32-year-old Chad Brooks, a West High School teacher and coach, was taken into custody on Friday afternoon in Morristown, Tennessee by the Morristown Police Department. In early April, the Knoxville Police Department’s Special Crimes Unit was made aware of allegations that Brooks had allegedly engaged in inappropriate behavior with past and current students. Following…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, TN — The Knox County Regional Forensic Center (RFC) today released its 2024 Annual report as well as the Drug-Related Death Report for Knox and Anderson counties. The annual report provides an extensive overview of the RFC facilities, staff, and cases. The Drug-Related Death Report includes data on drug-related death cases the Center investigated…… MORE
CAMPBELL COUNTY – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has partnered with sociology students at Elizabethton High School to raise awareness about a cold case out of Campbell County. It’s been forty years since the skeletal remains of a young girl were found in a remote part of the Elk Valley community of Campbell County. At the…… MORE
At approximately 5:15 PM, the Knox County Emergency Communications District received a 911 call reporting an apartment on fire on the second floor of building 900 in the Spring Meadow Apartment Complex. The caller advised that he could see flames at a window and that they were evacuating. As this caller was speaking with Knox County…… MORE
The Knoxville Police Department is investigating a fatal single-car crash that happened on Saturday morning. At around 8:35 a.m. on Saturday, May 10, 2025, KPD officers responded to the ramp from Broadway to Hall of Fame Drive, where a car had run off of the road to the right, collided with the bridge support and…… MORE
Many people across East Tennessee felt an earthquake Saturday morning. According to the United States Geological Survey, the 4.1 magnitude earthquake ranks among the strongest felt in our area and the strongest since a 4.4 magnitude earthquake in Decatur in 2018. There could be an aftershock possible this week. However, the strongest earthquake here belongs…… MORE
Clinton, TN (WOKI) One of several people connected to a months-long investigation into a grade changing scandal at Clinton High School has been charged in Anderson County court. Daniel “Clay” Turpin was fired from Anderson County Schools in May of 2024 after the school board voted on dismissal charges for him and Rachel Jones, another…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A good news update to a story involving an animal cruelty case in Knoxville. A dog Knoxville police say was abused before being rescued is headed to its “furever” home. Officials with Young-Williams Animal Center say they received an outpouring of love from all over the country for the “sweet, brave girl”…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police say a man has been taken into custody following an investigation into a series of shots fired incidents that happened on Paris Road. Police say 29-year-old Hayden Currie was charged with five counts of aggravated assault, three counts of reckless endangerment and three counts of felony vandalism in connection to…… MORE
MARYVILLE, TN (courtesy of WVLT / WOKI) – Former Blount County teacher Joseph Dalton was sentenced to six months of probation after he pleaded guilty to five counts of assault against students in the district. The Blount County Commission took a unanimous stand against that outcome Thursday night by agreeing to ask state leaders to change the…… MORE
