Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UT Lifestar is dispatched Friday afternoon for a medical emergency at a church in Northeast Knox County. Officials with Rural Metro Fire say crews responding to the church for that medical emergency quickly determined that the patient needed immediate transport and called for Lifestar. UT Lifestar transported the person to a local…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) A woman is charged by Knoxville Police for attacking two minors. KPD has arrested 35 year-old Allison Coronado charging her with assault for attacking the pair after they got off of their school bus according to our news partner WVLT. That incident happening on Tuesday, on Willow Bluff Circle in…… MORE
An investigation is underway after two Knoxville Police officers are shot at while patrolling the city. KPD says the reported shooting happened last night as the two officers, in full uniform, were patrolling in an unmarked cruiser near the Beaumont Avenue and McSpadden Street intersection when a heavy-set man with dreadlocks shot at them from…… MORE
Water is now safe to drink in Tellico Plains. Recent flooding prompted a boil advisory for the area and closed Monroe County schools which have also re-opened. Mayor Marilyn Parker says a few people are still without running water, but city hall has enough water bottles and necessities to go around throughout the weekend, they…… MORE
An arrest is made in connection to a West Knoxville Apartment fire. 32-year-old Ronnie Jowers is charged with Aggravated Arson and Evading Arrest for the fire intentionally set at an apartment in the 2000 block of Ridgebrook Drive. The Knoxville Fire Department responding to that fire Wednesday night and investigators determined it was set due…… MORE
Knox County Schools is alerting parents of issues with communication affected by a problem with the system’s internet connectivity. The mass alert was sent to parents just before 7:30 a.m. this morning. The problem is impacting access to email across the school district. Officials did say that the phones are working if parents need to…… MORE
Loudon County, TN (WOKI) A tractor-trailer driver in Loudon County is now facing a DUI charge after crashing and overturning his vehicle. Lenoir City Police Department officials say 49 year-old Said Warsame of Texas was reportedly exiting from I-75 onto 321 just before midnight Wednesday, August, 16 when he went onto the shoulder of the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A man wanted for attempted first-degree murder in a shooting at Bebo’s Cafe is arrested. Twenty-two year-old Jaheim Houston was arrested by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Wednesday night at an address on Watauga Avenue. He was wanted on two counts of attempted first-degree murder, among other charges, stemming from the…… MORE
At the halfway mark (seven days of fourteen) of early voting for the 2023 City of Knoxville Primary Election, a total of 2,831 early votes have been cast, with an additional 590 votes cast by absentee ballot. STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN AT THE HALFWAY POINT EARLY VOTES CAST AT THE MIDWAY POINT COMPARED TO OTHER MAYORAL CITY ELECTIONS EARLY…… MORE
The Knoxville Fire Department is investigating an early morning fatal East Knoxville house fire. Crews responding to the 2000 block of Dodson Avenue and found the home engulfed in flames. Once firefighters could search the home, they found one person and dog dead inside. The home is a total loss. KFD says there were no…… MORE
