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Uranium Enrichment Facility to Bring over 300 Jobs to Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN (WOKI) Calling it the “single-largest investment in Tennessee history,” Governor Bill Lee Wednesday announced a new, multi-billion-dollar uranium enrichment facility for the ...
Syndicated Author Sep 04, 2024

The Knoxville Fire Department is Investigating a Fire at a Business in Fountain City
The Knoxville Fire Department is investigating a commercial fire in Fountain City.Crews were called to a possible fire near Casey's on Tazewell Pike yesterday (Monday) afternoon and found heavy smoke&...
Syndicated Author Sep 02, 2024

Knoxville Police Investigating an Assault with a Pick-Axe and Charge Man with Second-Degree Murder
Update: An arrest is made after Knoxville Police find a man in his bed with a pick-axe stuck in his skull.KPD was called to a home in the 1000 block of Morrell Road on Sunday and found the victim who ...
Syndicated Author Sep 02, 2024

Knoxville, Gatlinburg, Sevierville Up for Best Adventure Towns in Outdoors Magazine Contest
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville, Gatlinburg and Sevierville are up for recognition from Blue Ridge Outdoors!All three cities are up for different categories in an audience-decided "Adventure Towns" con...
Syndicated Author Aug 29, 2024

LMU on Lockdown, Claiborne County Sheriff’s Department Searching for Suspect in Shooting and Stabbing
An investigation is underway and the search for a suspect is underway in Claiborne County after a woman is shot and stabbed in the Shawanee Community.The Sheriff's Office says the victim is in critica...
Syndicated Author Aug 28, 2024

Police Respond to a Threat at South-Doyle High School
The Knox County Sheriff's Office responding to a threat at South-Doyle High School today (Tuesday).Kimberly Glenn with KCSO says the Major Crimes Unit and Juvenile Detectives were on the scene and lat...
Syndicated Author Aug 27, 2024

Home a ‘Total Loss’ Following Early Morning Blaze on West 5th Avenue, Knoxville Fire Says
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville home is a total loss following an early morning fire.Knoxville Fire Department crews were called to the scene at 1432 West 5th Avenue just after 3:30 a.m. Monday morni...
Syndicated Author Aug 26, 2024

Knoxville Service Provider Pleads Guilty to Dumping Pollutants into Holston River, Violating Clean Water Act
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man and business have plead guilty to polluting the Holston River back in 2018.Christopher Domermuth and Domermuth Environmental Services both plead guilty Tuesday to ...
Syndicated Author Aug 23, 2024

Rare Super Blue Moon to Arrive This Week
(WOKI) There is a rare super blue moon set to grace the skies this week.NASA defines the term supermoon "as either a new or full moon that happens when the moon is within 90% of perigee, its clos...
Syndicated Author Aug 20, 2024

‘Burned from one end of the building to the other’ | Crews Respond to Fire at Recycling Facility in North Knoxville
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Fire Department continues to investigate a large commercial fire happening overnight Thursday in North Knoxville.Crews were called to the scene at the Fort Loudon Wa...
Syndicated Author Aug 16, 2024