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Over 86,000 Lbs of Trash Collected During No Trash November Campaign

Over 86,000 Lbs of Trash Collected During No Trash November Campaign

More than 86,000 pounds of litter was removed from communities throughout Tennessee as part of the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s https://www.tn.gov/tdot.html (TDOT) 3rd Annual No Trash November https://nobodytrashestennessee.com/join-the-movement/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIv4rtyNOMgwMVpolaBR0Ywwh8EAAYASAAEgI6JvD_BwE, a month-long initiative to ensure the state’s roadways and waterways are safe from the harmful effects of litter. Spearheaded by TDOT’s Nobody Trashes Tennessee https://nobodytrashestennessee.com/join-the-movement/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIv4rtyNOMgwMVpolaBR0Ywwh8EAAYASAAEgI6JvD_BwEcampaign, the initiative encourages residents to join cleanups through Keep Tennessee Beautiful (KTnB) affiliates, Adopt-A-Highway groups, or…MORE

Three Face Charges after Stealing Cattle, Department of Agriculture Says

Three Face Charges after Stealing Cattle, Department of Agriculture Says

McMinn County, TN (WOKI) Three people are facing charges after stealing at least five cattle in McMinn County. Officials with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture say the theft occurred on December 3 in Englewood and that DOA investigators were able to track the cattle to a sale in Lincoln County on Craigslist. During the course…MORE

TBI Asking for Help Finding Missing East Tennessee Teen

TBI Asking for Help Finding Missing East Tennessee Teen

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking for a missing 14-year-old girl. TBI officials say Lillian Rein, who is white with brown hair and blue eyes, stands five feet tall and weighs 120 pounds. They say she is from Spencer, Tennessee, north of Chattanooga, and was last seen on December 9. Those…MORE

A Man is Arrested and Charged with First-Degree Murder in Grainger County

A Man is Arrested and Charged with First-Degree Murder in Grainger County

The Grainger County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man wanted in connection to a murder. Police say 21-year-old Dilan McFall is charged with the first-degree murder of 21-year-old Grace Miller whose body was found lying on the side of the road yesterday (Monday). The investigation remains on-going.MORE

Knoxville Police are Still Searching for Carjacking Suspect in USPS Truck Theft

Knoxville Police are Still Searching for Carjacking Suspect in USPS Truck Theft

Knoxville Police are still searching for the suspect in the carjacking of a USPS truck. KPD says now 18 year-old Kemian Strawder is being sought in connection to last week’s carjacking on Dandridge Avenue. At the time of the carjacking he was under 18, so police filed juvenile petitions charging him with carjacking, aggravated assault…MORE

Fire Crews Respond to Structure Fire on Washington Ave., 10 People Displaced

Fire Crews Respond to Structure Fire on Washington Ave., 10 People Displaced

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Ten people are now looking for a place to stay after a structure fire Saturday in East Knoxville. The Knoxville Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 2100 block of Washington Avenue Saturday afternoon. KFD reported heavy fire in the basement of a two-story building. Fire officials say approximately 10…MORE

KFD Reopens Station 6 as City Proposes Plans for New Fire Station in East Knoxville

KFD Reopens Station 6 as City Proposes Plans for New Fire Station in East Knoxville

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) After being without a station for months, the Knoxville Fire Department reopened its doors at Station 6 Friday in the Burlington area, but it’s part of a larger goal to provide area residents with a new fire station in the not-too-distant future. “I hope it is going to encourage developers to be able…MORE

KPD Charges Woman with Vehicular Homicide, DUI after Fatal Crash on I-40

KPD Charges Woman with Vehicular Homicide, DUI after Fatal Crash on I-40

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A woman is charged after a fatal wrong-way crash on I-40 early Sunday morning, December 10. Knoxville Police Department officials say the crash occurred around 1:20 a.m. near I-640 in west Knoxville when 34-year-old Ellen Rideout, traveling west in a Subaru sedan in the eastbound lanes of I-40, struck a Prius heading…MORE

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