Category Archives: Local News

GATLINBURG, TN-The Flint Gap Fire is now 75% contained. Yesterday, firefighters hiked into the fire and continued to safely secure the perimeter and put out hot spots. Today fire crews continue to wor...

Gatlinburg, TN (WOKI) Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Cassius Cash is stepping down after almost a decade heading up the country's most-visited national park.Cash is taking over as ...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Two men are facing drug charges after a traffic stop Thursday morning in East Knoxville.Knoxville Police Department officials say officers stopped a Nissan truck on McConnell Stre...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knox County Sheriff’s Office says a seventh-grade student is charged with threats of mass violence and false reports for making a bomb threat at a Knox County School.Har...

District Leaders and the Blount County Commission unanimously voted on a resolution that asks for more thorough investigation into every single complaint of sexual misconduct in Blount County Schools....

A Kentucky sheriff is charged with the murder of a district court judgeAccording to Kentucky State Police, at around 2:55 Thursday afternoon, they received a 9-1-1 call from the Letcher County Courtho...

UPDATE: One car still missing and Knoxville Police are investigating after multiple cars are stolen from a North Knoxville dealership.Officers called to North Knox Chrysler Dodge on Callahan Drive to ...

Union County, TN (WOKI) Two students are arrested Thursday, September 19 after an incident at Union County High School.Union County Schools officials releasing a statement saying two juveniles are acc...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) We’re learning more now about Monday’s deadly crash in Powell.Officials with the Knox County Sheriff's Office releasing an incident report Thursday afternoon detailing...

(Story courtesy of WVLT)Knoxville, TN (WVLT) Vision Zero for the city of Knoxville is simple in its purest form."The goal is to eliminate all traffic fatalities and serious injury crashes," Vision Zer...