Category Archives: Local News

Lawmakers are trying to crack down on street racing in Tennessee.A new proposal allows offenders to lose their driving privileges and possibly their car. This proposal comes after a deadly drag racing...

The Knoxville Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on the night of Friday, January 26, 2024 just outside of downtown Knoxville.  KPD officers will staff the checkpoint, which...

Knoxville man turns himself in for assault on Fort Sanders nurse (Courtesy: ETVCS)Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 1/12: A Knoxville man who attacked a nurse at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center earlier...

Steven Maradiaga, 25 (Courtesy: Sevierville Police Department)Sevierville, TN (WOKI) The Sevierville Police Department is asking for help finding a missing man who was last seen in October.Sevierville...

Kenterrius McGuffie, 27 (Courtesy: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation)Athens, TN (WOKI) An Athens man is arrested and charged after allegedly uploading child sexual abuse material to Snapchat.Officials...

Photo courtesy of WVLT The Knox County Growth Policy Coordinating Committee approves a plan that outlines how Knox County will grow over the next 20 years.The original proposal detailed over 16,000 ac...

Knox County has again achieved one of the highest honors in the arena of governmental accounting and finance reporting, winning what is considered the "triple crown" for finance departments.The Govern...

The Knoxville Museum of Art (KMA) announcing the appointment of Steven Matijcio as the museum's new executive director following a national search. Matijcio is leaving his post as director and chief c...

Around 10:20 a.m., deputies responded to a home on County Line Road, where they found a woman and two juveniles had been assaulted, SCSO officials said. (Courtesy: WVLT)Sevier County, TN (WOKI) A man ...

Photo courtesy of WVLT An investigation is underway in Roane County following an early morning structure fire.Crews called to the fire on Eblen Cave Road and according to the Roane County Sheriff's Of...