Newport, TN (WOKI) All personnel are accounted for following a fire just before noon Tuesday) at the Cocke County Highway Department. According to Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis, the fire, at the department’s facility on Lower Quarry Road in Newport, was brought under control around 1:00 p.m., adding that the building contained “dangerous explosives” inside.…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (KFD / WOKI) – At 3:15 PM (Monday), the Knox County Emergency Communications district received a 911 call from a female reporting her home at 1601 Freemont Place was on fire and that she was exiting the house. Upon the arrival of the first KFD engine company, a fire was reported from the…… MORE
Loudon County, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is asking for information after the victim in a 2019 cold case out of Loudon County is identified. TBI officials announcing Monday that scientists at Othram, a forensics lab in Texas that specializes in identifying cold case victims, conducted DNA matching of individuals related to a…… MORE
21-year-old Kevin Zaragoza, of Knoxville, was taken into custody on multiple charges, including vehicular homicide, following a fatal early-morning crash on Western Avenue. At just after 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 20, 2025, Knoxville Police Department officers responded to a two-car crash at the intersection of Western Avenue and Keith Avenue. The investigation at the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man has been sentenced in the shooting death of his girlfriend in April of 2024. According to court records, Michael Merrick shot his then girlfriend, 49-year-old Nicole Fanney, also known as Nicole Stewart, 13 times at their shared Knoxville apartment before fleeing to Kentucky. Knoxville Police Department officers found Fanney…… MORE
KNOX COUNTY, TN (TBI / WOKI) – A joint ongoing investigation that began earlier this year has resulted in the arrest of a Knoxville man and the seizure of cocaine and other illicit drugs. In February, special agents with the TBI Drug Investigation Division, the 5th Judicial Drug Task Force, and the Knox County Sheriff’s Office…… MORE
Monroe County, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 7/17: A Monroe County man missing since July 9 is found safe Thursday. Officials with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office announcing that 31-year-old Jared Keller was located safely in Alabama. The update follows Alabama state troopers finding Keller’s car, a Ford Explorer, Wednesday, July 16 in Birmingham. Keller had been…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 7/16: The victim from the deadly shooting that occurred early Tuesday morning has been identified as Jakhory Dortch, 22 of Athens, Tennessee. Based on the findings of the still ongoing investigation, Dortch and another man were involved in a physical altercation outside of a room at the Days Inn on Dante…… MORE
Many people felt and heard a large boom in Blount County and authorities are still working to determine what caused it. The Blount County Sheriff’s Office says they received several calls after the boom was heard at around 1:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon (Tuesday). While thousands of people were without power after the boom, Blount County…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Two people are facing charges after several bullets hit a home in Powell Sunday afternoon. According to charging documents, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office went to a home on Blueberry Road around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday after receiving a report of shots fired. The victim told deputies his house had been hit…… MORE
