Category Archives: Local News

The Knoxville Fire Department is investigating a house fire in South Knoxville.Crews were called to the 200 block of Colonial Drive last night (Tuesday) and found light smoke coming from the side of t...

Strawberry Plains, TN (WOKI) The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration says roof material fell onto a miner's loader at Young Mine in Jefferson County killing him.Their repo...

Newport, TN (WOKI) All personnel are accounted for following a fire just before noon Tuesday) at the Cocke County Highway Department.According to Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis, the fire, at the depart...

KNOXVILLE, TN (WOKI) -Knox County and Knoxville-Knox County Planning have embarked upon the third and final stage of Advance Knox - the creation of a Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). The purpose o...

Knoxville, TN (KFD / WOKI) – At 3:15 PM (Monday), the Knox County Emergency Communications district received a 911 call from a female reporting her home at 1601 Freemont Place was on fire and th...

Nashville, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) and the Appalachian Bear Rescue (ABR) have reached a new partnership agreement for black bear rehabilitation in Tennessee.In a relea...

Rockford, TN (WOKI) A Maryville woman is dead and a Georgia man is in custody following a shooting Sunday at a home in Rockford.Officials with the Blount County Sheriff’s Office say the shooting...

Loudon County, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is asking for information after the victim in a 2019 cold case out of Loudon County is identified.TBI officials announcing Monday that sc...

Oliver Springs, TN (WOKI) Oliver Springs Road at Old Batley Road in Anderson County is currently closed as multiple agencies respond to a crash involving a tractor-trailer.Officials with the Anderson ...

Dollywood’s parent company is cited following an investigation after an employee was injured working on a ride.The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration says an employee w...