The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a crash involving a train and a semi-truck which closed Harriman Highway in Roane County over the weekend.
According to THP, the driver of the semi-truck, a 41 year-old man, Jagit Singh, was parked on the tracks and in the sleeper cab when a train hit the truck. No one was injured in the crash. The truck driver is facing charges for parking on the railroad tracks.
Knoxville Police along with the bomb squad investigate a possible suspicious package.
Yesterday ( Sunday) morning KPD’s Explosive Ordinance Detail unit and the FBI were sent to the 500 block of West Vine Avenue near the Old City to investigate the package. The scene was clear by noon and the package was found to be non-explosive.
Knoxville police say the suspect in a weekend shooting in the Old City has turned himself in.
27 year-old Walter Hill wanted for attempted second-degree murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and other charges in connection to Saturday night’s shooting involving his girlfriend and her son did turn himself into Police yesterday. Hill fled the scene after reportedly firing shots at the two, no injuries were reported.
An undercover operation in Oneida results in the arrest of three people for selling illegal narcotics.
An Oneida Police Department K-9 Officer went undercover for months and was able to buy illegal narcotics from Christina Goodman, Christina Books and Winfield Harness who were arrested on April 11th..
They are all being held on a $10,000 bond on various drug charges.
A man was arrested on Monday after a woman said that he held her against her will for several days, according to a report obtained by WVLT News.
The victim called 911 at around 8:00 a.m. from Planet Fitness on Chapman Highway. She told dispatchers that a man, Ricci Myers, was outside in her car while she was in the gym, the report said.
When officers arrived, they reportedly found Myers sitting inside the car, listening to music. Officers went to go speak with the victim, who said that Myers had held her against her will for several days and also hit her in the face several times with the barrel of a .38 handgun that she said he should still have on him.
The report said that the victim intended to pursue charges and felt in fear for her life.
Officers went to speak to Myers, who said that he did not have a handgun on him. The report said that officers could smell alcohol coming from Myers while they searched him.
Officers found a revolver in his waistband and arrested him. The report said that the gun had four live rounds still in the chambers.
Officers also discovered that Myers was a convicted felon and listed as a child predator.
Myers was charged with abuse by a deadly weapon, domestic aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping and possession of a handgun as a convicted felon.
Story courtesy of WVLT
A search is underway at the Cosby Campground in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for a missing person, GSMNP spokesperson Emily Davis confirmed.
Campground park rangers found a car that belonged to a missing person at the campground on Thursday night.
Davis said that a hasty search was performed that night, but National Park Service officials are organizing a larger, 12-member search team on Friday.
The search began at 9:00 a.m. on Friday morning at the Cosby Campground Amphitheater, but officials were not able to share the identity of the person that they are looking for.
The Knox County Register of Deeds earlier this week unveiled a new website designed to give residents and property owners a deeper look into the local real estate market.
“I wanted to give the public something more open and user friendly,” said Knox County Register of Deeds Nick McBride. “Right now, it seems like people have a big interest in the market, so we wanted to revamp the website to make such information – past and current – easier to find.”
The Knox County Register of Deeds Office records and maintains all deeds and other property documents. The office’s website can be found at https://rod.knoxcounty.org/
The site features all things property related, including sales, prices, foreclosures, mortgage lending information, and sales analysis that measure the strengths and weaknesses of the current market.
In addition, McBride’s office also is offering folks a free weekly real estate transfer report. Those interested can subscribe https://rod.knoxcounty.org/real-estate-transfers/ at no cost. The report will be emailed each Monday and include information from the previous week.
“The report will look at all the properties that were sold and provide a legal description of each piece,” McBride added.
The office is also rebranding its property fraud alert program – a free service that uses up-to-date technology to let owners know if there is a potential threat to their property and so they can act before it’s too late.
Those who sign up will immediately receive alerts via email when a document has been recorded that affects that person’s name, business name, or real estate.
For more information, please call 865-215-2330.
A firefighter injured and a dog missing following a house fire in East Knoxville.
Knoxville Fire Department crews called to the intersection of Sunrise and W. Oakhill Avenue this morning and found heavy smoke coming from a home and van. Crews had some difficulty putting that fire out, which took over an hour because the home had been remodeled and a false wall was built.
One firefighter was evaluated and released on the scene for a heat-related issue. KFD Investigators are working to determine a cause. The home did not have a working smoke detector.
The American Red Cross is assisting the family.
Knoxville Police have identified the victim in a fatal accident on Pellissippi Parkway.
Police say 29 year-old Anett Williams was riding an electric scooter in a travel lane when she was struck by a Ford pickup truck, which remained on scene following yesterday morning’s accident. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation into the crash remains ongoing.
