Category Archives: Local News

With assistance from the Organized Retail Crime Unit and S.W.A.T., the Knox County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant in the 7000 block of Dogwood Drive in the Rocky Hill commun...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) The City of Knoxville will cut the ribbon on the Sunsphere's new welcome center Wednesday, but the center won't be the only change for the Knoxville icon.The welcome center...

A former Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officer pleads guilty to using state funds for personal use over the course of several years.District Attorney General Russell Johnson's office says an inv...

A Knoxville man is sentenced after he crashed into another car head-on on Tazewell Pike after drinking several margaritas in September 2021.Knox County District Attorney Charme Allen says 68-year-old ...

Sevierville, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Friday issued a Silver Alert for a man last seen in Sevierville.According to the agency, 58-year-old Hank Brackins was last seen on Thursda...

Jefferson County, TN (WOKI) A Jefferson County Schools bus driver has been charged with sex crimes.Officials with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Friday announcing 56-year-old James Robert...

Crossville, TN (WOKI) A high school teacher in Crossville is arrested Thursday after threatening a student in a classroom.According to an affidavit from Cumberland County's circuit court, Stone Memori...

Rocky Hill, TN (WOKI) The co-owners of Rocky Hill Pharmacy are set to face trial in January after pleading not guilty in a case regarding a health care fraud conspiracy.Tiffany Haney and Anne Warren, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lowered the age recommendation for people who should get vaccinated for pneumonia from age 65 to 50.This as pneumonia and other respiratory illnesses...

A Maryville man is convicted of assaulting police, among other felony and misdemeanor charges, during 2021's January 6th breach of the U.S. Capitol.The FBI says 35-year-old Edward Kelley was found gui...