GATLINBURG, TN (WOKI) Great Smoky Mountains National Park will offer the first Cades Cove Vehicle-Free Day of the year on June 18. Vehicle-free days provide opportunities for pedestrians and cyclists to experience the 11-mile Cades Cove Loop Road without motor vehicles. Vehicle-free days will continue every Wednesday through September 24. Reminders for vehicle-free day: …… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon puts out the all-call for high school students to join the Mayor’s Youth Council. Applications are now open for high school students in the City of Knoxville for the chance to join the council which was established in 2021. City representatives say members will meet monthly to learn…… MORE
GREENE COUNTY (WOKI) – An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the arrest of numerous employees of a group home for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Greeneville. In August, after receiving a referral from Adult Protective Services, TBI special agents assigned to the Medicaid Fraud Control Division…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – The City of Knoxville has announced free live music will soon return to downtown Knoxville. Concerts on the Square will be held on Tuesdays in May, June and September, and on Third Thursdays from May through September, all from 7-9 p.m. The festivities kick off on May 6 with the first…… MORE
A Clinton man found guilty of shooting and killing his unarmed neighbor in 2019 will spend over two decades in prison. In November 2019, George Patterson shot and killed his unarmed neighbor, David “Davey” Roach, four times in Rocky Top following an argument. Roach’s fiancé, Felicia Adkins, told WVLT News after the deadly shooting that…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Preliminary steps in reopening Knoxville’s Gay Street Bridge to pedestrian traffic have begun. Representatives for the City of Knoxville say crews are building a barge near Governor Ned McWherter Park, upriver from the 127-year-old bridge. That barge will be the primary platform for repairs. Mayor Indya Kincannon says the Gay Street Bridge…… MORE
A woman is charged with murder after reportedly fatally shooting her boyfriend. The shooting happened Saturday on Weaver Hollow Way. Patrol officers and detectives responded to a home on the street to find the woman, 20-year-old Dsani Badgett and Stephen Morgan, dead of a gunshot to the chest. Badgett told officers she had found evidence…… MORE
Cocke County, TN (WOKI) The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office says the suspect has been caught which caused a deputy to be injured while chasing him. Sheriff C.J. Ball says deputies found Drury Whitlock yesterday (Sunday) and successfully took him into custody. Ball says he is wanted on a theft over $1,000 charge and several other…… MORE
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – The Blount County District Attorney behind the sentencing of a former gym teacher accused of inappropriately touching students released a statement explaining the laws as they currently stand and his reasoning behind the charges. Joseph Dalton is a former gym teacher who was recently sentenced for several charges of assault against…… MORE
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – The Blount County District Attorney behind the sentencing of a former gym teacher accused of inappropriately touching students released a statement explaining the laws as they currently stand and his reasoning behind the charges. Joseph Dalton is a former gym teacher who was recently sentenced for several charges of assault against…… MORE
