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TBI Issues Endangered Child Alert for White County Boy

TBI Issues Endangered Child Alert for White County Boy

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

KCSO Investigates Fatal Crash in Powell UPDATE

KCSO Investigates Fatal Crash in Powell UPDATE

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

Woman Arrested in Blount County in Connection to the Murder of a Man in 2021

Woman Arrested in Blount County in Connection to the Murder of a Man in 2021

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 Police Searching for Missing Teen

Greeneville Police Searching for Missing Teen

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

A Budget Compromise Between Knox County Mayor and Sheriff will Increase Patrol and Correction Officer Pay more than Mayor’s Proposed 8% Increase

A Budget Compromise Between Knox County Mayor and Sheriff will Increase Patrol and Correction Officer Pay more than Mayor’s Proposed 8% Increase

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 Police Searching for Missing Teen

Maryville Police Searching for Missing Teen

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

Roads Reopen Following Deadly Downtown Knoxville Crash

Roads Reopen Following Deadly Downtown Knoxville Crash

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 an East Knox County House Fire

Rural Metro is Investigating an East Knox County House Fire

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

Knoxville Police are Investigating a Shooting at Victor Ashe Park (UPDATE)

Knoxville Police are Investigating a Shooting at Victor Ashe Park (UPDATE)

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

TBI Charges State Prison Inmate with Murder

TBI Charges State Prison Inmate with Murder

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

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigating is Looking into a Chase and Shooting Involving Law Enforcement that Leaves One Person Dead

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigating is Looking into a Chase and Shooting Involving Law Enforcement that Leaves One Person Dead

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

Sevierville Police Arrest Two Suspects in Connection to a Shooting Near a Church

Sevierville Police Arrest Two Suspects in Connection to a Shooting Near a Church

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

The Knoxville Fire Department is Investigating a North Knoxville House Fire

The Knoxville Fire Department is Investigating a North Knoxville House Fire

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 Regarding a Gun Discharge at West High School

There are New Details Regarding a Gun Discharge at West High School

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 is Investigating an Early Morning North Knoxville House Fire

Rural Metro is Investigating an Early Morning North Knoxville House Fire

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

The U.S. Justice Department Files a Lawsuit Challenging Tennessee’s New Law Banning Transgender Youth from Receiving Gender-Affirming Care

The U.S. Justice Department Files a Lawsuit Challenging Tennessee’s New Law Banning Transgender Youth from Receiving Gender-Affirming Care

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

A Volunteer Fireman is Killed in an Accident Involving His Fire Truck

A Volunteer Fireman is Killed in an Accident Involving His Fire Truck

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

Knoxville Police Have Identified the Victim in a Fatal Stabbing in South Knoxville

Knoxville Police Have Identified the Victim in a Fatal Stabbing in South Knoxville

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

THP Investigating Fatal Accident in Sevier County

THP Investigating Fatal Accident in Sevier County

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 in Fatal Monroe County Fatal Head-On Collision

Charges are Pending in Fatal Monroe County Fatal Head-On Collision

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

Shooting Suspect Turns Himself into Knoxville Police

Shooting Suspect Turns Himself into Knoxville Police

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 for a Missing Person in the Great Smoky Mountains

A Search is Underway for a Missing Person in the Great Smoky Mountains

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 Identify Victim in West Knoxville Fatal Accident

Knoxville Police Identify Victim in West Knoxville Fatal Accident

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

Investigators with the Knoxville Police Department Arrest a Suspected Arsonist

Investigators with the Knoxville Police Department Arrest a Suspected Arsonist

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

An Investigation is Underway Following a Deadly House Fire in Rocky Top

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

Knoxville Police Investigating a Fatal Pedestrian-Involved Crash

Knoxville Police Investigating a Fatal Pedestrian-Involved Crash

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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