Category Archives: Local News

Photo courtesy of WVLTThe Tennessee Public Utility Commission has added the area code 729 in East Tennessee to merge with the 423 area code.Officials say the 423 area code will run out of numbers by t...

Photo courtesy of WVLTKnoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: Knoxville Police have identified the victim of Tuesday’s deadly car crash in East Knoxville.Police say 56-year-old Kevin Owens’ vehicle c...

Powell, TN (WOKI)UPDATE: The Knox County Sheriff's Office says 22-year-old Timothy Hooks is facing charges after driving drunk and leaving the scene of a fatal single-car wreck on Collier Road.Hooks a...

Photo of WVLTNew details in the fire that destroyed the Green Acres Flea Market Saturday night.Blount County building code officials say several of the buildings were listed as unsafe and people were ...

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is still investigating a fatal boating accident on Norris Lake and has identified the victim in Sunday night’s accident.59 year-old John Curley Jr. of Kno...

Photo courtesy of WVLTA woman is arrested in connection to the murder of 26 year-old John Willis, who was killed in 2021.The Alcoa Police Department says Heidi Litton was arrested yesterday (Monday) w...

The wait is over and we now know where the Vols Baseball team will play in the Super Regionals, they will play in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.The NCAA making the announcement this morning. The committee ...

Knox County Commission on June 5, 2023, approved the General County Budget, which included the $660.7 million Fiscal Year 2024 general purpose budget for Knox County Schools, as well as the county-wid...

PexelsKnoxville, TN (WOKI) The United States Postal Service is hosting two job fairs at a Knoxville post office this month.The job fairs are part of the Postal Service's "Delivering for America" campa...

Pexels (Karolina Grabowska)Nashville, TN (WOKI/WVLT) Tennessee puts another point in the economic “win” column.A new study from WalletHub finds the Volunteer State has the 15th best econom...