East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers needs your help finding a car burglary suspect. The man is wanted in connection to a series of car burglaries near Lyons View Pike and Peters Road in West Knoxville. He is also wanted for allegedly using stolen credit cards. If you have any information you are asked to contact…… MORE
Greeneville, TN (WOKI) Almost 30 people are sent to the hospital Wednesday morning following two separate chemical leaks at a cheese factory in Greeneville. Greeneville town officials say two separate leaks of anhydrous ammonia occurred at La Quesera Mexicana, a cheese factory located on Hankins Street. Officials say six employees were taken to a local…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The search for a man wanted for attempted first degree murder in a shooting incident Tuesday night is now over. Police say 25 year-old Stephon Davidson was taken into custody Wednesday, December 20 by Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputies at a motel on Asheville Highway. Davidson was wanted in connection to the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A former Johnson City business owner and accused child rapist is released from hospital care Wednesday following a suicide attempt. An update from the U.S. Marshals Service says Sean Williams was transported back to jail and remains under close supervision. Officials say Williams will attend acourt appearance in Greeneville Thursday, December 21…… MORE
Maryville, TN (WOKI) A Maryville man is charged with homicide, accused of stabbing and killing his father Tuesday afternoon. Maryville Police Department officials say 29-year-old David Alexander Mills was taken into custody after a short chase in the Alcoa area after officers found his father, 58-year-old David Anthony Mills, dead in his home on Old…… MORE
Knoxville Police are searching for a man wanted on numerous charges including attempted first-degree murder. Police say 25 year-old Stephon Davidson is wanted in connection to a shooting that happened last (Tuesday) night on McConnell Street. Officers responded to an apartment in Walter P. Taylor Homes and found a 28 year-old man who had been…… MORE
On Tuesday, Dec. 19, KCS informed families at 25 district schools that free breakfast and lunch meals will be provided to all students at those schools, beginning on January 4. During the fall semester, students at the district’s 38 Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) schools – which are designated as part of the National School Lunch…… MORE
A man charged with more than 20 counts of child sex crimes including rape is in the hospital after officials say he tried to take his own life. It happened two hours after Sean Williams, who escaped federal custody during a prison transport back in October and was on the run for more than a…… MORE
The Knox County Health Department and the Tennessee Federation of Fire Chaplainsare conducting an emergency preparedness exercise to ensure the health department’s shower trailerswill operate during an emergency event. If needed, emergency workers would use the trailers if noother facilities were available.This year, however, the exercise will double as an opportunity to provide showers for…… MORE
Campbell County, TN (WOKI / WVLT) A Campbell County High School teacher is arrested Tuesday on a child sex charge out of Florida. The U.S. Marshals Service reports its Smoky Mountains Fugitive Task Force arrested 47-year-old Christopher Michael Monaghan as he was on his way to school, taking him to the Campbell County jail to…… MORE
