Category Archives: Local News

New Tazewell, TN (WOKI) A Claiborne County man will spend nearly 40 years in jail after killing his wife who was a county jail employee.Benjamin Wayne Hopson stabbed his wife, 49-year-old Lori Ann Hop...

Newport, TN (WOKI) Norfolk Southern now has a target date in mind for reopening one of their lines in Newport. The rail company’s AS Line was damaged after heavy flooding from Helene wreaked hav...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville teen is indicted by a grand jury after making a threat against Austin-East High School back in October.According to court records, a victim told an SRO at Austin East ...

Sevierville, TN (WOKI) A former Sevier County golf coach who worked at Northview Academy in Kodak pleaded guilty to multiple counts of statutory rape.Jennifer Paige Blanchard was arrested in November ...

Louisville, TN (WOKI) A man whose houseboat caught fire last (Monday) night on Fort Loudon Lake is crediting his dog for alerting him to the blaze.Blount County fire crews responded to the Ish Creek B...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The deadline to register for FEMA assistance following Helene's destruction across East Tennessee is quickly approaching.Flood survivors in Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A pastor with the Knoxville Diocese has been placed on administrative leave after being accused of "boundary violations."Father Joseph Reed is a Knoxville native and the pastor fo...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 12/16: Knoxville Police Department officials identify the man killed Friday night in a fiery, single-car crash near downtown.Officers were called around 10:15 p.m. to the e...

Jefferson City, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 12/16: The woman at the center of a missing person alert out of Jefferson County has been found safe.Officials with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office announcing Mo...

An investigation is underway after a three-story structure fire in Roane County.The Roane County Office of Emergency Services & Homeland Security says several fire departments were called to the s...