An investigation is underway in Sevier County after an evacuation following a structure fire which led to a nearby neighbor being evacuated. Crews responding to fires near Bluff Heights Road, that home has been destroyed and the fire is contained. The mobile home next door had to be evacuated but everyone is safe. This house…… MORE
Nashville, TN (WOKI) The family of missing Missouri student Riley Strain calls-in the United Cajun Navy, a disaster response organization made up of volunteers, for support in the search for their 22-year-old son. The family held a press conference at Public Square Park in downtown Nashville Tuesday afternoon after asking the United Cajun Navy to…… MORE
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Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: The Knoxville Police Department Monday afternoon shared that a fourth teen, a male, was taken into custody Monday morning. KPD officials say the teen had a backpack that “officers retained from the scene of the shots fired incident, which upon further investigation contained suspected marijuana and a gun that was reported…… MORE
Sevier County, TN (WOKI) Carrie Matthews, the woman accused of helping a murder suspect wanted for killing a Blount County deputy and shooting another, appeared in court on Friday, opting to waive her right to a preliminary hearing. Matthews’ decision means her case will move forward to a Grand Jury. Matthews is facing a charge…… MORE
An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, detectives with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department, and the 13th Judicial District Attorney General’s Office into a shooting Monday has resulted in an arrest. On March 11th, at the request of 13th Judicial District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway, TBI agents joined deputies in responding to a…… MORE
Jamestown, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating after a Jamestown Police officer fatally shoots a man during a domestic dispute call Wednesday night. TBI says officers responded to the 200 block of N. Smith Street around 9:00 p.m., where they found a man armed with a machete who reportedly refused to comply…… MORE
A missing Claiborne County man at the center of a TBI Silver Alert is found dead in Kentucky. Police say 86-year-old Curtis Mason was last seen on February 26th in Harrogate. His van was spotted in Kentucky in the days after he went missing in Middlesboro, Pineville and along Highway 92. He was found dead…… MORE
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
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