roadway is the main road circling the airport terminal building and garage; travelers and visitors to McGhee Tyson were rerouted for a…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department has tracked down Dulcie’s Cafe’s trailer, a food truck that was reported stolen out of Knoxville earlier this week. The business took to social media to ask for help after security cameras caught a person in a Home Depot truck rental pull up to the trailer at 701…… MORE
A multi-county police chase ends with three people arrested. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office says deputies tried to pull over a car on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard last night (Wednesday), but it didn’t stop and sped onto I-40 East leading deputies on a chase from Knox County, through Sevier County and into Jefferson County.…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (KPD/WOKI) On Monday morning, the Knoxville Police Department received a report that a uniformed KPD officer had shoplifted from a convenience store on Kingston Pike. Upon receipt of that report, an on-duty West District Lieutenant immediately responded to the scene to conduct a preliminary investigation. The preliminary investigation, including a review of…… MORE
Murfreesboro, TN (WOKI) Three people are hospitalized Tuesday following a plane crash near the Middle Tennessee State University campus in Murfreesboro. Officials with the Murfreesboro Police Department say crews are on the scene of a “downed small aircraft” in the Clark Boulevard area and that all three people on board the plane were taken to…… MORE
