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Photo courtesy of WVLTA man is arrested after reportedly setting a gas pump on fire and stopping fuel from getting to the store, temporarily shutting thae store down.It happened yesterday morning at t...

Passenger train routes connecting Tennessee's largest cities to each other and bordering states is still decades away, if it happens at all, according to a newly completed study from the Tennessee Adv...

A Scott County deputy is arrested and charged with domestic assault against a family member.It happened last night, when Oneida Police responded to a domestic disturbance call and arrested 27-year-old...

Photo courtesy of WVLTOfficials in Union County are searching for an escaped inmate.Dean McPherson was being held at the jail for driving on a suspended license and escaped last night (Wednesday).He i...

McMinn County, TN (WOKI) Speed appears to be the cause in a fatal motorcycle crash on the Fourth of July in McMinn County.Tennessee Highway Patrol officials say 37 year-old Franklin Harris was riding ...

Four teens arrested after shooting fireworks at Knoxville police, causing car crash (Courtesy KPD)Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Four teens are arrested Tuesday night following a chaotic scene involving firewor...

Our Queen, Dolly Parton, says she does not want to become a hologram.During a press event for her upcoming album "Rockstar", she was asked about the idea of a digital hologram being used in her place ...

An investigation is underway following a deadly July 4th accident in South Knoxville.The Knox County Sheriff's Office responding to the 600 block of West Marine Road and the preliminary investigation ...

Deputy Chief of Professional Standards Brooklyn Sawyers BelkCourtesy (City of Knoxville)Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The woman behind some big changes within the Knoxville Police Department is stepping down f...

Chimpanzee Binti (Zoo Knoxville)Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Beloved by her chimpanzee family and human caretakers, a 38-year-old Chimpanzee at Zoo Knoxville has died.“We had to make the unfortunate dec...