Category Archives: Local News

Townsend, TN (WOKI) After more than a decade with the organization, the executive director of the Appalachian Bear Rescue is stepping down.ABR announcing via social media that Dana Dodd would be stepp...

Tellico Plains, TN (WOKI) Visitors to the Cherokee National Forest just outside of Tellico will soon be able to enjoy a major hot spot for waterfall watchers.Bald River Falls Bridge reopens, officiall...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 5/28: A Bean Station man wanted for attempted second-degree murder in connection to assaulting a woman at a Knoxville apartment is arrested Wednesday afternoon in Mississip...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Officials with the Knoxville Police Department taking to social media Tuesday with good news relative to homicides in the city.KPD sharing that the homicide rate continues to decl...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Tommy Schumpert Park has been nominated in USA TODAY’s 10 Best Readers' Choice Awards for Best Dog Park in the United States.Knox County officials say they need your help to...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A former West High School football coach, accused of sex crimes, is arrested over the weekend in Sevier County.Police arrested 57-year-old Richard Scott Shaver Friday night after ...

A water rescue in Cocke County.Three adults and three children are safe after the county’s Emergency Management responded after the group went on a kayaking and canoe trip down the Pigeon River ...

UPDATE: MISSING PERSON KCSO – It saddens us to inform the community that the body of what is believed to be Mr. Narendra Patel has been discovered in the water. Our heartfelt condolences to Mr. ...

Two men are facing charges after a rollover crash on I-75 in Monroe County.The preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol says a Ford Mustang was driving behind a Nissan Frontier at a high r...

Knoxville Police say two juveniles are among three people arrested after two loaded guns were found in a stolen car at Walmart.Officers went to the Walmart on Kinzel Way Sunday night after a man found...