Free family activities this weekend at Knoxville Museum of Art The Knoxville Museum of Art welcomes the community for several fun, educational and free events for all ages during December. Sunday, Dec. 10: Second Sunday Art Activity; Free Children in grades K-6 are invited to drop in between 1-4 p.m. for a hands-on art activity…… MORE
Knoxville Police say the man wanted in connection to a deadly shooting at Arbor Place Apartments has turned himself in. Detectives obtained warrants charging 28 year-old Jesse Bailey Jr. with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder and other charges in Sunday morning’s shooting after 35-year-old Howard Jordan was found dead at the scene…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon invites you to attend her upcoming inauguration and the official swearing-in of those recently chosen in last month’s City of Knoxville election. Mayor Kincannon’s inauguration will take place on Saturday, December 16 at 10:30 a.m. in the Main Assembly Room of the City-County Building at 400 W. Main…… MORE
Loudon County, TN (WOKI) The Loudon County Sheriff’s Office, investigating a stabbing Saturday, December 2 has made an arrest in the case. Late Saturday night LCSO was searching for a stabbing suspect after a person was stabbed in the 100 block of Comer Private Way. The suspect, identified as Dominic Comer, ran from the scene…… MORE
Updated story: Knoxville Police have identified the suspect and victim in a fatal shooting at Arbor Place Apartments and are asking for help to locate that suspect. Homicide Unit detectives have obtained warrants charging Jesse Bailey Jr., 28 of Knoxville, Tenn., with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder and employing a firearm during…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A convicted felon and alleged gang member is sentenced Friday in a 2021 Knoxville traffic stop. Donald D. Kirkland, 42, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted violent felon and reckless endangerment. According to the Knoxville District Attorney’s office, Kirkland was charged following…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police take two convicted felons into custody after confiscating five guns. KPD responded to north Knoxville after getting a report of shots being fired on Forestdale Avenue early Friday morning. Officers say the driver of a car told them that two people in his vehicle, identified as 21-year-old Alexander Foye and…… MORE
An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) squad, the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, and the McMinnville Police Department has resulted in the arrest of a man charged with the sexual exploitation of a minor. ICAC agents received a cybertip via the National Center for Missing and…… MORE
The National Park Service (NPS) is investigating an online scam selling fraudulent parking tags to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Someone posing as the National Park Service is directing individuals and organizations to a website titled “Smokies Park Pass.” This website looks like it belongs to our park partner, Great Smoky Mountains Association (GSMA), but it…… MORE
Jellico, TN (WOKI) Utilities customers in the Jellico area will be without power for a time overnight Saturday, December 2. Officials with Jellico Utilities say the Tennessee Valley Authority has scheduled a planned outage from 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 2 to 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 3. They say the outage will impact all…… MORE
