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 Investigation, the investigation was part of the 313 Initiative and focused on those trafficking illicit drugs into Blount and Knox Counties from Detroit, Michigan. TBI says numerous search warrants…… MORE
An investigation is underway following a Knox County School bus crash. Knoxville Police responded to a multi-vehicle crash on Tazewell Pike Thursday afternoon. Representatives from Knox County Schools say there were 20 students on the bus, and they were taken by another bus through the rest of their route. No injuries were reported.… MORE
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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, KPD officers were dispatched to a home in the 3200 block of Gilbert Lane. Officers arrived on scene and found a 22-year-old woman dead…… MORE
A TBI SilverAlert has been issued for 80 year-old Donna Tripp, missing out of Hamilton County. Donna was last seen April 4 in Chattanooga, wearing a pink plaid shirt, blue jeans.Donna is 5’4”, weighs 155, with grey hair, brown eyes. She has a medical condition that may impair her ability to return safely without assistance.…… MORE
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 Jones was taken into custody Thursday afternoon on Shalebark Road in Newport after deputies received a complaint about a man in a hoodie matching Jones’s…… MORE
Lenoir City, TN (WOKI) Authorities in Loudon County say an armed man who had barricaded himself inside a home in Lenoir City Thursday morning is now safe and in custody. Officials with the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office say officers responded to the home in the 4000 block of Harrison Lane around 8:00 a.m. after a…… MORE
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 Covenant 5k starting at 7:00 p.m. There will be road closures in place in and around downtown Knoxville to accommodate runners. Covenant…… MORE
An investigation is underway after a teen is killed in a car crash in Anderson County. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a 16-year-old died in the crash on Frost Bottom Road in Anderson County Monday morning and three teens were injured. A 14-year-old teen was behind the wheel of a car which lost control and…… MORE
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 (Thursday) and was last seen in the parking lot of Food City on Broadway Street. Jones was wearing blue jeans, a dark blue…… MORE
