A TBI SilverAlert has been issued for 80 year-old Donna Tripp, missing out of Hamilton County.
Donna was last seen April 4 in Chattanooga, wearing a pink plaid shirt, blue jeans.
Donna is 5’4”, weighs 155, with grey hair, brown eyes. She has a medical condition that may impair her ability to return safely without assistance.
She may be traveling in a 2017 blue Chevrolet Cruz, TX tag RHC 2388.
If you see Donna, please call the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office at 423-209-7000, or 1-800-TBI-FIND.
Cocke County, TN (WOKI) An inmate who escaped from the Cocke County detention center late Wednesday night is now back in custody.
Cocke County Sheriff’s Office officials say 37-year-old Stephen Jones was taken into custody Thursday afternoon on Shalebark Road in Newport after deputies received a complaint about a man in a hoodie matching Jones’s description.
He has been charged with felony escape.
Authorities had been searching the downtown area of Newport for Jones who escaped around 10:30 p.m.; he had been booked on charges of DUI, no insurance, open container, simple possession and false reporting.
Lenoir City, TN (WOKI) Authorities in Loudon County say an armed man who had barricaded himself inside a home in Lenoir City Thursday morning is now safe and in custody.
Officials with the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office say officers responded to the home in the 4000 block of Harrison Lane around 8:00 a.m. after a woman called to say her husband was threatening himself and others with a gun.
LCSO says officers arrived to find the man had barricaded himself inside the home with a weapon.
He came out of the home and was taken into custody around 11:30 following negotiations with the sheriff’s department.
LCSO says the man will receive medical attention, including a mental evaluation.
It’s marathon time in Tennessee.
The 2024 Covenant Health Knoxville Half Marathon is scheduled for 7:30 am this Sunday but first the Kids Run gets underway on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and the Covenant 5k starting at 7:00 p.m.
There will be road closures in place in and around downtown Knoxville to accommodate runners.
Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon announces road closures along race routes
Streets and lanes will be blocked within the center city and surrounding areas for the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon race events on April 6-7. All roads are expected to be open by 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 7.
Chalk Walk, live events and more will be happening simultaneously in Downtown Knoxville, and organizers are expecting high volume. Participants are urged to arrive at least 30 minutes before their race starts. Preferred routes include:
Downtown Knoxville live parking availability and a map of lots and garages can be accessed at https://www.downtownknoxville.org/explore/parking/?t%5b%5d=37. Knoxville Police Department will provide more traffic and parking information on social media.
The Clinch Avenue Viaduct is the start for all races and will be closed to traffic starting at 1 p.m. Saturday until 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Parking will be prohibited on Clinch Avenue between 11th and 16th streets, and vehicles parked on the street will be towed Saturday evening.
On Saturday, the Covenant Kids Run starts at 5:30 p.m., necessitating closures of 11th Street and World’s Fair Park Drive in front of the former Candy Factory building and Knoxville Museum of Art, and periodic closures of Clinch and White avenues between 11th and 13th streets and a small portion of 13th Street between Clinch and White avenues during the run.
The 5K starts at 7 p.m. on Saturday with closures throughout the Fort Sanders neighborhood until about 8:30 p.m.
On Sunday morning, the marathon will require staggered road closures from 7:20 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. throughout downtown Knoxville and the following neighborhoods: Fort Sanders, Sequoyah Hills, Fourth & Gill, Parkridge, Island Home and Old Sevier.
Motorists who need to reach Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and East Tennessee Children’s Hospital on Sunday morning should take Alcoa Highway to the Cumberland Avenue/Kingston Pike exit and enter the Fort Sanders area via 20th Street.
The details for specific road closures are as follows:
An investigation is underway after a teen is killed in a car crash in Anderson County.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a 16-year-old died in the crash on Frost Bottom Road in Anderson County Monday morning and three teens were injured.
A 14-year-old teen was behind the wheel of a car which lost control and came to rest at an embankment near Highway 116.
None of the teens were wearing seatbelts. THP says charges are pending against all of the teens.
Police need your help to find an inmate that’s on the loose after escaping from the Cocke County detention center.
Cocke County Sheriff C.J. Ball says 37-year-old Stephen Jones escaped last night (Thursday) and was last seen in the parking lot of Food City on Broadway Street.
Jones was wearing blue jeans, a dark blue shirt, and a black hat. He is charged with DUI, no insurance, open container, simple possession and false reporting.
If anyone has information, contact dispatch at 423-623-3064.
Alcoa, TN (WOKI) The Alcoa Police Department is asking for help finding five suspects in an apartment vandalism.
APD says officers and detectives went to the Ardmore Apartments construction site on Monday, April 1 after receiving a report of vandalism.
Police say construction workers reported finding signs of vandalism in multiple buildings including the destruction of appliances and light fixtures, flooding through floors of several apartments, and paint on carpeting, hardwood flooring, and drains.
APD says the vandalism happened sometime after 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 29 and before 3:00 a.m. on March 30, where security camera footage shows the five suspects (who police say appear to be juveniles) leaving the property.
To view the entirety of the footage click here.
Anyone with information leading up to the vandalism or about the suspects in the videos is asked to contact the APD Criminal Investigations Section at 865-981-4111 or East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers at 865-215-7165.
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Neighbors in South Knox County are calling on Heartland Development to stop a proposed plan to bring around 170 homes to the Tarklin Valley area.
Heartland Development plans to get the land rezoned by the Knox County Planning Commission to allow them to build single-family homes off Pickens Gap Road.
Most people living in the area are against the plan, and they have already organized a petition against the development which has garnered more than 100 signatures.
Residents opposing the plan are expected to attend the Knox County Planning Commission meeting on April 11.
This plan is not a part of Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs’ Growth Policy Plan that was voted down by Farragut last week.
An investigation is underway after a daughter is charged in her mother’s death in Cocke County.
Sheriff C.J. Ball says deputies responded to Battle Road in Newport after getting a call from 36 year-old Polly Fox saying she had found her mother dead in her home.
Deputies found Ola Schumacher dead with a “deep cut to her throat.” Police have charged 35 year-old Rayanna Keene and Fox with first-degree murder and tampering with evidence.
On Tuesday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced that Tennessee has joined a multistate lawsuit against Mariner Finance over widespread violations of multiple consumer protection laws. The suit alleges that Mariner Finance charged consumers for hidden add-on products that consumers were not fully informed about or, in some instances, did not agree to buy. In doing so, Mariner illegally added hundreds or sometimes thousands of dollars to the amounts consumers owed the company. In 2019 alone, Mariner charged consumers $121.7 million nationwide in premiums and fees for add-on products.
“My duty is to ensure that companies treat Tennessee consumers fairly and honestly,” Attorney General Skrmetti said. “Businesses that engage in deceptive practices deprive Tennessee consumers of making an informed choice, and that is illegal and wrong. I’m proud to join this bipartisan lawsuit on behalf of The Volunteer State.”
The lawsuit also alleges that Mariner engages in illegal, aggressive sales tactics to extend credit to new borrowers. These kinds of predatory sales practices can lead consumers into a cycle of debt that’s hard to overcome.
On April 1, 2024, the Court granted Tennessee’s previously filed joint motion to intervene, allowing The Volunteer State to intervene and join the litigation by filing a Second Amended Complaint that includes the intervening states as parties.
According to Mariner’s website, Mariner has 34 branches in Tennessee. Any consumer who believes they have been deceived by Mariner’s harmful practices can file a complaint with Tennessee. Consumers can find more information about how to submit a complaint to the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office https://www.tn.gov/attorneygeneral/working-for-tennessee/file-a-consumer-complaint.html?
In addition to Attorney General Skrmetti, today’s Second Amended Complaint includes as Plaintiffs the attorneys general of Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin.
