Knoxville Police have identified the man killed in a fatal downtown accident.
They say 20 year-old Damien Sherwood was killed in Wednesday afternoon’s accident which involved two cars and a KAT bus. Sherwood reportedly attempted a U-Turn on the bridge hitting the bus then hit a Jeep turning onto Main Street.
A woman in the Jeep was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The investigation remains on-going.
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs and Sheriff Tom Spangler reach a budget compromise which will see Patrol officers pay increase to $51,100, making them the fourth-highest in pay in East Tennessee and Corrections officers to $50,100 making them the second-highest in pay in East Tennessee. This means starting Patrol Officers will be making 30% higher salaries than the state average and Corrections Officers will be making 48% more than the state average.
These proposed increases will go into effect July 1st if passed by County Commission and does not include a tax increase. KCSO will have to cut 29 unfilled corrections positions and pension pay will be capped at three percent. Tax payers are not expected see an increase in taxes.
Louisville, TN (WOKI) A 42-year-old Louisville woman is arrested Wednesday after firing a shotgun in the direction of two sanitation workers attempting to pick up her trash.
The Blount County Sheriff’s Office says 42-year-old Theresa Reynolds reportedly fired two rounds at the workers, one of which struck the passenger door of their truck. Officers responded to the scene on Cub Drive around 1:00 p.m. to find Reynolds barricaded in her home.
SWAT and Crisis Negotiation teams were dispatched, and Reynolds was taken into custody.
She has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault, and is being held at the Blount County Correctional Facility on bonds totaling $20,000.
Reynolds is scheduled for a hearing in Blount County General Sessions Court on June 2, 2023.
Maryville, TN (WOKI) The Maryville Police Department is asking for help in locating a missing 16 year old girl.
Kena Reed is a Black girl with red dreadlocks and brown eyes. She stands at 5-feet-seven-inches and was last seen on McCammon Avenue on Tuesday, May 23.
Police say she may be in the East Knoxville or Knox County area.
Those with information are being asked to call Detective Clayton Hall at 865-273-3833 or 911.
This Saturday will be the 11th Annual Sharon Parrott Memorial Cruise-In.
It starts at 8 a.m. and runs through 2 p.m. There will be food and fun for all ages. Donations will be accepted and all proceeds from the event will go to HOPE Resource Center of Knoxville.
The show will be at Mt. Harmony Baptist Church at 6500 Strawberry Plains Pike in Knoxville.
For more information, please go to Muscle Car Ministries dot com.
The investigation into the cause of a rollover crash in Halls continues and the Knox County Sheriff’s Office says the three minors injured were juniors at Halls High School and on the football team.
That crash happened Tuesday night on Hill Road near Griffith Road with one person ejected from the vehicle taken to the hospital and his condition has not been released.
The other two suffered minor injuries.
Knoxville Police arrest a man in connection to a fatal shooting on Bradshaw Garden Road earlier this year.
28 year-old Samer Jurdi was taken into custody early this (Thursday) morning in connection to the death of 30-year-old Jeronimo Gomez in January.
Jurdi was indicted by a Knox County Grand Jury for voluntary manslaughter, tampering with evidence, leaving the scene of an accident and employing a firearm during a dangerous felony. He is being held on a $250,000 bond.
UPDATE (May 31): One week from a fire in the BirdVenture attraction at Anakeesta, the cause of the blaze is being released by investigators.
The fire has been ruled an accident. Investigators say the fire was caused by “spontaneous combustion” from construction work on the owl house portion of the new area at the theme park.
Officials said Gatlinburg Fire Department and Gatlinburg Police Department crews were dispatched to the scene around 9:23 p.m. on May 24th and were able to get the fire under control and extinguished in a timely and safe manner.
The area was closed to guests due to construction, and no one was injured in the fire.
ORIGINAL STORY: A fire breaks out near a construction site at Anakeesta in Gatlinburg.
It happened Wednesday night, when Gatlinburg Fire Department and Gatlinburg Police Department crews responded they found a 12-foot by 12-foot structure completely engulfed in flames at the Birdventure construction site.
Anakeesta officials say they remain open.
Roads in downtown Knoxville reopened following a deadly crash around 1:00 Wednesday afternoon.
Knoxville Police Department officials report two cars and a KAT bus were involved in a crash on Henley Street.
University of Tennessee officers saw an Infiniti sedan try to make a U-turn on the Henley Street Bridge but hit a KAT bus in the process. Officers then saw the Infiniti flee the scene when it hit a Jeep.
The male driver of the Infiniti was pronounced dead at the scene while a female in the Jeep was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
KPD officers responded to the crash just after 1 p.m., and the road was reopened by 3:30 p.m.
Rural Metro is investigating a house fire in East Knox County.
It happened last night (Tuesday) in the 8100 block of Clay’s Corner. Crews found flames coming from the front of the home which suffered smoke and water damage.
The resident made it out and several kittens and cats were rescued from the home.
The Red Cross is assisting the resident.
