Category Archives: Local News
Missing 19-Year-Old from Monroe County Found in Georgia, Sheriff Says
Monroe County, TN (WOKI) The young man at the center of a weeks-long missing person search out of Monroe County has now been found.Officials with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office say 19-year-old Cad...
Jun 24, 2025
Mail Carriers Hosting East Tennessee Job Fairs
Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Several post office locations across East Tennessee are planning to host job fairs Wednesday and Thursday.The U.S. Postal Service is looking to hire for rural mail carriers...
Jun 24, 2025
A New Female Lion Has Arrived at Zoo Knoxville
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Zahra is the newest lion to call Zoo Knoxville home.Zahra came from Buffalo Zoo last month and now that her thirty-day quarantine period has finished, she is in her new home. She ...
Jun 19, 2025
Oliver Springs Man Sentenced for Putting Referee in Headlock after Being Ejected from April Basketball Game
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) An Oliver Springs man facing an assault charge for putting a referee in a headlock during a basketball event at Grace Christian Academy is sentenced.Jerry Crass was granted judici...
Jun 19, 2025
Report: Knoxville Man Leads Police on Chase, Crashes Car into Two Knox County Patrol Cars
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man is facing several charges, including aggravated assault, after leading police on a chase Tuesday evening and crashing into two patrol cars.According to charging do...
Jun 19, 2025
Juneteenth is Today and There are Closings, a Parade, Tours, Discounts and More on This Emancipation Day
Today (Thursday 6/19/25) is Juneteenth which is also known as Freedom day or Emancipation Day.It commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. On June 19th 1865. Union General Gordon Grainger rode into ...
Jun 19, 2025
Man Wanted in Knoxville Arrested by U.S. Marshals in Clarksville
Clarksville, TN (WOKI) A man wanted in Knoxville for multiple counts of especially aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault is captured Wednesday in Clarksville by a U.S. Marshals task force.Offic...
Jun 18, 2025
Knoxville Police Searching for Man Accused of Threatening Woman at Gunpoint
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville police are asking for help in their search for a man they say threatened a woman at gunpoint on Friday.KPD says 30-year-old Javonta Miles of Knoxville is charged with ag...
Jun 18, 2025
A Teen is Facing First-Degree Felony Murder and Other Charges After a Man Dies Following an Assault
A 17-year-old is facing several charges, including first-degree felony murder, after a Monroe County deputy found a 41-year-old man with life-threatening injuries outside his home.The Monroe County Sh...
Jun 18, 2025
West High School Head Football Coach will Not Return to School Next Year
Knoxville, TN (Story courtesy of WVLT) – West High School Head Football Coach Lamar Brown will not return to the school next year, Knox County Schools Superintendent Jon Rysewyk announced Tuesda...
Jun 18, 2025
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