Category Archives: Local News

Emily Ann Roberts, runner-up season 9 of The Voice. (Courtesy: WVLT/Emily Ann Roberts)Knoxville, TN (WOKI/WVLT) Country star and Knoxville native Emily Ann Roberts is headed home to host an album rele...

Storm damage in West Knox County (Courtesy: WVLT)Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A rare EF2 tornado is to blame for severe damage Monday in West Knox County.The National Weather Service confirming an EF2 tornado...

Photo courtesy of WVLT Lovel Crossing Apartments on Lovell Road in Knoxville suffered significant damage after the severe storms on Monday, causing over a dozen people to be displaced.The Lovell Cross...

Photo courtesy of Knox County Mayor’s OfficeKnox County Engineering and Public Works crews worked through the night to clear more than 200 down trees as several areas in Knox County suffered sig...

Alcoa, TN (WOKI) An undercover operation in Alcoa results in the arrest of seven men for sex trafficking.Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation say the two-day operation focused on hunti...

Loudon High School closes amid storm damage (Courtesy: WVLT/Bob Lewis)Loudon County, TN (WOKI) The school year barely underway, students at one Loudon County school will get a day off tomorrow, Tuesda...

Knoxville Police investigating a fatal crash on I-275 near Heiskell Avenue have identified the teen killed.KPD says 19 year-old Kanye Harris died at the hospital following Saturday’s crash.Preli...

Knoxville Police have charged a woman with vehicular homicide following an early morning accident on I-40 East near Papermill Road.KPD says 36-year-old Shannon Glasper is facing several charges as a r...

Photo courtesy of WVLTAn investigation is underway after Police are involved in a chase this morning involving a stolen garbage truck which takes authorities through three counties.WVLT reporting Sevi...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Spraying for mosquitos will occur after West Nile Virus is detected in West Knoxville.Knox County Health Department officials say roads in the West Hills neighborhood will be trea...