Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Officials with the Knoxville Police Department taking to social media Tuesday with good news relative to homicides in the city. KPD sharing that the homicide rate continues to decline in Knoxville. Officials report that the city has experienced four homicides in 2025, compared to 12 this time last year. At the end…… MORE
A water rescue in Cocke County. Three adults and three children are safe after the county’s Emergency Management responded after the group went on a kayaking and canoe trip down the Pigeon River Sunday night and they hit a tree and went into the water. The group managed to get to dry land but on…… MORE
Oak Ridge, Tennessee (WOKI) – A shooting has occurred in the early morning (Sunday) hours at a blockparty in the Scarboro neighborhood around S. Benedict Avenue in Oak Ridge. A number of people have been injured and are being treated at area hospitals.The crime scene is very large. It is estimated that the number of…… MORE
Knoxville,TN The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks in the last phase of fading out the penny. Artazn Zinc has a factory in Greene County and are the nation’s sole manufacturer of penny blanks. “The importance of Artazn to our community cannot be overstated,” said Greene Co. Mayor Kevin Morrison. “This…… MORE
A cow falls off a trailer and runs into traffic yesterday (Thursday) afternoon on I-75 in Loudon County causing multi-vehicle crashes which injured several people and debris on the road which caused the interstate to be temporarily closed. Loudon County deputies responded to the crashes on I-75 yesterday (Thursday) and say the back of a…… MORE
Nashville, TN (WOKI) Governor Bill Lee officially made Tennessee the 27th state to ban Glock switches. The Governor signed a bill Wednesday that ensures harsh penalties for anyone caught with a handgun displaying the device; that device allows users to convert semi-automatic firearms into illegal fully automatic machine guns. The, now law, expands the definition…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WVLT – WOKI) More than 100 books are now prohibited from library shelves in Knox County Schools. Last July, Knox County’s board of education passed a policy to remove “explicit” books from everyday student access in response to Tennessee’s new Age-Appropriate Materials Act. Specifically, KCS’s policy bans books that “contain nudity or descriptions or…… MORE
Oliver Springs, TN (WOKI) East Tennessee saw at least two tornadoes touchdown Tuesday night. National Weather Service officials Wednesday confirming damage in the Oliver Springs area is consistent with an EF-0 or EF-1 tornado, with wind speeds around 100 mph. They say the twister was around 100 yards wide and tracked along Old Harriman Highway…… MORE
Authorities are investigating after a high-speed at chase on I 40. Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers say they tried to pull a driver over yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) but that driver sped away. THP says the driver was going more than 130 miles per hour at times attempting to pass traffic on the shoulder. The driver lost…… MORE
Road Construction will not delay motorists traveling Tennessee’s highways this Memorial Day weekend. The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) will suspend all construction-related lane closures on interstates and state routes from noon on Friday, May 23, through 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 27. This will provide maximum roadway capacity for the record-breaking number of motorists expected to…… MORE
