Lenoir City, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway in Loudon County after a body is found Friday near the railroad tracks in Lenoir City. Officials with the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office say the body was discovered near the tracks off Foute Town Road and that the scene is being actively investigated and processed by deputies…… MORE
Philadelphia, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: The National Weather Service confirming that a tornado touched down Friday morning in Loudon County. NWS officials say the storm, which blew through the Philadelphia area near Holt Road at Stockton Valley Road, involved an EF-0 tornado, two miles long and 200 yards wide. Officials report five people were injured during…… MORE
Lenoir City, TN (WOKI) Six people are behind bars following an early morning drug bust Tuesday in Lenoir City. Agents with the Ninth Judicial Drug Task Force along with local law enforcement served a search warrant just after dawn at a home on Bird Road. Officials reporting the home has long been suspected to be…… MORE
A cow falls off a trailer and runs into traffic yesterday (Thursday) afternoon on I-75 in Loudon County causing multi-vehicle crashes which injured several people and debris on the road which caused the interstate to be temporarily closed. Loudon County deputies responded to the crashes on I-75 yesterday (Thursday) and say the back of a…… MORE
Officers in Loudon County are working to keep THC vape products out of your children’s hands. They seized more than 100 pounds of THC products from gas stations around the area. The two worst offenders are also the stores closest high schools there. Agents with the Ninth Judicial Drug Task Force say one was the…… MORE
Loudon, TN (WOKI) Loudon is getting a new Safe Haven baby box later in the month. The city has planned an unveiling and blessing for the box, located at the city’s police and fire department at 100 Cedar Street, for January 16. A Safe Haven Baby Box is a temperature-controlled drop-off location for parents to…… MORE
(UPDATE 11/3/24 9 p.m.) The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly crash that happened on I-75, which killed a Tellico Plains High School star cross country runner. TDOT says the crash, which happened on I-75 South at mile marker 80, shut down the southbound side of the interstate for several hours after Saturday afternoon’s…… MORE
