Alcoa Police are investigating a pursuit which ended in a crash that injures two people and shuts down Aloca Highway for hours. Officers witnessed a reckless driver in an older model Maxima speeding on Hall Road near Texas Roadhouse. Another officer spotted the car speeding near Lois Lane and said the driver was displaying signs…… MORE
Jefferson City, TN (WOKI) The Jefferson City Police Department is mourning the loss of a veteran employee who died Thursday following a car accident. JCPD officials say the accident happened on Highway 11E near North Chucky Pike. They say Marilyn Jones, a records technician for 40 years, was killed after hitting a pickup truck. According…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Young-Williams Animal Center announcing Friday it has put down the dog that killed a six-week old child last month. The center had custody of the dog following the attack on 6-week-old Ezra Mansoor who was taking a nap in his crib when the family’s Husky attacked out of nowhere. The family…… MORE
CLAIBORNE CO., Tenn. (WVLT) – The principal of H.Y. Livesay Middle School knowingly approved incorrect timesheets, according to an investigative report by the Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury. A custodian was hired by the Claiborne County Board of Education in May of 2023. From then until December, the principal was knowingly approving incorrect…… MORE
One person taken to the hospital and an investigation is underway to the cause of a house fire in Northeast Knoxville. Crews called to Gap Road last night (Thursday) and were told someone was inside the home which had heavy smoke coming from the front. While battling the fire, crews did find a person inside,…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) The Pat Summitt Foundation is expected to rollout a new nationwide program in honor of the Lady VFL’s 72nd birthday. Created by the foundation with help from the University of Tennessee Extension Family and Consumer Sciences, Pat’s Gameplan, aims to provide resources to those caring for a loved one with…… MORE
Cumberland County, TN (WOKI) A person is dead following a motorcycle crash Wednesday in Cumberland County. The crash happened on I-40 East around 8:00 p.m. near mile marker 336, between Rockwood and Crab Orchard. Tennessee Highway Patrol officials say a Ford F-150 was heading west in the eastbound lane when it hit the motorcycle head-on.…… MORE
A TBI Amber Alert remains active for missing, now 8 year-old Summer Wells out of Hawkins County. This Saturday marks three years since then five-year-old Summer Wells disappeared from her home on Ben Hill Road in the Beech Creek Community. Hours later, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Endangered Child Alert for her that…… MORE
The Knoxville Fire Department is investigating an early morning (Thursday) fire in South Knoxville. When crews were responding to the call for a house fire at the corner of Eddington Road and Willoughby Road they found a structure fire a short distance away on Maple Lane, a county address, which turned out to be a…… MORE
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the drowning death of a 2-year-old girl in Tellico Plains. First responders were dispatched to a home yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon for a drowning. Officials say some children were playing outside with their mother when she went inside for a restroom break. When she returned outside, she was searching…… MORE
