Category Archives: Local News
Metro Drug Coalition Along with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office for Senior Medication Mail-Back Program
Metro Drug Coalition is partnering with the Knox County Sheriff's Office to focus on Knox County's senior population with the announcement of a new medication mail-back program and the return of the A...
Jul 17, 2023
Authorities Investigating a Fire and Two Dead Bodies at Knoxville College Campus
Knoxville Police are investigating after two dead bodies are found inside a building on the Knoxville College campus.After an unrelated fire was extinguished by Knoxville Fire Department crews, KPD of...
Jul 17, 2023
Authorities in Claiborne County are Investigating a Fatal ATV Accident
Police are investigating a deadly crash involving an all-terrain vehicle in Claiborne County.Police were called to Cedar Fork Road just north of Tazewell last night (Sunday) for that ATV crash and fou...
Jul 17, 2023
Body of Missing Bean Station Man Found in Cherokee Lake
TWRA: the body of a missing Bean Station man is found on Cherokee Lake Friday morning. (Photo credit: WVLT)Grainger County, TN (WOKI) The body of a missing Bean Station man kayaking on Cherokee Lake e...
Jul 14, 2023
KCSO: Man Found Dead Inside Powell Community Splash Pad Bathroom
KCSO: Man found dead inside Powell Community Splash Pad bathroom (Photo credit: WVLT)Powell, TN (WOKI) A man is found dead inside the men's bathroom of the Powell Community Splash Pad Friday, July 14....
Jul 14, 2023
KPD: Three Teens Arrested After Entering Chapman Highway Weigel’s Wearing Ski Masks
Knoxville Police Department officers were on routine patrol when they saw three boys enter a Weigel’s on Chapman Highway wearing ski masks and carrying guns. (Knoxville Police Department)Knoxvil...
Jul 14, 2023
Alcoa Police Searching for Fugitive in High-Speed Chase
Kyler Hicks is wanted for aggravated assault, domestic assault, reckless endangerment with a motor vehicle and felony evading.(Blount County Sheriff’s Office)Alcoa, TN (WOKI) A man is facing a s...
Jul 14, 2023
UPDATE: I-75 South in Loudon County Temporarily Re-Opened Following Fatal Crash
Courtesy: Loudon County Sheriff’s OfficeLENOIR CITY, TN (WOKI) – UPDATE: The Loudon County Sheriff’s Office reports that I-75 South is temporarily back open following a fatal acciden...
Jul 14, 2023
Knoxville Police Clear the Scene after a Suspicious Package Found at Social Security in West Knoxville
Knoxville Police investigating after finding a possible "suspicious package" at the Knoxville Social Security Administration building on Cross Park Drive in West Knoxville this morning.KPD has cleared...
Jul 14, 2023
UT Learns NCAA Punishment from Investigation into Former Coach Jeremy Pruitt’s Administration’s Recruiting Violations
Credit: UT Athletics The University of Tennessee is learns what punishments they will see from the NCAA's investigation into the Jeremy Pruitt administration's recruiting violations.Tennessee is accus...
Jul 14, 2023
