Tazewell, TN (WOKI) A man is dead and a 10-year-old is in critical condition after a shooting in Tazewell. Tazewell Police Department officials say officers responded to Miley Drive just after 8:15 p.m. Sunday. Upon arrival, they found a man dead from a gunshot and the 10-year-old, who was shot but still alive. Officials report…… MORE
Rural Metro Fire rescues disc golfer in North Knox county Park. Crews received a rescue call in the Disc Golf course at Tommy Schumpert Park. The disc golfer fell in the woods near hole #17 and suffered non life-threatening injuries but could not walk out on their own. Squad crews used their wheeled litter cart…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man has plead guilty to a 2023 double murder. Jair Romario Martin pleaded guilty in Knox County court Thursday to the murders of 22-year-old Madison Johnson and 21-year-old Heidi Johnson, who were found dead inside a home in the 400 block of Woodlawn Pike in May of 2023. Officials with…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Two former West High School football coaches are moving through the court system after being accused of sex crimes. Chad Brooks was scheduled for arraignment Wednesday, June 4 but that was rescheduled to June 16. He is charged with multiple counts of aggravated statutory rape and statutory rape by an authority figure.…… MORE
A New Tazewell man is facing several charges after throwing a bag of methamphetamine out of a car during a chase. A Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office detective saw a car being driven by 49-year-old Robert Reece speeding in the area of Highway 33 and Lone Mountain Road and tried to pull him over. Reece instead sped…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 6/4: Kenneth DeHart, the man accused of killing Blount County Deputy Greg McCowan, will get a new preliminary hearing. Judge Tammy Harrington Wednesday afternoon granting the motion from DeHart’s legal team following an all-day procedural hearing Tuesday. DeHart’s attorneys argued his public defenders were not prepared at the first preliminary hearing…… MORE
Police are asking people in Sweetwater to be on alert. That’s because they are still searching for a bear that was spotted in the city yesterday (Monday). Sweetwater Police say the bear was spotted near Mayes Avenue and North Main Street. SPD is working with TWRA to find the bear and safely relocateit. They say…… MORE
A Knoxville man is facing several charges after authorities say he fired shots at a home. WVLT reporting that Knoxville Police were called to a home on Gratz Street Saturday night after receiving multiple reports that a truck pulled into a driveway and a man, identified as 40-year-old Travis Murrah, got out, fired rounds in…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Richard L. Bean, the embattled director of Knox County’s juvenile detention center, is stepping down from his role at the facility. That, according to Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs who released a statement Friday afternoon confirming that Bean was no longer the head of his namesake detention center. In it, Jacobs says…… MORE
Morristown, TN (WOKI) Five family members living in Morristown are charged after an incident, investigated by the Hamblen County Sheriff’s Office, involving a business damaged by gunfire. Two juveniles are charged with reckless endangerment, unlawful possession of a firearm and vandalism. Officials say information from a recently installed flock camera was essential in locating the…… MORE
