Gatlinburg, TN (WOKI) The Gatlinburg Police Department is asking for help finding a 15-year-old who has been missing since the beginning of August. GPD officials say 15-year-old Jefferson Reyes Vasquez Cruz has black hair and brown eyes. He is approximately 5’6″ tall and weighs about 120 pounds. Gatlinburg police are asking anyone who has seen…… MORE
HANCOCK COUNTY, TN ( Story courtesy of WVLT) – The office of District Attorney General Dan Armstrong and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are looking into an “incident” involving a member of the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office. The district attorney confirmed to WVLT News Monday morning that the investigation involved a law enforcement officer from…… MORE
Cosby, TN (WOKI) The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are investigating a shooting that critically injured a man. Sheriff CJ Ball says deputies responded to a report of a dispute between two people in the 700 block of McGaha Chapel Road in Cosby around 8:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. On the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A former employee of Appalachian Electric Cooperative turns himself Thursday following an indictment for theft. A Jefferson County grand jury this week indicted William Robert Gass on a theft charge and a charge of official misconduct. Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation say an investigation revealed that “between October 2022 and…… MORE
Hawkins County, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released an updated age progression photo of Summer Wells. Wells is the young girl whose disappearance in 2021 made headlines across the country. She was reported missing around 6:30 p.m. on June 15, 2021 from her Hawkins County home, eventually becoming the subject of an…… MORE
Overton County, TN (WOKI) A man has been arrested and charged one week after a body was found in a burning refrigerator on the side of a Tennessee road. Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation say 49-year-old Edward Randolph was arrested Wednesday in connection to the death of his girlfriend 48-year-old Hope Parrott. The…… MORE
JOHNSON CITY – An undercover investigation by special agents with the TBI Human Trafficking Unit and the Johnson City Police Department’s Special Victims Unit has resulted in the arrest of four people connected to two businesses. Agents and detectives began investigating two Johnson City businesses after receiving a citizen complaint through the Tennessee Human Trafficking Hotline…… MORE
UPDATE: 8/7/25 – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Endangered Child Alert for a Sevier County teen Tuesday night. According to TBI, 16-year-old Kevin James Hood was last seen Tuesday afternoon at his home on Thorn Grove Pike in Strawberry Plains. In an update Wednesday evening, TBI said Hood was found safe. Original Story:…… MORE
Newport, TN (WOKI) A member of the Newport Rescue Squad has been indicted and charged with rape. Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation say 25-year-old John Shropshire turned himself in Tuesday and was booked into the Cocke County Jail on a $7,500 bond following a grand jury indictment on one count of rape. According…… MORE
JACKSON, Tenn. (story courtesy of WSMV by WVLT) – The Jackson Police Department’s search for the man suspected of killing four people and abandoning a baby in Dyer County last week has ended. After a “shelter in place” was ordered for residents along Bridlepath Drive and Saddlebrook Drive on Tuesday morning, Jackson PD announced that 28-year-old Austin…… MORE
