An investigation is underway to determine the cause of a North Knox County house fire that injures a Rural Metro firefighter. It happened yesterday morning in the 9200 block of Old Maynardville Pike, Crews made an aggressive attack to stop the spread but the fire had already reached the attic and was spreading rapidly throughout…… MORE
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash involving a North Tazewell Volunteer Fire Department truck which leaves a firefighter dead. The crash happened yesterday on State Highway 63 Cedar Fork Road, near Cedar Grove Road in Claiborne County as crews were responding to an incident. Preliminary investigation shows 27-year-old Captain Roy Sewell Jr.,…… MORE
Updated story: Knoxville Police have identified the victim in a deadly stabbing in South Knoxville. 42 year-old Shawanda Arnwine showed up at the Knoxville Fire Department on Sevier Avenue after reportedly being stabbed in the 1400 block of E. Moody Avenue yesterday afternoon. 61 year-old Kenneth Hall has been booked on second-degree murder and aggravated…… MORE
Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating an early morning fatal accident involving a motorcycle. The crash happened on Highway 411 near the Sevier County line near Hinkle Road. THP confirms one person is dead in the crash which involved a motorcycle and truck. The northbound lanes were closed as crews were working the wreck.… MORE
Charges are pending following an investigation into a deadly head-on collision in Monroe county. The Tennessee Highway Patrol has identified the drivers involved in Tuesday morning’s crash as 33 year-old Janice Stapleton and 36 year-old Anthony Capp who died in the crash. According to a preliminary report from THP, Stapleton and Capp were driving opposite…… MORE
The Tennessee Highway Safety Office is joining the Knoxville Police Department to keep pedestrians safe on the road. So far this year there have been 28 pedestrian involved crashes in Knoxville, killing 4 people. The increase is concerning for city leaders so Knoxville Police is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office to reduce those…… MORE
Update: A head-on crash in Monroe County leaves one person dead, others flown to hospital by helicopter. This morning’s accident happened on Highway 68 near Frontier Road in the Christianburg neighborhood. Authorities say that three people were in one car and two in the other. The driver of the other car was taken to the…… MORE
Knoxville police say the suspect in a weekend shooting in the Old City has turned himself in. 27 year-old Walter Hill wanted for attempted second-degree murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and other charges in connection to Saturday night’s shooting involving his girlfriend and her son did turn himself into Police yesterday. Hill fled…… MORE
A search is underway at the Cosby Campground in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for a missing person, GSMNP spokesperson Emily Davis confirmed. Campground park rangers found a car that belonged to a missing person at the campground on Thursday night. Davis said that a hasty search was performed that night, but National Park…… MORE
Knoxville Police have identified the victim in a fatal accident on Pellissippi Parkway. Police say 29 year-old Anett Williams was riding an electric scooter in a travel lane when she was struck by a Ford pickup truck, which remained on scene following yesterday morning’s accident. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation into…… MORE
