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UTPD: Teen Facing Felony Charge after Triggering UT Alert Overnight
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A 19-year-old is facing multiple charges after filing a false police report that triggered a UT Alert overnight Tuesday.University of Tennessee Police Department officials say Pey...
Cumulus Media Apr 10, 2024

The Knoxville Fire Department is Working a Fire in North Knoxville
The Knoxville Fire Department is on the scene of a fire in the 300 block of East Caldwell Ave in North Knoxville. (Wednesday morning)The fire is contained to the outbuilding with only minor damage. KF...
Cumulus Media Apr 10, 2024

Claiborne County Jail Employee’s Husband Charged in Her Death, TBI Says
New Tazewell, TN (WOKI) A New Tazewell man is being charged with killing his wife.An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Claiborne County Sheriff's Offic...
Cumulus Media Apr 09, 2024

An Investigation is Underway, a Dog Dies but a Couple and Python are Rescued from a Cocke County House Fire
A dog dies but an elderly woman and man are rescued, along with a six-foot-long python from an early morning (Tuesday) Cocke County house fire.The Parrottsville Fire Department responding to a single-...
Cumulus Media Apr 09, 2024

Knoxville Police have Identified Victim in a Fatal Shooting on Gilbert Lane
The victim of the April 5th homicide at 3206 Gilbert Lane has been identified as Danishka Sibaja Mejia, 22 of Knoxville.One day prior to her death, on April 4, Mejia reported that she was the victim o...
Cumulus Media Apr 08, 2024

TBI: 13 Charged, 5 Pounds of Meth Seized in Blount County
Maryville, TN (WOKI) Thirteen people from Blount County are indicted after an undercover investigation into methamphetamine distribution.According to a release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigati...
Cumulus Media Apr 05, 2024

Knoxville Police are Investigating a Murder in South Knoxville
A murder investigation is underway after Knoxville Police Department Homicide Unit detectives responded to a home in south Knoxville early Friday morning.At around 1:15 a.m. on Friday, April 5, 2024, ...
Cumulus Media Apr 05, 2024

Escaped Cocke County Inmate Back in Custody, Sheriff Says
Cocke County, TN (WOKI) An inmate who escaped from the Cocke County detention center late Wednesday night is now back in custody.Cocke County Sheriff’s Office officials say 37-year-old Stephen J...
Cumulus Media Apr 04, 2024

The 2024 Covenant Health Knoxville Half Marathon and 5k are This Weekend and Road Closures will be in Place
It’s marathon time in Tennessee.The 2024 Covenant Health Knoxville Half Marathon is scheduled for 7:30 am this Sunday but first the Kids Run gets underway on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and the Covena...
Cumulus Media Apr 04, 2024

Authorities are Searching for an Escaped Inmate from Cocke County
Police need your help to find an inmate that’s on the loose after escaping from the Cocke County detention center.Cocke County Sheriff C.J. Ball says 37-year-old Stephen Jones escaped last night...
Cumulus Media Apr 04, 2024








