The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help to find a missing teen. 15 year-old Asher Ford was reported missing last night (mon) from the Chert Pit Road and Middlebrook Pike area. He was last seen on the corner of Chert Pit Road and Andes Road and was possibly seen at the Weigels at…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 8/20 3:00 p.m.: A Knox County man at the center of a TBI Silver Alert this week has been found. Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Wednesday afternoon announcing that 84-year-old John Quirk was found safe in Texas. A prior update from the agency stated that Quirk’s vehicle, a silver…… MORE
Knoxville, TN – July 30, 2025 – In a unified effort to protect our communities, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) and the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) are issuing an urgent warning regarding an increase in scams involving Bitcoin machines. Recently, several citizens in Knox and Anderson counties have reported receiving unsolicited calls and…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: An 18-year-old is facing several charges following a head-on collision Sunday in Halls that sent a Knox County deputy to the hospital. KCSO officials say Deputy Kirchner and his probationary officer were responding to reports of a fight at the Halls Ingles when the cruiser collided with a separate vehicle head-on,…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Describing their findings as “staggering,” detectives with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division make a big drug bust Tuesday in Knox County. KCSO officials say investigators stopped several cars believed to be connected to a suspicious house, taking four people into custody and seizing several quantities of drugs to include 302…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Union County man is charged after shooting a person Friday at a Walmart in Halls. According to charging documents, four men who knew each other were arguing inside the store. The report says one of the men, 23-year-old Joshua Bailey of Luttrell, pulled out a gun and shot the victim in…… MORE
Larry McBee is found guilty of shooting and killing a 23-year-old Halls Rural King employee in 2022. Jury deliberations took less than an hour, and the jury returned a verdict convicting McBee of first-degree murder. He was sentenced to life in prison. Several witnesses spoke at the trial, including a neighbor, a Rural King shopper,…… MORE
The trial for Larry McBee, the man accused of shooting and killing a 23-year-old Halls Rural King employee in 2022, continues. McBee is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tristan Smith. Several witnesses spoke yesterday (Wednesday) at the trial, including a neighbor, a Rural King shopper and investigators. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office says…… MORE
The remaining suspects who fired shots in the direction of Knox County Sheriff’s Officers are in custody. The shots were fired at officers Saturday night near a mobile home park on Mynatt Road in the Halls Community. Three suspects were detained and three suspects fled the area, one caught by a KCSO K9 in an…… MORE
UPDATE: Judy Lundin was located in Florida and is safe. Original story: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert on behalf of the Knox County Sheriff’s Office for 74-year-old Judy Lundin. She was last seen yesterday (11/20) in the Campbell Station Road area in Knoxville wearing a sage green colored hoodie, red…… MORE
