UPDATED Story: Three juveniles have been arrested after reportedly calling in an active shooter at Halls Middle School. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office Juvenile Detectives Unit arrested two boys and a girl from Gibbs Middle School for placing a false active shooter call to 911 yesterday. The eighth graders have all been charged with Making…… MORE
Morristown, TN (WOKI) There’s good news Thursday out of Morristown: 17 chihuahuas that were rescued from a storage unit back in December are now up for adoption. In December, animal control said they found the dogs unattended in a storage unit, and they showed visible signs of neglect and abuse. Officials with the Morristown Hamblen…… MORE
Jefferson County, TN (WOKI) An East Tennessee high school basketball coach is suspended after getting a DUI. According to Jefferson County High School, head boys basketball coach Andy Hill was arrested Tuesday night. He is charged with driving under the influence after being involved in a crash. School officials say injuries were minor. Hill is…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Officials at Lakeshore Park say they’re investigating after three vehicles were caught on camera doing donuts for a few hours last week. Officials say the three vehicles were doing donuts for several hours on January 16. In a statement to our news partner WVLT, officials say there is “extensive damage…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knox County Sheriff’s Office has identified the body found Tuesday in a pond on a Knox County golf course. KCSO officials say 65-year-old Albert Rogers, Jr., of Knoxville was found dead in the water at Willow Creek Golf Course around 9:00 a.m. KCSO’s Major Crimes Detectives, Forensics and the medical examiner…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knox County Criminal Court has denied a petition for post-conviction relief made by a man convicted in the murder of Zaevion Dobson, a teen who was killed while shielding his friends from gang-related gunfire. Christopher Bassett Jr. was convicted alongside Kipling Colbert Jr. and Richard Williams in December of 2017 in the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Rural Metro firefighters were kept busy Wednesday morning responding to two structure fires, one in Mascot and another in the Halls community. Rural Metro fire crews were called to the 8900 block of “C” Drive in Mascot around 3:30 a.m. where they found a single-wide trailer fully engulfed in flames. The residents…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Tellico Plains man is sentenced Tuesday, January 23 to more than two decades in prison for rape of a child. Officials with the District Attorney’s Office say 36-year-old Brandon Wesley Lethco pled guilty to six counts of rape of a child and received a 25-year sentence. The DA says that sentence will…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a dead body is found on a golf course. KCSO says the man’s body was found Tuesday morning, January 23, in a pond on Willow Creek Golf Course. The initial investigation shows no signs of foul play; however, this investigation is in the preliminary…… MORE
Tennessee’s extreme winter weather event over the last week has left 34 dead across the state, according to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency’s latest update. TEMA said the State Emergency Operations Center in Nashville is activated at a Level 4 – Elevated to support local requests. “The extreme cold experienced last week is transitioning out…… MORE
