A man is charged with first-degree murder after he called 911 to tell police he shot his wife. The Hamblen County Sheriff’s Office responding to that shooting call on Marie Street in Talbott Saturday after Charles Barbely made the call Satuday night. He reportedly laid a handgun on the front porch and was arrested without…… MORE
Knoxville Police arrest a woman in connection to a fatal motorcycle crash on Western Avenue. Kendra Toy is charged with vehicular homicide among other charges in connection to the March hit and run incident involving Don Massengill was hit and killed while riding his bike. KPD investigators had been looking for more information on the…… MORE
A Knoxville man is in custody after breaking into a maintenance building at the Knoxville National Cemetery. The break-in happened Wednesday afternoon, prompting an alarm to go off alerting Police. They found Christopher Novitzke walking around the building and with a latex glove. He reportedly told them he worked at the cemetery but had no…… MORE
MEDIC has a critically low inventory for O Negative blood. There is currently less than a one-day supply. Healthy donors are encouraged to donate. Due to the high holiday demand, O Negative is critically low across the country. Donors will receive a MEDIC T-shirt, Texas Roadhouse coupon, and ticket to the Polar Express Ride at…… MORE
MEDIC has a critically low inventory for O Negative blood. There is currently less than a one-day supply. Healthy donors are encouraged to donate. Due to the high holiday demand, O Negative is critically low across the country. Donors will receive a MEDIC T-shirt, Texas Roadhouse coupon, and ticket to the Polar Express Ride at…… MORE
A man is arrested after reportedly setting a gas pump on fire and stopping fuel from getting to the store, temporarily shutting thae store down. It happened yesterday morning at the Western Avenue Casey’s. Police say the suspect, 30 year-old Matthew Kilgore allegedly ripped the gas nozzle and hose from one of the pumps, then…… MORE
Passenger train routes connecting Tennessee’s largest cities to each other and bordering states is still decades away, if it happens at all, according to a newly completed study from the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR). The study was ordered by the state government to iron-out possible costs and obstacles to establishing a passenger…… MORE
A Scott County deputy is arrested and charged with domestic assault against a family member. It happened last night, when Oneida Police responded to a domestic disturbance call and arrested 27-year-old deputy Rachel Thomas. She is being held on a $1,000 bond. She was also placed on a mandatory 12-hour hold for the charge. she’s…… MORE
Officials in Union County are searching for an escaped inmate. Dean McPherson was being held at the jail for driving on a suspended license and escaped last night (Wednesday). He is 6′11″ and 185 lbs. with brown hair and blue eyes. Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 865-992-5212 or dispatch…… MORE
McMinn County, TN (WOKI) Speed appears to be the cause in a fatal motorcycle crash on the Fourth of July in McMinn County. Tennessee Highway Patrol officials say 37 year-old Franklin Harris was riding a Suzuki motorcycle at what appeared to be a high rate of speed on U.S. Route 411 when a Toyota SUV…… MORE
