Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have issued an Endangered Child Alert for a missing 3-year-old from White County. Kadon Wendt was last seen Tuesday in Sparta. Wendt is 3′1″ tall, weighs 30 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information on where Kadon might be is urged to contact the…… MORE
Powell, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: The Knox County Sheriff’s Office says 22-year-old Timothy Hooks is facing charges after driving drunk and leaving the scene of a fatal single-car wreck on Collier Road. Hooks and passenger, 35-year-old April Satterfield, were traveling southbound on Collier Road at a high rate of speed when Hooks made an improper pass…… MORE
A woman is arrested in connection to the murder of 26 year-old John Willis, who was killed in 2021. The Alcoa Police Department says Heidi Litton was arrested yesterday (Monday) with 11 indictments. Another suspect, Steven Greene, was charged with criminal homicide in 2021 and pleaded guilty this year. APD officials say he cooperated with…… MORE
Greeneville, TN (WOKI) The Greeneville Police Department is asking for your help in finding a missing 15-year-old girl. GPD officials say Brianna Weems was last seen leaving her home on Cherrydale Drive in Greeneville at 8:15 Monday morning, June 5. Police report that she was riding a greenish-blue bicycle and possibly wearing black leggings. If…… MORE
Knoxville Police are investigating a fatal crash on Chapman Highway. It happened last night (Sunday) in the 6500 block involving a motorcycle. Early investigation reveals a motorcycle being driven by a man was going south on Chapman Highway when it crossed into the northbound lane into on-coming traffic and hit an SUV head-on, that vehicle…… MORE
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…… MORE
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…… MORE
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…… MORE
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…… MORE
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…… MORE
UPDATE: NewsTalk 98.7 (WOKI) is learning more now about a shooting that occurred Monday afternoon (5/29) at Victor Ashe Park on Bradshaw Road. Knoxville Police Department officials say the shooting was the result of a “transaction” turned robbery. KPD reports the gunshot victim arranged to make a transaction with two other individuals in the park…… MORE
A months-long investigation ends in a murder charge for a state prison inmate in Northeast Tennessee. Forty-eight year old Gregory Barner has been charged with first degree murder in the death of fellow inmate 70-year-old Robert Henry Hicks Jr. back in January; Barner was served the indictment on Thursday, May 25 at the Northeast Correctional…… MORE
Rural Metro is investigating an early morning house fire in South Knoxville. Crews called to the scene in the 6200 block of Neubert Springs Road before 5 this morning. That road closed earlier as crews fought the blaze with equipment blocking the road but has re-opened. All family members and their pets made it out…… MORE
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office identifying the suspects involved in a suspected road rage . Marcus Watts and Christopher Sentell have been arrested and charged in Tuesday night’s incident on West Emory Road near Karns Valley. Watts is being charged with attempted first-degree murder. Sentell is charged with accessory after the fact and reckless driving.…… MORE
An investigation is underway following a chase and shooting in Cocke County that leaves a woman dead and an officer injured. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating Tuesday’s incident that involved a Parrottville Police Department officer and a Cocke County Sheriff’s Office deputy. The woman, Whitney Fox, reportedly led the officers on a chase…… MORE
The man who shot at a Knox County Sheriff’s deputy is in custody. KCSO says 51 year-old Floyd Dalton, Jr. was found in Anderson County last night after firing at an officer yesterday morning following an attempted traffic stop for reckless driving. Dalton, who already had outstanding warrants, faces additional charges. He was found with…… MORE
The Knoxville fire department is investigating a house fire in East Knoxville. Crews called to Glider Avenue this morning and found fire coming from the rear of the home coming from a bathroom area. The occupants were not home at the time of the fire but did return before crews left. A woman and three…… MORE
Knoxville Police are investigating a fatal shooting in East Knoxville with a suspect in custody, charged with first-degree murder, following a stand-off with police. Officers responding to Wilderness Road and found a woman who had been shot in the backyard of the home. She was pronounced dead at the hospital. KPD officers identified the suspect…… MORE
Knoxville Police say the man on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Most Wanted list wanted for double murder is in custody. 26 year-old Jair Martin was taken into custody earlier today at an apartment on Goins Drive after receiving tips he could be inside. Martin is accused in the shooting deaths of Madison and Heidi…… MORE
A guilty plea in the death of a Hardin Valley Academy teen killed in a drunk driving crash in 2021. John Boles was 21 at the time of the crash, accused of driving under the influence and crashing a truck filled with eight people on New Henderson Road in Anderson County. 18 year-old Madison Percell…… MORE
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man’s body is found on the side of the road in North Knoxville. Detectives called to the 8000 block of Clinton Highway last night after the man’s body was found on the southbound side of the road. The victim was taken to the regional forensics center…… MORE
The Knoxville Fire Department is investigating a fatal Northwest Knoxville house fire. Crews called to Strolling Drive yesterday morning and found the house was fully engulfed in flames with part of the rear of the home collapsed. Once firefighters were able to enter the home they found an elderly woman in the rear of the…… MORE
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal motorcycle accident in North Knoxville. Rural Metro Fire crews responding to the scene last night on Norris Freeway at Sam Walton Way and found the motorcycle with the rider fatally injured.… MORE
Sevierville Police have arrested two suspects and identified the victim of a shooting near Mountain View Church. Police found 29-year-old Brandon Fernandez shot in his thigh on the 2400 block of Goose Gap Road yesterday. Deputies stopped Fernandez’s bleeding and he was taken to the hospital where he is in stable condition. Two suspects were…… MORE
Knoxville Police say a man and woman charged with murder are arrested in Mobile, Alabama Ronald and Carissa Rogers were arrested this morning in Mobile, Alabama for the March 11th murder of 25 year-old Artimeyo Folks. Ronald is charged with second-degree murder and Carissa with accessory after the fact. Folks was found shot outside of…… MORE
Knoxville Police say several schools in the Cedar Bluff area put on lockdown this morning after a threat is posted on social media. KPD says School Resource and Security Officers are following up and conducting safety sweeps where calls are received out of an abundance of caution. At this time, there are no known credible…… MORE
A homicide investigation is underway after Knoxville Police respond to a suspicious death on the Broadway bridge. Officers called to the Broadway bridge, between W. Depot Avenue and W. Jackson Avenue yesterday afternoon when a man, identified as 35-year-old Travis Brown, was found laying unresponsive on the sidewalk. Even though a cause of death has…… MORE
The Knoxville Fire Department is investigating an early morning North Knoxville house fire. Crews called to Hickory Drive this morning after receiving a call the resident smelled smoke and heard a loud explosion and found their roof on fire after leaving the home. KFD says they found live electrical lines down in the front yard…… MORE
There are new details after a gun discharged at West High School grazing a teacher. The teacher’s identity has not been released but he refused to be taken to the hospital following being grazed by the bullet Friday. There were about 20 students in the classroom when Knoxville Police say the gun went off accidentally…… MORE
Rural Metro Fire officials are investigating an early morning house fire in North Knoxville. Crews responding to the 2100 block of East Emory Road and found heavy fire in the garage that had spread into the attic. There is limited smoke damage in the living area of the house with the garage sustaining most of…… MORE
A man was arrested on Wednesday after he reportedly shot at a truck, according to a report obtained by WVLT News. At around 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, officers responded to a possible shooting on the I-75 South entrance ramp on Emory Road. When officers arrived they spoke with Trey Bailey, who was standing outside his…… MORE
The U.S. Justice Department files a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s new law banning transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care. The federal government is seeking to invalidate the statute because they say “no person should be denied access to necessary medical care just because of their transgender status. The DOJ says the law violates the Constitution’s equal…… MORE
An investigation is underway to determine the cause of a North Knox County house fire that injures a Rural Metro firefighter. It happened yesterday morning in the 9200 block of Old Maynardville Pike, Crews made an aggressive attack to stop the spread but the fire had already reached the attic and was spreading rapidly throughout…… MORE
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash involving a North Tazewell Volunteer Fire Department truck which leaves a firefighter dead. The crash happened yesterday on State Highway 63 Cedar Fork Road, near Cedar Grove Road in Claiborne County as crews were responding to an incident. Preliminary investigation shows 27-year-old Captain Roy Sewell Jr.,…… MORE
Updated story: Knoxville Police have identified the victim in a deadly stabbing in South Knoxville. 42 year-old Shawanda Arnwine showed up at the Knoxville Fire Department on Sevier Avenue after reportedly being stabbed in the 1400 block of E. Moody Avenue yesterday afternoon. 61 year-old Kenneth Hall has been booked on second-degree murder and aggravated…… MORE
Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating an early morning fatal accident involving a motorcycle. The crash happened on Highway 411 near the Sevier County line near Hinkle Road. THP confirms one person is dead in the crash which involved a motorcycle and truck. The northbound lanes were closed as crews were working the wreck.… MORE
Charges are pending following an investigation into a deadly head-on collision in Monroe county. The Tennessee Highway Patrol has identified the drivers involved in Tuesday morning’s crash as 33 year-old Janice Stapleton and 36 year-old Anthony Capp who died in the crash. According to a preliminary report from THP, Stapleton and Capp were driving opposite…… MORE
Update: A head-on crash in Monroe County leaves one person dead, others flown to hospital by helicopter. This morning’s accident happened on Highway 68 near Frontier Road in the Christianburg neighborhood. Authorities say that three people were in one car and two in the other. The driver of the other car was taken to the…… MORE
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…… MORE
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…… MORE
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…… MORE
The Knoxville Fire Department is investigating the cause of a fire at a business on Sutherland Avenue. Crews called to Legends Auto last night after an employee said he found heavy smoke in the car bay of the structure. The building has sustained heavy smoke damage as well as three vehicles that were in the…… MORE
Knoxville Police are asking for help to find a man who is wanted for questioning in an unsolved murder. KPD investigators are looking for 37 year-old Duane Harris, 37 in regard to the unsolved murder of Matthew Scott. Scott was found dead near the road on Riverside Drive in July of 2021. Harris’ last known…… MORE
Investigators with the Knoxville Fire Department make an arrest in a suspicious fire. 51 year-old Larry Hurst is charged with one count of Arson. KFD crews responded to fire on Holly Street at Hire Quest, where Mr. Hurst was a previous employee, and crews quickly put out that fire but the building sustained moderate smoke,…… MORE
Updated story: Two people are dead including a child and an investigation is underway following a house fire in Rocky Top. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is taking over the investigation started by the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office into last night’s fire in the 100 block of Ponderosa Lane. TBI officials confirmed the adult who…… MORE
Tomorrow, a special hearing will take place in the Tennessee State House to vote whether or not to expel three Democratic members for their role in a recent gun reform protest at the State Capitol. House Speaker Cameron Sexton says the three representatives will be allowed to present their cases. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson…… MORE
A fugitive and ex- chief of staff to Maryland’s Governor is shot and killed by FBI agents in West Knoxville. FBI officials confirm that an agent was involved in a shooting in the Gold’s Gym parking lot in Farragut last night after authorities attempted to take Roy McGrath into custody. After the incident, he was…… MORE
Officials with the Knoxville Fire Department are investigating an overnight fire in West Knoxville. Crews called to a house on fire at the corner of Sanderson Road and Whedbee Road and found a detached garage at the rear of the home engulfed in flames. The garage is a complete loss. There were no injuries reported.…… MORE
The Knoxville Police Department is investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash involving a motorcycle on Western Avenue. It happened Wednesday night near University Avenue. Police believe the motorcycle was driving west on Western Avenue when it was rear-ended by a vehicle, believed to be a silver or a light-colored sedan, that drove away from the scene.…… MORE
Knoxville Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian-involved crash. It happened this morning on Dandridge Avenue near Hazen Street when calls came in for an unresponsive person believed to have been hit by a car. Responding Knoxville Fire Department and AMR personnel attempted life-saving measures but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Police believe…… MORE
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