Lawmakers are trying to crack down on street racing in Tennessee. A new proposal allows offenders to lose their driving privileges and possibly their car. This proposal comes after a deadly drag racing crash on Magnolia Avenue which left one man dead and injured two children in June of last year. Right now, drag racing…… MORE
The Knoxville Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on the night of Friday, January 26, 2024 just outside of downtown Knoxville. KPD officers will staff the checkpoint, which will be set up in the Fort Sanders area. The purpose of the checkpoint is to deter impaired driving, prevent serious or fatal crashes, and increase…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 1/12: A Knoxville man who attacked a nurse at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center earlier this month has turned himself in. East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers say 57 year-old Jackie B. Bell turned himself in Thursday evening; Bell was wanted for attacking the nurse while visiting a patient at the hospital…… MORE
Sevierville, TN (WOKI) The Sevierville Police Department is asking for help finding a missing man who was last seen in October. Sevierville Police Department officials say 25 year-old Steven Maradiaga was last seen on October 24, 2023. He is Hispanic, stands 6-feet-tall and has black hair and brown eyes. Officials say Maradiaga was last seen…… MORE
Athens, TN (WOKI) An Athens man is arrested and charged after allegedly uploading child sexual abuse material to Snapchat. Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation say 27 year-old Kenterrius McGuffie was arrested at his workplace in Sweetwater Monday following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children concerning child sexual abuse…… MORE
The Knox County Growth Policy Coordinating Committee approves a plan that outlines how Knox County will grow over the next 20 years. The original proposal detailed over 16,000 acres of rural land in areas like Karns, Corryton, Halls, Gibbs, and Hardin Valley and the new revised plan is preserving more than 2,000 acres of that…… MORE
Knox County has again achieved one of the highest honors in the arena of governmental accounting and finance reporting, winning what is considered the “triple crown” for finance departments. The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) recently recognized the county for receiving all three of its awards: • The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial…… MORE
The Knoxville Museum of Art (KMA) announcing the appointment of Steven Matijcio as the museum’s new executive director following a national search. Matijcio is leaving his post as director and chief curator at the Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston. He succeeds David Butler, who retired at the end of December after serving as the…… MORE
Sevier County, TN (WOKI) A man is arrested after a domestic dispute sparked a standoff with the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday morning. SCSO officials say deputies responded around 10:20 a.m. to a home on County Line Road, finding a woman and two juveniles who had been assaulted; they were taken to a safe spot…… MORE
Sevier County, TN (WOKI) A woman is sentenced to two decades in prison Wednesday morning after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a deadly shooting at Soaky Mountain Waterpark in July 2021. Sarah Romine pled guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated assault in Sevier County Circuit Criminal Court; she was sentenced to 16 years in…… MORE
