Morristown, TN (WOKI) The former Witt Utilities Board general manager has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Benjamin Harris pleaded guilty to theft of property and official misconduct on May 1 in Hamblen County Circuit Court and was sentenced to supervised probation.…… MORE
A Knox County man is facing jail time accused of kidnapping and assaulting his girlfriend. Timothy Stanton is sentenced to 12 years in prison without parole. District Attorney Charme Allen Stanton locked his girlfriend and himself inside a camper on her mother’s property and assaulted her for hours on December 31st 2022. Stanton’s girlfriend suffered…… MORE
Claiborne County, TN (WOKI) One person is dead in Claiborne County after severe weather hit the area Wednesday afternoon. Claiborne County Sheriff Bob Brooks says a tree fell on a car in the Lone Mountain area, killing 22-year-old Bryce Edward Hentnick. This is a developing story.… MORE
The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 14-month-old child. Cocke County Sheriff CJ Ball says the child was hit by a car on private property. No further details have been released.… MORE
Rep. Tim Burchett is seeking to dismiss a Kansas man’s defamation lawsuit stemming from a February shooting in Kansas City following the Chief’s Super Bowl victory. The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court in Kansas in March by Denton Loudermill, Jr., says Burchett shared photos of Loudermill on X, formerly known as Twitter,…… MORE
A woman is facing charges after police say she crashed into a Mexican restaurant on North Broadway and injured an employee. Knoxville Police responded to a reported hit-and-run involving a car at 2526 North Broadway on Saturday night andsay that 25-year-old Baleigh Bates drove into the restaurant and injured an employee before driving away. Officers…… MORE
A nurse facing possible jail time is set to be arraigned in court this morning. Police say she stole medication from her patient in Jefferson County. The patient says her nurse, Sally Hensley took more than a dozen hydrocodone pills from her. Hensley faces several charges including neglect of an elderly or vulnerable adult. The…… MORE
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is ramping up its pavement repair efforts to address those lingering potholes from January’s record winter storm. The department is investing an additional $15 million in a total of 121 various projects statewide over and above our annual work program. We accelerated Transportation Modernization Act dollars to supplement our…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) The Knoxville Police Department releases body camera footage Wednesday showing a deadly officer-involved shooting that happened in mid-April. KPD officials say Officer Seth Beeler responded to an Exxon gas station at 5306 North Broadway around 5:30 p.m. on April 17. While there, a witness reportedly told Beeler that 41-year-old William…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 5/2/24: Knoxville police have identified the victim of a fatal shooting late Tuesday night in the Morningside area. Officers responded to the 1800 block of Prospect Place where they found the victim, 24-year-old Zackery Schwaller of Knoxville, who had been shot at least one time. Schwaller was taken to the University…… MORE
