Update: A head-on crash in Monroe County leaves one person dead, others flown to hospital by helicopter. This morning’s accident happened on Highway 68 near Frontier Road in the Christianburg neighborhood. Authorities say that three people were in one car and two in the other. The driver of the other car was taken to the…… MORE
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a crash involving a train and a semi-truck which closed Harriman Highway in Roane County over the weekend. According to THP, the driver of the semi-truck, a 41 year-old man, Jagit Singh, was parked on the tracks and in the sleeper cab when a train hit the truck. No…… MORE
Knoxville Police along with the bomb squad investigate a possible suspicious package. Yesterday ( Sunday) morning KPD’s Explosive Ordinance Detail unit and the FBI were sent to the 500 block of West Vine Avenue near the Old City to investigate the package. The scene was clear by noon and the package was found to be…… MORE
Knoxville police say the suspect in a weekend shooting in the Old City has turned himself in. 27 year-old Walter Hill wanted for attempted second-degree murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and other charges in connection to Saturday night’s shooting involving his girlfriend and her son did turn himself into Police yesterday. Hill fled…… MORE
An undercover operation in Oneida results in the arrest of three people for selling illegal narcotics. An Oneida Police Department K-9 Officer went undercover for months and was able to buy illegal narcotics from Christina Goodman, Christina Books and Winfield Harness who were arrested on April 11th.. They are all being held on a $10,000…… MORE
A man was arrested on Monday after a woman said that he held her against her will for several days, according to a report obtained by WVLT News. The victim called 911 at around 8:00 a.m. from Planet Fitness on Chapman Highway. She told dispatchers that a man, Ricci Myers, was outside in her car while…… MORE
A search is underway at the Cosby Campground in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for a missing person, GSMNP spokesperson Emily Davis confirmed. Campground park rangers found a car that belonged to a missing person at the campground on Thursday night. Davis said that a hasty search was performed that night, but National Park…… MORE
The Knox County Register of Deeds earlier this week unveiled a new website designed to give residents and property owners a deeper look into the local real estate market. “I wanted to give the public something more open and user friendly,” said Knox County Register of Deeds Nick McBride. “Right now, it seems like people…… MORE
A firefighter injured and a dog missing following a house fire in East Knoxville. Knoxville Fire Department crews called to the intersection of Sunrise and W. Oakhill Avenue this morning and found heavy smoke coming from a home and van. Crews had some difficulty putting that fire out, which took over an hour because the…… MORE
Knoxville Police have identified the victim in a fatal accident on Pellissippi Parkway. Police say 29 year-old Anett Williams was riding an electric scooter in a travel lane when she was struck by a Ford pickup truck, which remained on scene following yesterday morning’s accident. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation into…… MORE
