(Story courtesy of WVLT News) Knoxville, TN (WVLT) Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs touched on the county’s juvenile detention center during his weekly update Friday, outlining his hopes for immediate next steps in the county’s takeover. The latest shakeup at the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center came to light at the end of May,…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Zahra is the newest lion to call Zoo Knoxville home. Zahra came from Buffalo Zoo last month and now that her thirty-day quarantine period has finished, she is in her new home. She was brought to Knoxville specifically for breeding purposes. Her partner at Zoo Knoxville is the male lion Maji, and…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) An Oliver Springs man facing an assault charge for putting a referee in a headlock during a basketball event at Grace Christian Academy is sentenced. Jerry Crass was granted judicial diversion for an 11-month-29-day sentence for the April incident. The sentence means Crass avoids jail time but only if he does not…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 6/18: Knoxville police Wednesday afternoon crediting a tip submitted to East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers for identifying the suspect accused of indecent exposure in the downtown area Sunday, June 15. KPD says charges are now pending against the suspect in this case whose name was not released by authorities. Police report…… MORE
Clarksville, TN (WOKI) A man wanted in Knoxville for multiple counts of especially aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault is captured Wednesday in Clarksville by a U.S. Marshals task force. Officials with the Marshals Service say 42-year-old Vance R. Dodson was arrested without incident after he was found on E. Street in Clarksville. Dodson is facing…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The SEC announced Wednesday each school’s home and away matchups for the upcoming 2025-26 men’s basketball season. The conference slate will run from Jan. 3 to March 7, with each team playing 18 games. Tennessee will face three teams both at home and on the road: Alabama, Kentucky and Vanderbilt. The Volunteers are…… MORE
Read Online KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee softball’s Sophia Nugent and Karlyn Pickens have been named 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic Second Team All-Americans, the organization announced Tuesday. It marks the first career Academic All-America honor for both players and extends a milestone streak for the Lady Vols. Tennessee has now produced multiple CSC Academic All-Americans in four consecutive seasons—setting a new…… MORE
Buy Lady Vol Season Tickets BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Tennessee’s SEC opponents for the upcoming season have been revealed, as the conference office announced Tuesday each school’s foes for the 2025-26 campaign. As part of the 16-game SEC schedule awaiting second-year UT head coach Kim Caldwell, the Lady Vols play host to Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt. On the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man gets a life sentence Monday for a 2023 double murder. The sentencing — life in prison without parole — came after Jair Romario Martin pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated kidnapping and one count each of criminal impersonation and evading arrest in the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville police identify the motorcycle driver killed Thursday, June 12 following a head-on collision in West Knoxville. KPD says the crash happened on N. Gallaher View Road between Broome Road and Walker Springs Road. They report a truck was turning left out of an apartment complex when a motorcycle, driven by 39-year-old…… MORE
