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Man Vandalized Austin-East with Scooter, Knoxville Police Say
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department is asking for help finding a suspect it says vandalized Austin-East Magnet High School overnight Tuesday.KPD says security footage shows an unident...
Sep 11, 2024
Manhunt Continues for Suspect in I-75 Interstate Shooting in Kentucky which Injures Five
Fox news reporting the suspect in the Kentucky I-75 mass shooting sent this disturbing text "I'm going to kill a lot of people" shortly before Saturday's attack that wounded five people. The manhunt f...
Sep 10, 2024
Knox County, Knoxville Officers Respond to Sunnyview Primary School
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knox County Sheriff’s Office, along with various other agencies, has responded to Sunnyview Elementary School in East Knox County.KCSO officials, in a release to media t...
Sep 09, 2024
Two Out of Florida Dead after Crash on I-40 in Knoxville, Police Say
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 12:12 p.m.: Two people are dead and an investigation is underway following a crash Monday morning on I-40 East in West Knoxville.Knoxville Police Department officials say t...
Sep 09, 2024
Two Knox County Students Arrested for Threats of Mass Violence
Update (9/7/24): The Knox County Sheriff's Office Juvenile Detectives, Major Crimes Detectives, and Patrol Officers responded to various threats Friday at Halls Middle and High Schools in North Knox C...
Sep 06, 2024
Man Accused of Dismembering Bodies Indicted on Murder Charges, Grainger County DA says
Grainger County, TN (WOKI) A Morristown man suspected of killing and dismembering two people in Bean Station last spring has now been indicted.The Grainger County District Attorney’s office conf...
Sep 06, 2024
Loudon County Football Coach Removed from Staff after ‘Incident,’ School System Says
Loudon County, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Now former Greenback High School Head Football Coach Tommy Clemmer has been removed from the team's staff after an incident with a student.WOKI’s news partner, WV...
Sep 04, 2024
Shannon Walker Sentenced to 8 Years in Ben Kredich Death Case
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) He pled guilty to vehicular homicide by intoxication among other charges; now, the man accused of killing the son of the University of Tennessee’s swim coach, is headed to p...
Sep 03, 2024
Knoxville Woman Charged with First-Degree Murder in Connection to Knox County Shooting
A Knoxville woman is charged with first-degree murder in connection to a shooting that happened at a Knox County apartment.The Knox County Sheriff's Office called to an apartment on Oak Valley Drive S...
Sep 02, 2024
A Paramedic is Killed in Crash in Jefferson County
An investigation is underway after a paramedic is killed and another injured in a Jefferson County crash.The Tennessee Department of Transportation says it happened on I-40 West and that a tractor-tra...
Sep 02, 2024
