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Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Five people are arrested Thursday following the execution of a search warrant at a home in the 1500 block of Minnesota Avenue.Officials with the Knoxville Police Department say th...

The Blount Special Operations Response Team recovered the body. (Courtesy: WVLT)Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 9/8: One of two bodies found in Fort Loudon Lake last week has been identified.The Blount Co...

The Tennessee Department of Transportation says a road construction project on Lovell Road in Knox County will have a temporary impact on traffic.Beginning Sunday there will be lane closures on Lovell...

Photo courtesy of WVLTCountry music artist Zach Bryan is arrested in Oklahoma.Bryan confirmed this in a statement on his social media pages. Bryan says he "had an incident with the Oklahoma Highway Pa...

Photo courtesy of WVLTMembers of a West Knox County neighborhood say they don’t want to a proposed affordable housing development to come to the area.The project is proposed in the Choto area ar...

Shannon Walker, 44 (Courtesy: KPD)Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Maryville man charged in the deadly Kingston Pike crash that killed 24-year-old Ben Kredich was released on bond Wednesday.Forty-four year-ol...

(Courtesy: WVLT)Maryville, TN (WOKI) A Publix will soon be opening in Maryville, and store officials are looking for employees.They will be hosting a hiring fair Friday and Saturday, September 8 and 9...

Tara Hills Apartments (Courtesy: WVLT)Oak Ridge, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: Law enforcement in Oak Ridge ended an hours-long standoff Wednesday afternoon at the Tara Hills apartment complex, arresting a suspec...

Knoxville’s Sunsphere (Courtesy: Visit Knoxville)Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Big changes are in-the-works for Knoxville's most iconic structure: the Sunsphere.The showpiece in World’s Fair Park i...

Rebecca Dishman, 25 (Courtesy: District Attorney General’s Office)Oakridge, TN (WOKI) An Oak Ridge woman pleads guilty Tuesday, September 5 to dismembering a woman and raping two children.Twenty...