Category Archives: Local News
McMinn County Man Pleads Guilty to 2021 Quadruple Murder
McMinn County, TN (WOKI) A McMinn County man has been convicted in connection to a September 2021 quadruple murder.In 2021, Curtis Smith and Jazzmine Hall went to a home in Riceville with a gun where ...
May 14, 2024
AMR Presents First Progress Report to Knox County Commission
Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) American Medical Response presented its first progress report to the Knox County Commission Monday night.The report comes after a new contract promised to fix serious probl...
May 14, 2024
Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Asking for Help Finding Man Last Seen in October
Monroe County, TN (WOKI) The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is asking for help finding a man last seen in October.MCSO officials say 48-year-old James Jefferson Hughes was last seen by a family member...
May 14, 2024
A Teen Missing out of Kentucky Could be in the Morristown Area
The Pineville Police Department in Bell County, Kentucky, is asking for help finding a missing teen that could be in the Morristown area.16-year-old Trayce Gann was last seen in Pineville on May 12, w...
May 13, 2024
TBI Silver Alert for a Scott County Man
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking for a Scott County man.The TBI issued a Silver Alert for Audie Harness, 70 on Sunday, after he was last seen May 4 in Scott County.Harness is 411 160lb...
May 13, 2024
Son of Fallen Blount County Officer Graduates High School with Special Tribute to Dad
A special tribute in honor of a Heritage High School graduate, the badge of a fallen officer worn by his son.Cayden McCowan, the son of Blount County Deputy Greg McCowan who was shot and killed in the...
May 12, 2024
Knoxville Police are Investigating a Hit and Run in South Knoxville
Knoxville Police are investigating a hit and run along Maryville Pike in South Knoxville. Police say it happened in the overnight hours of Friday or Saturday morning. There were no oc...
May 12, 2024
A Two Year-old in Critical Condition following a shooting at The Vista Apartment Complex, Two Juveniles in Custody
Knoxville Police are investigating a shooting that has left a 2 year-old girl in critical condition and two juveniles are facing charges.KPD and the Knoxville Fire Department were called to an apartme...
May 12, 2024
2024 Blooming’ BBQ Festival is this Weekend in Sevierville
The annual City of Sevierville Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival will take place in the downtown area on May 17 and 18. To facilitate the event, several streets must be temporarily closed, and th...
May 12, 2024
Scammers Place Card Skimmers at 3 Knoxville-Area Food City Cash Registers, Company Says
Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Three Food City cash registers in the Knoxville-area were recently the targets of scammers using card skimmers.Representatives of K-VA-T Food Stores, the grocery store's pa...
May 10, 2024
