A teen lucky to be alive after a single vehicle crash in Grainger County. The Tennessee Highway Patrol along with several agencies responding to a on Lakeshore Drive at Sam Heim Road Saturday afternoon. The preliminary investigation shows a 17-year-old driving a Ford Expedition south on Lakeshore Drive tried to negotiate a curve before running…… MORE
Sweetwater, TN (WOKI) A man is in custody after a shooting in Sweetwater. Sweetwater Police say it happened in the 400 block of Patton Street on Tuesday. Police say two men had had a fight, and one had shot the other in the shoulder. That suspect, Elisha Goins, had left the scene but was found…… MORE
A McMinn County man is facing felony charges for making school threats. The McMinn County Sheriff’s Office says 44-year-old Joshua Webb after they were told a man near Niota Elementary School had made the threat. A Department of Homeland Security agent responded to Webb’s house on County Road 255. Webb is facing three charges of…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI A 14-year-old South Doyle High School student is facing serious charges following a fire Thursday afternoon in a trash can at the school. Deputies and juvenile detectives responded around 2:00 p.m. to the trash fire; officials said they believed it was set intentionally. A 14-year-old boy was arrested later in the day…… MORE
A Jefferson County is facing charges after the sheriff’s office says he went on a multi-county burglary string. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says 48-year-old Christopher Driggers was taken into custody after deputies were called to Lakeside Drive in White Pine for a burglary call, where a neighbor told them they had seen a U-Haul…… MORE
Gatlinburg, TN (WOKI) The Flint Gap Fire, which was started by lightning on August 26th, continues to burn slowly in a remote area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park primarily in undergrowth in steep terrain. The fire is estimated to be roughly 28 acres and is not contained and has grown minimally over the…… MORE
The Tennessee Department of Health confirms a positive measles test of a resident who recently traveled internationally. They spent time in Kentucky during the infectious period and are now recovering from the virus. The TDH has not identified additional positive cases in Tennessee and this is the first case since 2019. The measles virus can spread…… MORE
An 11-year-old student is charged for threat of mass violence after an investigation into an incident at Vine Middle School. A Knoxville Police Department School Resource Officer responded to Vine Middle School to investigate a report that a male student had made a school-shooting threat yesterday (Tuesday). Knox County School Security and KPD Violent Crimes…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) “Hot work” being conducted on one level of Neyland Stadium is reportedly to blame for a small trash fire Tuesday morning at the venue. Knoxville Fire Department officials say crews responded around 10:30 extinguishing the fire quickly which had broken out in a mechanical room near Gate 15. KFD reports the room…… MORE
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says an investigation has revealed a juvenile making a threat of possible school shootings that would happen today (Tuesday) is a hoax. JCSO says Jefferson County Schools administrators and SROs began investigating the threat, which involved a possible school shooting that would happen at two schools in Jefferson County, after…… MORE
