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TBI, Cumberland County Sheriff Investigating Shooting

TBI, Cumberland County Sheriff Investigating Shooting

Cumberland County, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office are investigating following a shooting Monday, March 11 in east Cumberland County. TBI officials say the sheriff’s office responded around 4:45 p.m. to the shooting call in the 2000 block of Smith Mountain Road where deputies found a woman who…MORE

Knoxville Police Department Chief Asking City for Almost $3M for Raises

Knoxville Police Department Chief Asking City for Almost $3M for Raises

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department’s Chief of Police is asking the city for almost $3 million for employee and officer raises. KPD Chief Paul Noel, making his case to city leaders during a budget hearing on March 6, said that even with the new hires the department secured in 2023, the department had…MORE

Union County Man Sentenced to More Than 50 Years in Prison for Child Sexual Abuse

Union County Man Sentenced to More Than 50 Years in Prison for Child Sexual Abuse

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Union County man is sentenced Monday to more than 50 years behind bars for child sexual abuse. Officials with the Eighth Judicial District of Tennessee saya Union County Grand Jury found Scott Stiner guilty of four counts of aggravated sexual assault on a child under 13 and one count of solicitation…MORE

An Arrest is Made and the Investigation is On-Going Following Camper Fires in Halls

An Arrest is Made and the Investigation is On-Going Following Camper Fires in Halls

Updated Story: There are some new details about a fire in Halls that damages several campers and leads to the arrest of a man who is charged with with criminal trespass, reckless burning and reckless endangerment. Police say Joseph DeFoe was seen trespassing in the 8500 block of Old Jacksboro Road on Saturday where several…MORE

No Evidence Related to Missing Teen Found at Kentucky Landfill, Authorities Say

No Evidence Related to Missing Teen Found at Kentucky Landfill, Authorities Say

Hendersonville, TN (WOKI) Thursday’s search of a Kentucky landfill for evidence related to the disappearance of a Sumner County autistic teen has come up empty. While the search for 15-year-old Sebastian Rogers continues, the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office says the search at the Hopkins County, Kentucky landfill is over after “exhaustive efforts” to find any…MORE

Jellico Hospital Closes Again, Hospital Posts on Door

Jellico Hospital Closes Again, Hospital Posts on Door

Jellico, TN (WOKI) Jellico Regional Hospital is closing its doors once again. A notice posted Thursday on the hospital door says the facility will be closed effective March 9 at 7:00 a.m. and directs people to the two closest emergency rooms, Baptist Health in Corbin, Kentucky and LaFollette Medical Center in LaFollette: Baptist Health Corbin…MORE

Amber Alert for Sebastian Rogers: Officials Searching Kentucky Landfill

Amber Alert for Sebastian Rogers: Officials Searching Kentucky Landfill

Madisonville, KY (WOKI) The search for a missing autistic teen boy out of Sumner County took investigators to a landfill in Kentucky Thursday morning. Officials with the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office say deputies and the Kentucky State Police are searching a landfill in Hopkins County Kentucky where trash went from missing 15-year-old Sebastian Rogers’ neighborhood.…MORE

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