Dollywood Theme Park is now open. Dolly Parton and Dollywood Parks & Resorts President Eugene Naughton welcomed guests and media to great fanfare during the opening ceremonies for the 39th season at Dollywood, her world-renowned Smoky Mountain theme park. Dolly shared an update on her busy winter, a look ahead to Dollywood’s 2024 season, and introduced…… MORE
Updated Story: There are some new details about a fire in Halls that damages several campers and leads to the arrest of a man who is charged with with criminal trespass, reckless burning and reckless endangerment. Police say Joseph DeFoe was seen trespassing in the 8500 block of Old Jacksboro Road on Saturday where several…… MORE
Hendersonville, TN (WOKI) Thursday’s search of a Kentucky landfill for evidence related to the disappearance of a Sumner County autistic teen has come up empty. While the search for 15-year-old Sebastian Rogers continues, the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office says the search at the Hopkins County, Kentucky landfill is over after “exhaustive efforts” to find any…… MORE
Friendsville, TN (WOKI) A Friendsville woman is facing charges for logging false hours at the Knoxville company for which she worked, racking up more than $100,000 in pay she did not earn. According to a police report, Brandi Marie McCraine McConniel had been stealing from Goddard Industrial since she was hired in 2020. The report…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) UPDATE: After two hours of jury deliberations Friday, Robin Howington was found guilty of reckless homicide in the death of her five year old daughter. FULL STORY: Day four in the trial of Robin Howington, the Knoxville woman accused of shooting and killing her five year old daughter in 2019,…… MORE
Nashville, TN (WOKI) An Endangered Child Alert remains active out of Rutherford County for a missing 7-year-old girl. Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation say Iris Crum may be with her non-custodial mother Khaila Czereda who is wanted by the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. Police say Iris is five feet tall, 80 pounds and…… MORE
Jellico, TN (WOKI) Jellico Regional Hospital is closing its doors once again. A notice posted Thursday on the hospital door says the facility will be closed effective March 9 at 7:00 a.m. and directs people to the two closest emergency rooms, Baptist Health in Corbin, Kentucky and LaFollette Medical Center in LaFollette: Baptist Health Corbin…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The mother of a teen boy recovering from severe damage to his face following a dog attack is pressing charges. That, according to a report from the Knoxville Police Department which also identifies Erica Rhodes as the owner of the pit bull mix that attacked the 14-year-old while he was on his…… MORE
Madisonville, KY (WOKI) The search for a missing autistic teen boy out of Sumner County took investigators to a landfill in Kentucky Thursday morning. Officials with the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office say deputies and the Kentucky State Police are searching a landfill in Hopkins County Kentucky where trash went from missing 15-year-old Sebastian Rogers’ neighborhood.…… MORE
Authorities have identified the Canadian family of five killed in a plane crash off I 40 in Nashville. 43 year-old Victor Dotsenko, who got his pilot’s license in 2022, his wife Rimma and their three children, David, 12, Adam, 10, and Emma who was 7 died in Monday night’s crash. The family was headed for…… MORE
