The women’s basketball team at Fulton High School came out on top in their playoff game against Lenoir City, but it wasn’t without a chaotic scene in the final moments. With 2:30 left, sophomore player for Lenoir City Taylor Hafner made an and-one layup, and immediately after, a fight broke out between her and a…… MORE
A Knoxville man is facing murder, rape and kidnapping charges after police conducted a welfare check at a home on Bellevue Street. 57 year-old Joe Whitaker is accused of killing 76 year-old Julius Parker and keeping a woman hostage in the home for five days. According to an incident report, Whitaker left his job at…… MORE
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into the circumstances leading to a fatal officer-involved shooting in Greene County. Deputies with the Greene County Sheriff’s Office were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on someone at a home on Bolton Road in Greeneville yesterday (Sunday). Reports say shots were fired at deputies from inside the…… MORE
Authorities are investigating after a student is charged with making a possible threat at Jefferson Middle School. This morning, staff at the school received the call about a threat so School officials along with the School Resource Officer immediately began an investigation. Investigators with Sheriff’s Office and the Jefferson City Police Department assisted in this…… MORE
Updated Story: A suspect wanted in a deadly shooting on Hawkins Road in Sweetwater is taken into custody. The 26 year-old suspect was arrested last night by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and US Marshal’s Smokey Mountain Fugitive Task Force. He is facing three counts of attempted first degree murder, attempted aggravated burglary, aggravated assault,…… MORE
Officials in Blount County are still investigating a deadly train crash which leaves one person dead. It happened late yesterday afternoon (Monday) along Big Springs Road.… MORE
One of the two children injured after the vehicle they were in was hit while two people were drag racing on Magnolia is released from the hospital. 11 year-old Gage Turner is home with his mother, his 6-year-old sister Hadley remains hospitalized from the January 17th accident that left their Grandfather dead. Gage suffered a…… MORE
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office Organized Retail Crime Unit issue a search warrant on an East Knoxville business which leads to a man being charged with counterfeiting charges. KCSO issued the warrant on Britney’s Purses and Accessories on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue which is operated by Vincent Jones. Complaints that Jones was selling counterfeit…… MORE
Lonas Drive in West Knoxville was closed this morning as Knoxville Firefighters work a fire at a former business. Crews called to 4329 Lonas Drive around 3 this morning and found heavy flames and smoke coming from the building, formerly El Tipico, which was vacant and up for sale. The building has sustained heavy fire,…… MORE
Authorities are investigating the cause of early morning (Tuesday) fires at multiple cabins in Sevierville. Fire crews called to the 2100 block of Windy Lane in the Upper Middle Creek area of Sevier County. They found one cabin burning, with another cabin caught in the flames and as the crews worked to fight the fire,…… MORE
