Knoxville Police are still searching for the suspect in the carjacking of a USPS truck. KPD says now 18 year-old Kemian Strawder is being sought in connection to last week’s carjacking on Dandridge Avenue. At the time of the carjacking he was under 18, so police filed juvenile petitions charging him with carjacking, aggravated assault…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Ten people are now looking for a place to stay after a structure fire Saturday in East Knoxville. The Knoxville Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 2100 block of Washington Avenue Saturday afternoon. KFD reported heavy fire in the basement of a two-story building. Fire officials say approximately 10…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) After being without a station for months, the Knoxville Fire Department reopened its doors at Station 6 Friday in the Burlington area, but it’s part of a larger goal to provide area residents with a new fire station in the not-too-distant future. “I hope it is going to encourage developers to be able…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A woman is charged after a fatal wrong-way crash on I-40 early Sunday morning, December 10. Knoxville Police Department officials say the crash occurred around 1:20 a.m. near I-640 in west Knoxville when 34-year-old Ellen Rideout, traveling west in a Subaru sedan in the eastbound lanes of I-40, struck a Prius heading…… MORE
Hancock County, TN (WOKI) Sheriff’s deputies from two counties collaborate to recover thousands of dollars worth of tools belonging to the Tennessee Valley Authority. Officials with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office say around $7,000 worth of stolen tools belonging to the TVA were found on December 5th. The tools had been stolen from some property…… MORE
The 55th Annual Nativity Pageant of Knoxville begins this weekend. It will be tomorrow and Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Civic Coliseum and on Monday at 7 p.m. The one-hour performance starts in darkness; please arrive early to avoid searching for seats in the dark. Special music will begin 30 minutes prior to the…… MORE
Knoxville Police are investigating a fatal crash on I-40 West. It happened yesterday (Thursday) afternoon near West Hills. Police say a Nissan SUV that was traveling eastbound on I-40 lost a tire which went over the divider wall and struck another Nissan SUV going west and that tire went through the windshield and struck the…… MORE
A plane which took off from Downtown Island Home Airport crashes in Giles County, killing a Knoxville woman and her Dad who were the only ones on-board the single-engine airplane. Jenny and James Blalock were killed when their plane went down near Pulaski near the Marshall County line. The Federal Aviation Administration says contact was…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville nurse’s death in September is now being investigated as a homicide. Knoxville Police Department officials say detectives were notified Wednesday, December 6 by the Knox County Regional Forensic Center that the death of 61 year-old Janice Allison of Knoxville had been classified as a homicide. Police report that on September…… MORE
Sevier County, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued an Endangered Child Alert for a Sevier County 6-year-old. TBI officials say 6-year-old Elizabeth Ledford is 4′6″ tall and weighs 60 pounds with red hair and blue eyes. They say she may be traveling in a blue 2009 Nissan Versa with Washington State Tag…… MORE
