Category Archives: Local News

The Knox County Mental Health Court Advisory Board will meet for the first time this Thursday to begin ironing out an operations timeline that will establish a court for adult defendants who have seri...

The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help to find a missing man.55 year-old John Hancock was last seen riding his four wheeler in the woods in the Otto Williams Road area on Sun...

UPDATE (8/14/23): After almost two weeks on the run, a Knoxville teen is taken into custody Monday in connection to the August 1 shooting at Edgewood Park.Knoxville Police Department officials report ...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville police arrest four Thursday in a Marble City drug operation.Knoxville Police Department officials say 60 year-old Asa Hobbs, 63 year-old Joseph Simpson, 67 year-old Davi...

Tennessee Sen. Brian Kelsey, 44 (Courtesy: Action News 5/WVLT)Nashville, TN (WOKI) A former Tennessee State Senator from Germantown, a Memphis suburb, has been sentenced after violating campaign finan...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knox County Health Department (KCHD) is reporting results from a recent lab test confirm the presence of West Nile Virus (WNV) in Culex mosquitoes in the Milligan area of East...

Brew at the Zoo will be at Zoo Knoxville later this month.The beer sampling festival will take place between 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on August 25th with a Jurassic-era theme.Brew at the Zoo will featu...

Storm damage in West Knox County (Courtesy: WVLT)Knox County, TN (WOKI) District 3 Knox County Commissioner Gina Oster is asking for the public’s help as neighborhoods in West Knox County , incl...

Early voting in the 2023 City of Knoxville Primary Election starts today.Several offices are on the ballot including Mayor, three City Council At-Large seats, Municipal Judge and a City Council Seat.E...

This morning at approximately 4:38 AM, The Knox County Emergency Communications District received a 911 call for a possible fire in the area of Medlin Heights Road and Dahila Drive.As Knoxville Fire D...