Category Archives: Local News

The Grainger County Sheriff's Office says a student has been charged with making threats of mass violence.According to Sheriff James Harville, the student, who is a juvenile at Grainger High School, w...

(Story courtesy of WVLT News)Gatlinburg, TN (WVLT) One week after Newfound Gap Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was close, the park service says the road will stay closed on the Tenness...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Tennessee wide receiver has been charged with driving on a suspended license.Chris Brazzell was arrested following a traffic stop Friday night.Knoxville police say Brazzell was ...

Overton County, TN (WOKI) A man has been arrested and charged one week after a body was found in a burning refrigerator on the side of a Tennessee road.Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investiga...

Tellico Plains, TN (WOKI) The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a small plane crashed Tuesday afternoon in Tellico Plains.According to the FAA’s preliminary report, the cras...

Greeneville, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway in Greeneville following a deadly motorcycle crash Wednesday.Officials with the Greeneville Police Department report the crash happened around 9:30 ...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knox County Property Assessor Phil Ballard is indicted Wednesday on criminal charges by a Knox County grand jury.According to court records, Ballard was indicted on one count of o...

TIPTONVILLE, TN (Story courtesy of WSMV / WVLT) – The man accused of killing four people in Lake County appeared virtually before the court on Thursday morning.The Lake County Courthouse saw 28-...

JOHNSON CITY - An undercover investigation by special agents with the TBI Human Trafficking Unit and the Johnson City Police Department's Special Victims Unit has resulted in the arrest of four p...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A man is facing decades behind bars after trying to kill his ex-girlfriend in Knoxville last year.District Attorney General Charme Allen’s office says 28-year-old Jevess Der...