Category Archives: Local News

Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Food City will pay more than $8 million as part of a settlement with the federal government connected to the ongoing opioid epidemic.It's the latest news from the U.S. Depa...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) No one is injured but a home suffers significant damage following a house fire late Monday morning.Knoxville Fire Department crews responded to the home in the 5500 block of Jacks...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: Knoxille police have identified the suspect in a deadly Knoxville shooting.Officers responded to Washington Pike early Thursday morning, December 19. Investigators say 21-...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) One person is dead after a house fire early this morning on Pilleaux Drive in North Knoxville.Knoxville Fire Department officials say the call came in around 6:00 a.m.They say res...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Investigators are now learning how a body ended up in a landfill in Anderson county.Knoxville Police say 47-year-old Mark Denton was in a dumpster on Broadway for unknown reasons ...

Rockwood, TN (WOKI) A shooting suspect out of Overton County is dead after an almost two-hour long standoff with the Tennessee Highway Patrol in Roane County.The situation began Friday morning at the ...

By Kelly Ann KruegerPublished: Dec. 19, 2024 at 9:43 PM EST|KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – One person died after a crash on Chapman Highway Monday, according to a Tennessee Highway Patrol crash ...

Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service honored those who died over the last year.By Sam LutherThat's according to the city's homeless coalition and its president, Bruce Spangler.On Thursday nig...

Officials with the TWRA said the situation has prompted them to question the future of their relationship with Appalachian Bear Rescue.By Camruinn Morgan-RumseyPublished: Dec. 19, 2024 at 11:28 A...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department is investigating after one person is killed and another injured in a shooting early Thursday morning on Washington Pike.KPD says officers en route ...