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
Morristown, TN (WOKI) A man is now facing charges in connection to a fire Tuesday that likely destroyed the historic Parks-Belk building in downtown Morristown. Morristown Police Department officials say 33 year-old Jeffrey Cicirelli of Livonia, Michigan is charged with Arson, Reckless Endangerment, Burglary and Vandalism; he is in custody in the Hamblen County jail.…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Highway Patrol plans to conduct sobriety roadside safety checkpoints around East Tennessee on multiple dates in January. Sobriety checkpoints are scheduled for Douglass Dam Road at Amanda Lane in Sevier Couny Friday, January 5. Officers will then conduct sobriety checkpoints on Oak Ridge Highway at Karns Valley Road in Knox…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Unofficial data from the Knoxville Police Department shows that crime rates, for the most part, dropped in 2023. As the report data has yet to be audited by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, it’s technically unofficial. Even so, it shows that most types of crimes were less common in Knoxville than in…… MORE
