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Dollar General Employee Charged with Arson for Fire Set Inside Store
An employee at a Dollar General in Sweetwater is charged after he tells authorities he set a fire inside the store.Sweetwater Police Officers went to the Dollar General store in the 800 block of North...
Dec 15, 2024
Kenneth DeHart, Accused in Blount County Deputy’s Death, Trial Date Set
Maryville, TN (WOKI) Kenneth DeHart Jr., the man accused of shooting two Blount County Sheriff's Office deputies in February, injuring one and killing the other, could face the death penalty.He appear...
Dec 13, 2024
A Knox County School is Placed on Lockdown due to Police Presence in Area
A Knox County School is placed on lockdown this morning (Friday).Officials say that L&N Stem Academy was placed on lockdown due to a law-enforcement investigation near the campus.The school was lo...
Dec 13, 2024
AMR Facing Fines Over $90,000 for Not Responding to Knox County Emergency Calls on Time
For the first time since July, American Medical Response is facing fines for not responding to Knox County emergencies on time.The fines came in October, and AMR is citing large events, like the dynam...
Dec 12, 2024
Meals on Wheels Taking Gift Bag Donations for the Holidays
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Meals on Wheels is asking for help this holiday season brightening up seniors’ mornings with gift bags.The organization has a program that allows people in East Tennessee to...
Dec 12, 2024
Claiborne County Sheriff: ‘Multiple Suspects’ in June Double Murder
Clairfield, TN (WOKI) Officials say there are multiple suspects in a double murder in Claiborne County.More than six months after two men, Nathan Hamblin and Robert Hatfield, were found murdered at th...
Dec 12, 2024
Morgan Wallen Pleads Guilty in Chair-Throwing Case
Nashville, TN (WOKI) Update 12/12: Country music star Morgan Wallen appeared in a Nashville courtroom Thursday pleading guilty in his now infamous chair-throwing case.Wallen pleaded guilty to two misd...
Dec 12, 2024
South Carolina Man Sentenced to Life in 2022 Gatlinburg Rental Cabin Shooting
Gatlinburg, TN (WOKI) A South Carolina man is convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend at a Gatlinburg rental cabin in May, 2022.According to Sevier County court record...
Dec 12, 2024
AAA Predicts Record Number of Travelers this Holiday Period
Triple A projects over 119 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home over the year-end holiday period which runs from December 21st to January 1st.Triple A expects an additional 3 million ...
Dec 12, 2024
Knoxville Police Take a Teen into Custody after Reportedly Firing Shots after Domestic Dispute
Knoxville Police say a 17-year-old is taken into custody after firing shots following an argument.Officers responding to a shots fired call in the area of Walker Boulevard and Underwood Place yesterda...
Dec 12, 2024
