Category Archives: Local News Reel 2

Roane County, TN (WOKI) A Roane County couple will spend the rest of their lives in prison without the possibility of parole.Michael Gray, Sr. and Shirley Gray both waived their right to a trial and p...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) American Medical Response presented its first progress report to the Knox County Commission Monday night.The report comes after a new contract promised to fix serious probl...

Knoxville Police are investigating a hit and run along Maryville Pike in South Knoxville. Police say it happened in the overnight hours of Friday or Saturday morning.   There were no oc...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is asking for help to identify a body found earlier this month at Norris Lake.TBI officials say the body of a man was found in the Grainger C...

Knoxville Fire Department crews are on the scene (Friday morning) of a house fire at the corner of Cottonwood Drive and Burwood Road.Crews are battling the fire at 3400 Burwood and say a woman was awa...

Morristown, TN (WOKI) The former Witt Utilities Board general manager has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller's Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Inv...

A Knox County man is facing jail time accused of kidnapping and assaulting his girlfriend.Timothy Stanton is sentenced to 12 years in prison without parole. District Attorney Charme Allen Stanton lock...

Claiborne County, TN (WOKI) One person is dead in Claiborne County after severe weather hit the area Wednesday afternoon.Claiborne County Sheriff Bob Brooks says a tree fell on a car in the Lone Mount...

The Cocke County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a 14-month-old child.Cocke County Sheriff CJ Ball says the child was hit by a car on private property. No further details have been rele...

Rep. Tim Burchett is seeking to dismiss a Kansas man's defamation lawsuit stemming from a February shooting in Kansas City following the Chief's Super Bowl victory.The lawsuit, filed in the United Sta...