Update: The Knox County Sheriff’s Office says 16 year-old Kaitlynn Marie Van-Auken has been found safe in South Carolina. Original story: The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help to find an endangered, missing teen. 16-year-old Kaitlynn Marie Van-Auken, who goes by Marie, was last seen early Saturday morning in the Middlebrook Pike and…… MORE
Maryville, TN (WOKI) Authorities in Blount County continue getting the word out about a telephone scam plaguing the area. Sheriff’s deputies are warning, once again, that a scammer is leaving voicemails posing as Lt. James Perry from the Civil Service Division. If you get this call, it IS a scam. The Blount County Sheriff’s Office…… MORE
Rockwood, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway in Roane County after a 15-year-old is fatally wounded Tuesday in what police suspect may have been an accidental shooting. Officials with the Roane County Sheriff’s Office say the shooting happened around 1:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 2 at a home in Rockwood. They say the victim may have…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Fire Department is crediting a passerby who warned strangers that their house was on fire Thursday, possibly saving their lives. Mark Wilbanks with KFD says that crews responded to the home on Jefferson Avenue Thursday afternoon. Once there, crews learned that someone walking by had seen that the attic was on…… MORE
Morristown, TN (WOKI) Investigators in Hamblen County say the man charged with setting fire to a downtown building, also planned to start more fires. According to a warrant, police found Jeffery Scott Cicirelli at a Morristown hotel where he admitted to setting the fire in the Parks-Belk building earlier this week and also said he…… MORE
Sevierville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Silver Alert for a missing Sevier County woman has been canceled. TBI had issued the alert Friday morning for 26-year-old Stephaine Harvey. TBI officials report Harvey has been located and is safe. Harvey had last been seen Thursday night, on foot, in the area of Lloyd…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The University of Tennessee Medical Center is implementing visitor restrictions due to an increase in flu and COVID activity. UTMC announced this week that anyone under the age of 12 and anyone exhibiting signs of illness are restricted from visiting patients at this time. Signs of illness include cough, congestion, and stomach…… MORE
Bean Station, TN (WOKI) Police in Bean Station are asking for help to find a suspect who robbed an area convenience store at gunpoint. Authorities say the armed robbery occurred shortly after 8:00 p.m. on December 27 at the By-Lo on 524 Highway 25E in Bean Station. If you have any information, you are asked…… MORE
Alcoa, TN (WOKI) Alcoa Police Department officials announced Wednesday they have made an arrest regarding multiple armed robberies. According to officials, the suspect demanded money at gunpoint at a local business Friday and is linked to two aggravated armed robberies. Police say the man has also been connected to multiple other crimes in the area.…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police say they have found the driver accused of hitting and killing a man on Chapman Highway. The crash happened Tuesday night on Chapman Highway near East Moody Avenue. KPD says a man was hit while crossing the busy road; he died at the scene. After finding a piece of the…… MORE
