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Video Released from November 12th Police Shooting on Fairview Street
The Knoxville Police Department has released the pertinent body-camera footage from the police shooting that happened in the 2600 block of Fairview Street last Tuesday. Just before 1:15 p.m. on Tuesda...
Nov 22, 2024
KPD Says Pedestrian Fatality in Merchant Drive Area was Not a Hit and Run
UPDATE (11/21/24): KPD crash reconstruction investigators have determined that the man who was found deceased on a sidewalk in the area of Merchant Drive and Central Avenue Pike late Tuesday night was...
Nov 21, 2024
An Investigation is Underway Following a Knox County House Explosion
Farragut (WOKI) Update 11/20/24: The Knox County Sheriff’s Office Fire and Explosives Unit responded around 1 pm today (Wednesday) with Rural Metro Fire and Sheriff’s Office Patrol to repo...
Nov 20, 2024
An Investigation is Underway in White Pine after 5 Year-Old is Found Dead
The White Pine Police Department is investigating the death of five-year-old child.Officers with the WPPD, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, White Pine Fire Department and Jefferson County EMS went t...
Nov 20, 2024
Monroe County Murder Suspect Makes First Court Appearance
Monroe County, TN (WOKI) A Monroe County murder suspect remains held without bail Tuesday following his first court appearance.Nicholas Wayne Hamlett led law enforcement on an almost month-long manhun...
Nov 19, 2024
Narcotics Search Warrant Executed by Knox County Sheriff’s Office Results in Two Arrests
With assistance from the Organized Retail Crime Unit and S.W.A.T., the Knox County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant in the 7000 block of Dogwood Drive in the Rocky Hill commun...
Nov 18, 2024
Knoxville Police Department Identifies Officers Involved in Shooting of Axe-Wielding Man
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police Department officials have identified the officers involved in the shooting of an axe-wielding man Tuesday in North Knoxville.KPD says Officers Alexandra Burns and...
Nov 18, 2024
Knox County District Attorney says Man Convicted of Vehicular Homicide has been Sentenced
A Knoxville man is sentenced after he crashed into another car head-on on Tazewell Pike after drinking several margaritas in September 2021.Knox County District Attorney Charme Allen says 68-year-old ...
Nov 18, 2024
Cumberland County Teacher Threatened Student with Knife, Affidavit Says
Crossville, TN (WOKI) A high school teacher in Crossville is arrested Thursday after threatening a student in a classroom.According to an affidavit from Cumberland County's circuit court, Stone Memori...
Nov 15, 2024
Child Sex Crimes Suspect Sean Williams Found Guilty in Greeneville Trial
Greeneville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 11/14: The verdict is in for Sean Williams. The federal trial undertaken this week in East Tennessee for Williams who prompted a month-long manhunt after escaping custody...
Nov 14, 2024
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