A homeless man is charged with a fire at a Blount County RV Park.
Officials with the Blount County Sheriff’s Office filed charges against 62-year-old Mark Bush for started Thursday night’s fire at the Whispering River Campground in Walland.
He is charged with felony vandalism and felony arson in connection to the campground fire in Blount County while Maryville officials are charging him with setting fire to personal property / land in a separate fire.
Additional charges are pending.
Bush is being held on a $120,000 bond. A hearing is set for 9 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday).
he Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating after a motorcyclist is killed in an accident in Union County.
THP says an SUV was stopped in the northbound lane of Maynardville Highway waiting to turn left onto Old Highway 33 Saturday afternoon when the motorcycle, driven by 64-year-old Steven Miracle, tried to swerve to the left side of the SUV while it was stopped but ran into the left rear of the car.
The motorcycle then slid on its side and hit the guardrail on the right side of the road before coming to rest on the southbound side of Maynardville Highway.
Miracle died in the crash, neither the driver nor a passenger in the SUV were injured.
Knoxville’s 99th Veterans Day Parade will march down Gay Street on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, beginning at 10:45 a.m. The annual parade is organized by the American Legion Post 2 with support from the City of Knoxville Office of Special Events. The event will be held rain or shine.
Parade-related closures begin at 8 a.m. with the following roads:
• E. Hill Avenue between Hall of Fame Drive and Gay Street • Main Street between Walnut and Gay streets • Gay Street between Main Street and E. Hill Avenue
These streets will close at 9 a.m.:
• Market Street between Union and Clinch avenues • Union Ave between Walnut and Gay streets
Gay Street between Main Street and E. Fifth Avenue will close at 10:15 a.m.
All roads will reopen by 12:30 p.m.
On-street parking on Gay Street will be unavailable starting at 7 a.m., as will on-street parking on Market Street, Union and Wall avenues.
Parade attendees are encouraged to arrive early. Parking in City-owned garages and metered parking not in the parade zone will be free on Monday in honor of Veterans Day.
Henley Bridge decorative lights will be red, white and blue overnight on Nov. 11.
For additional information about the City’s Office of Special Events, which assists festival planners with road closures and other services, visit KnoxvilleTN.gov/Events.
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon presented a plan Thursday to city council regarding parking in the downtown area.
A consultant recommended paid parking seven days a week, but the Mayor says free nights and weekends will remain; however, there will be some pricing changes.
The city’s first order of business is to start an app-based system and do away with coins and cards.
Under the plan, on street parking will cost more, increasing to $2 an hour for a maximum of two hours parking. Long-term parking fees will also increase to $1/hour with a four hour maximum, and a 30-minute spot increases to $1/30 minutes.
On street parking fee hours last from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday; on street parking is free on Sundays.
Parking in the Market Square Garage will be a $3 base fee from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays.
Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) A Knoxville woman is facing charges after she and her baby got into a wrong-way crash on I-275 after she had been drinking.
WVLT reporting Briana Bellman is the suspect in the investigation after officers responded to the northbound lanes of I-275 near Heiskell Avenue on November 2nd and found Bellman had been driving south in the northbound lanes of the interstate when she hit another driver head-on.
Officers say she admitted to drinking before the crash and her two-month-old baby appeared uninjured, but Bellman was taken to the hospital with internal injuries.
No word yet on the condition of the other driver.
Bellman was cited for driving under the influence and charged with child abuse.
Knoxville Police Department Homicide Unit detectives are investigating a deadly shooting that happened in the area of Magnolia Avenue and Harrison Street early Friday morning.
At just before 5:30 a.m. on Friday, November 8, 2024, KPD officers responded to a report that two individuals were shouting at one another. Officers arrived on scene, on Harrison Street just south of Magnolia Avenue, where they found a man who had been shot at least one time. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
KPD Homicide Unit detectives and Crime Lab personnel responded to the scene and are leading the investigation, which remains in the preliminary stages at this time.
Anyone with information that could assist the investigation is encouraged to contact East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers anonymously at 865-215-7165.
On Thursday, November 7, 2024, Weston Stills was indicted by the Knox County Grand Jury on 5 counts of Especially Aggravated Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, 3 counts of Aggravated Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and 5 counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.
The nine month long, joint investigation with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office Digital Intelligence Unit and Missoula Police Department (Missoula, Montana), was initiated by a cyber tip received through the NCMEC Cybertipline (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children).
A search warrant was executed on March 1, 2024, at the suspect’s residence. Evidence collected during the search warrant was forensically examined, which led to the identification of 5 victims, from Ohio, Montana and here in Knox County. Weston is in custody at the Roger D Wilson Detention Center.
If you have information regarding an Online exploitation of a minor, please call 911 or visit the NCMEC Cybertipline at https://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow
Anderson County, TN (WOKI) A former Anderson County sheriff has died.
Officials with the sheriff’s office announcing Thursday that former Sheriff Bill White has died.
White served as sheriff from 2002 to 2006.
“Our hearts are broken at the Sheriff’s Office today upon hearing of the passing of former Sheriff Bill White,” officials said. “We ask everyone to join us extending our condolences to his family and keeping them in our prayers.”
