TWRA: the body of a missing Bean Station man is found on Cherokee Lake Friday morning. (Photo credit: WVLT)
Grainger County, TN (WOKI) The body of a missing Bean Station man kayaking on Cherokee Lake earlier this week has been recovered.
Officials with the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency report the body of 36-year-old Jeremie Carpenter of Cherokee Drive was recovered from the lake near his home around 9:50 Friday morning. Officials say Carpenter was not wearing a life jacket.
TWRA together with the Grainger County Sheriff’s Office and the Grainger County Rescue Squad had been searching for Carpenter since Wednesday after a kayak with personal items was found adrift in the Twin Church area of Cherokee Lake.
This is the 17th deadly boating incident in Tennessee this year.
KCSO: Man found dead inside Powell Community Splash Pad bathroom (Photo credit: WVLT)
Powell, TN (WOKI) A man is found dead inside the men’s bathroom of the Powell Community Splash Pad Friday, July 14.
Officials with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office say Knox County Parks and Recreation officials called the police because they needed entry to a locked deadbolt in the men’s restroom.
KCSO reports when deputies arrived, they found a dead man inside, but officials say that foul play is not suspected.
The victim’s identity is being withheld until next of kin is notified.
Knoxville Police Department officers were on routine patrol when they saw three boys enter a Weigel’s on Chapman Highway wearing ski masks and carrying guns. (Knoxville Police Department)
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The keen eye of law enforcement results in the arrest of three juveniles at a Knoxville Weigel’s early Thursday morning.
Knoxville Police Department officers on routine patrol spotted three boys wearing ski masks enter the Weigel’s on Chapman Highway. All three were identified as juveniles and were ultimately detained.
Two guns, one one of which KPD officials said was stolen from a vehicle at a South Knoxville apartment complex earlier this month, were recovered.
The Property Crimes Unit also connected the boys to at least one other vehicle burglary nearby.
LENOIR CITY, TN (WOKI) – UPDATE: The Loudon County Sheriff’s Office reports that I-75 South is temporarily back open following a fatal accident early Friday morning.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol has advised that they have temporarily opened I-75 South for the next several hours through rush hour traffic. They will be shutting I-75 South down once more this evening while they continue to investigate the scene and continue the cleanup.
ORIGINAL STORY: A fatal crash has shut down I-75 South at mile marker 75, near Old Kingston Road, according to a Facebook post from the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office.
Police say the fatal accident involves a commercial vehicle.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol Troopers are on scene investigating and reconstructing the accident. Currently, there is not an estimated time frame of when I-75 South will be opened.
Police say various roads within Loudon County are being affected by the traffic congestion to include: Highway 321, Highway 11, Highway 72, Highway 70 East, Old Highway 95, Sugarlimb Rd, Broadway, Mulberry Street, Hotchkiss Valley Road East and Loudon Ridge Road.
Police add that there is a good potential for more roads to be affected.
Officials advise using caution or avoiding these areas if at all possible. If you need to travel any of these routes, please plan for delays and leave ample time to get to your destination.
Knoxville Police investigating after finding a possible “suspicious package” at the Knoxville Social Security Administration building on Cross Park Drive in West Knoxville this morning.
KPD has cleared the package as not suspicious or dangerous as it appears to have been several batteries plugged into an outlet at the front of the building.
All roads have reopened after KPD closed roads around the building while they handled the situation.
The University of Tennessee is learns what punishments they will see from the NCAA’s investigation into the Jeremy Pruitt administration’s recruiting violations.
Tennessee is accused of 18 recruitment violations during Pruitt’s time on campus. Most of those violations centered on cash and gifts Pruitt and his team gave to potential players that totaled about $60,000.
The NCAA has ordered that UT will face five years of probation and a reduction in football scholarships.
They did not ban the Vols from postseason games. Instead, the school will pay $8 million in fines to quote “redress the severe and sustained misconduct.” That is the equivalent of the financial impact the school would have faced if it missed the postseason the next two seasons.
During the 2023-24 academic year, Tennessee shall forgo the purchase of advertising with all postseason broadcasts in which it is a participant.
Pruitt was fired for cause, earning the university praise from the NCAA.
FBI agents served a federal search warrant at an apartment in Mount Washington and discovered dozens of human bones inside, some of which were being used as furniture.
As many as 40 skulls were found during a raid at James Nott’s home.
Officials say Nott was part of a ring of purchasing and selling stolen human remains, some of which were tied back to the Harvard Medical scandal which the FBI also recently busted.
The FBI was investigating body parts going missing from a mortuary which led them to several players, including Nott who used the name “William Burke” on Facebook to sell the bones.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has confirmed a new state record for a blue catfish caught by the same man who held the previous record set just last year. Micka Burkhart landed the huge fish on Barkley Reservoir in Stewart County. It hit the scales at 122 pounds, 3 ounces and was 57.5 inches in length with a girth of 42.5 inches.
Burkhart made the catch June 28. It was certified and the official record process was completed by the TWRA on July 11.
The new record surpasses the previous mark of a 118-pound catfish that Burkhart landed on Barkley Reservoir in September 2022. Burkhart released both of his trophy catches.
Micka Burkhart with the state record blue catfish caught on Barkley Reservoir in Stewart County. He later released the trophy catch as he did his previous record holder.
Updated story: Interstate 75 South in Campbell County has re-opened this afternoon after the interstate being shut down due to a hazmat situation following an accident involving three commercial vehicles last night at mile marker 135 near the Caryville exit. One lane was re-opened this morning while crews were still working the scene.
Original Story: Interstate 75 South in Campbell County has one lane re-opened this morning after being closed due to a hazmat situation following an accident involving three commercial vehicles last night at mile marker 135 near the Caryville exit.
TDOT says the one Tractor and front trailer has been recovered from an embankment with the rear trailer recovery in progress.
The right lane remains closed. Please check back for any updates.
WindRiver Marina at Tellico Lake
Source: Google Earth September 2015
Lenoir City, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency reports four children were injured in a boating crash Wednesday, July 12.
TWRA officials say the crash occurred around 1:00 p.m. Four children were on a tube that was being pulled by a boat near the WindRiver Marina on Tellico Lake when another boat hit them.
Three of the children were taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center with serious injuries.
