Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville pastor out for his morning jog Monday finds a man lying dead outside of Edgewood Chapel AME Zion Church. Knoxville Police Department officials say the pastor came across the deceased man around 7:30 a.m. outside of the church located at 2440 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. Officers dispatched to the…… MORE
Knoxville Police arrest a teen for carjacking. Officers called to the 1400 block of Beaumont Avenue after a woman reported her car was taken at gunpoint yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. Officers spotted the car which eventually crashed at Texas Avenue and Sherman Street and the man, identified as 18 year-old Shaun Sullivan, ran from the car…… MORE
Updated Information: The victim from the fatal crash that happened on Rutledge Pike on Sunday morning has been identified as Michael Eastridge, 52 of Knoxville, Tennessee. The victim was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. Crash reconstruction investigators also believe that the poor condition of the vehicle’s tires was a contributing…… MORE
Newport, TN (WOKI) Newport police arrest a murder suspect Thursday, January 18 after finding the body of a missing woman along a highway in Cosby. Murder suspect Jerrod Martin was arrested Thursday in connection to the disappearance and murder of Michelle Johnson of Newport who was reported missing on January 9. Newport Police Department officials…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Officials with the Knoxville Police Department are confirming the discovery of a dead woman outside of an apartment complex near Old City. Officials say police along with the Knoxville Fire Department and the Medical Examiner’s Office responded around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 17 to the complex at 246 Hall of Fame Drive.…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Area Transit (KAT) announces it is suspending operations for the rest of the day Friday due to dangerous road conditions. KAT representatives say safety is their number one priority, and the roads are too icy to operate city buses safely. KAT says it plans to operate severe snow routes tomorrow Saturday,…… MORE
Updated Story: The weather related deaths from the snow and ice that hit our area a week ago has risen. The state says the death is now at 27, four of those in Knox County, two in Roane County, one in Anderson County and two in Washington County. The state says weather related deaths include…… MORE
Knoxville Police say one of the two people accused of carjacking a USPS truck has been arrested. 18 year-old Kemian Strawder was arrested at the Hardee’s on Clinton Highway yesterday (Thursday), Officers found him with a loaded handgun. He is wanted in connection to the December 6th carjacking on Dandridge Avenue of the USPS worker…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Vestal United Methodist Church warming center in Knoxville has reached capacity. City of Knoxville officials making that announcement Thursday afternoon, adding that guests were being moved to the South Knoxville Community Center. The city is asking that people needing a warm place to stay make their way to the community center…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) If your trash has been piling up over the last week, there is some good news. Knox County officials say that Waste Connections, the county’s contracted trash hauler, will be picking up extra trash after roads become less dangerous, even if that trash doesn’t fit in your trash can. They say all…… MORE
