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The Knoxville Fire Department is Investigating an East Knoxville Fire that Destroys Home
The Knoxville Fire department is investigating a Labor Day house fire in East Knoxville.Crews were called to the 4000 block of Catalpa Avenue yesterday morning and found heavy fire and smoke coming fr...
Sep 02, 2024
Knoxville Police Investigating an Assault with a Pick-Axe and Charge Man with Second-Degree Murder
Update: An arrest is made after Knoxville Police find a man in his bed with a pick-axe stuck in his skull.KPD was called to a home in the 1000 block of Morrell Road on Sunday and found the victim who ...
Sep 02, 2024
Woman on TBI’s Most Wanted List for Attempted First-Degree Murder is Arrested
Today (Sunday), Tennessee Highway Patrol Troopers S. Goode and S. Kearney assisted the Claiborne County Sheriff's Office in apprehending Johnna Miracle. Miracle had been placed on the @TBInvestigation...
Sep 02, 2024
A Paramedic is Killed in Crash in Jefferson County
An investigation is underway after a paramedic is killed and another injured in a Jefferson County crash.The Tennessee Department of Transportation says it happened on I-40 West and that a tractor-tra...
Sep 02, 2024
Knoxville, Gatlinburg, Sevierville Up for Best Adventure Towns in Outdoors Magazine Contest
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville, Gatlinburg and Sevierville are up for recognition from Blue Ridge Outdoors!All three cities are up for different categories in an audience-decided "Adventure Towns" con...
Aug 29, 2024
Knoxville Man Faces Decades in Prison for Kidnapping, Assault Charges, DA Says
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man has been sentenced to decades in prison in a kidnapping and assault case from 2023.The District Attorney’s office says 62-year-old Merv Conley Rodgers was co...
Aug 29, 2024
Knoxville Teen Charged after Threatening School, Police Say
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The investigation into a reported school threat results in a 13-year-old boy being charged for threat of mass violence.Wednesday night, the Knoxville Police Department was notifie...
Aug 29, 2024
Great Smoky Mountains Fire Grows, More Resources Arrive to Help Fight, Park Says
Gatlinburg, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: 8/29: Efforts continue Thursday to suppress a fire that broke out earlier this week in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.Park officials say the Flint Gap Fire has n...
Aug 29, 2024
LMU on Lockdown, Claiborne County Sheriff’s Department Searching for Suspect in Shooting and Stabbing
An investigation is underway and the search for a suspect is underway in Claiborne County after a woman is shot and stabbed in the Shawanee Community.The Sheriff's Office says the victim is in critica...
Aug 28, 2024
Two Children are Rescued After Being Kidnapped by Non-Custodial Dad
Two children are rescued after being kidnapped by their non-custodial father.Officials with the Dandridge Police Department say they were notified about a stolen vehicle out of Knoxville yesterda...
Aug 28, 2024
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