The National Park Service (NPS) is investigating an online scam selling fraudulent parking tags to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Someone posing as the National Park Service is directing individuals and organizations to a website titled “Smokies Park Pass.” This website looks like it belongs to our park partner, Great Smoky Mountains Association (GSMA), but it…… MORE
Jellico, TN (WOKI) Utilities customers in the Jellico area will be without power for a time overnight Saturday, December 2. Officials with Jellico Utilities say the Tennessee Valley Authority has scheduled a planned outage from 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 2 to 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 3. They say the outage will impact all…… MORE
Tennessee is seeing an uptick in flu cases. It is that time of year and the CDC ranks our flu activities moderate right now. The State Health department says flu cases are highest in East Tennessee and have been trending upwards for the last two weeks.… MORE
Knoxville’s annual WIVK Christmas parade is returning for its 50th year tomorrow (Friday). Over 120 parade displays will proceed along Gay Street including marching bands, church and community groups, small businesses and more. The event is scheduled, rain or shine, for 7 p.m. It will also follow Knoxville’s new parade route, which has groups staging…… MORE
Effective Wednesday, November 29, the burn ban is lifted at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Although precipitation, cooler temperatures and shorter days allow for campfires to resume, fire danger is still high across the park and the area is experiencing drought. Campers may only have campfires in designated areas in both frontcountry and backcountry campsites.…… MORE
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter and Axle Logistics, LLC officials announced today the company will invest $37.9 million to expand logistics operations at its Knoxville headquarters. Axle Logistics will create 651 new jobs in Knox County over the next five years, nearly tripling its total headcount…… MORE
Christmas in the city at Knoxville’s Safety City begins tomorrow (Tuesday). It will be from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. at 165 South Concord Street. Dates and times are subject to change for weather. Guest may bring bicycles, non-motorized scooters, strollers and wagons to come ride or walk thru the City and you must have…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs will flip the switch to open the 25th annual Holiday Festival of Lights at The Cove at Concord Park this Friday, November 24. The family-friendly Festival will run from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. through Saturday, December 31, excluding Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The park is located…… MORE
Hamblen County, TN (WOKI) Authorities in Hamblen County are looking for the suspects in a drive by shooting. The Sheriff’s Office is asking for anyone who lives near Collinson Ford Road to check their security cameras and turn over any footage of the shooting which happened last Tuesday, November 14 on Collinson Ford Road just…… MORE
One man is injured and an investigation is underway after a structure fire in Northeast Knoxville. The Knoxville Fire Department called to a commercial building fire in the 2800 block of Whittle Springs Road last night (Monday). KFD crews treated a man who claimed to have burned himself after attempting to extinguish the flames.… MORE
