Story courtesy of WVLT: KNOXVILLE, TN (WVLT) – Private schools have prepared for Gov. Bill Lee’s new school voucher program with nearly 40,000 families looking to cash in on the scholarships. This coming school year, only 20,000 students will be granted scholarships from the program. State numbers show 244 private schools have opted-in to allow…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) An investigation into a drug overdose death results in the arrest of a man on a second-degree murder charge. Knoxville Police say 35 year-old Zachary Newton was indicted following a KPD Drug Related Death Task Force investigation into an overdose death of a 31-year-old woman at an apartment on Asheville Highway in…… MORE
Knoxville Police arrest three people, including a juvenile, who are facing charges after a traffic stop leads to a stolen firearm and drugs being found in a car. KPD officers pulled over an SUV for a tag light that wasn’t working on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. Officers say the three people inside the car…… MORE
Dandridge, TN – UPDATE 6/10: A 22-year-old man who went missing on Douglas Lake Sunday afternoon has marked the 11th boating death in Tennessee this year. Officials with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency reporting Tuesday afternoon that the body of David Molina had been located after a days-long search in the Muddy Creek Area. The…… MORE
Ahead of a first vote by the Knoxville City Council on Mayor Indya Kincannon’s proposed sales tax increase, Kincannon released a breakdown of what that added money will support. The proposal is for a half-percent increase to the Local Option Sales Tax. This tax allows local municipalities, like cities, to charge their own sales tax…… MORE
Tazewell, TN (WOKI) A man is dead and a 10-year-old is in critical condition after a shooting in Tazewell. Tazewell Police Department officials say officers responded to Miley Drive just after 8:15 p.m. Sunday. Upon arrival, they found a man dead from a gunshot and the 10-year-old, who was shot but still alive. Officials report…… MORE
Rural Metro Fire rescues disc golfer in North Knox county Park. Crews received a rescue call in the Disc Golf course at Tommy Schumpert Park. The disc golfer fell in the woods near hole #17 and suffered non life-threatening injuries but could not walk out on their own. Squad crews used their wheeled litter cart…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man has plead guilty to a 2023 double murder. Jair Romario Martin pleaded guilty in Knox County court Thursday to the murders of 22-year-old Madison Johnson and 21-year-old Heidi Johnson, who were found dead inside a home in the 400 block of Woodlawn Pike in May of 2023. Officials with…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Two former West High School football coaches are moving through the court system after being accused of sex crimes. Chad Brooks was scheduled for arraignment Wednesday, June 4 but that was rescheduled to June 16. He is charged with multiple counts of aggravated statutory rape and statutory rape by an authority figure.…… MORE
A New Tazewell man is facing several charges after throwing a bag of methamphetamine out of a car during a chase. A Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office detective saw a car being driven by 49-year-old Robert Reece speeding in the area of Highway 33 and Lone Mountain Road and tried to pull him over. Reece instead sped…… MORE
