The National Park Service (NPS) is investigating an online scam selling fraudulent parking tags to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Someone posing as the National Park Service is directing individuals and organizations to a website titled “Smokies Park Pass.” This website looks like it belongs to our park partner, Great Smoky Mountains Association (GSMA), but it…… MORE
Jellico, TN (WOKI) Utilities customers in the Jellico area will be without power for a time overnight Saturday, December 2. Officials with Jellico Utilities say the Tennessee Valley Authority has scheduled a planned outage from 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 2 to 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 3. They say the outage will impact all…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A former Knoxville pet sitter has pleaded guilty to two charges of aggravated cruelty to animals. That plea coming nearly nine months after 38 pets were removed from the home of 23 year-old Haylee Morris. Court documents indicate Morris pleaded guilty to the two animal cruelty charges as well as a violation…… MORE
Tennessee is seeing an uptick in flu cases. It is that time of year and the CDC ranks our flu activities moderate right now. The State Health department says flu cases are highest in East Tennessee and have been trending upwards for the last two weeks.… MORE
A woman whose remains were found in 1987 in Roane County has been identified as a result of a partnership between the Roane County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Unidentified Human Remains DNA Initiative. On August 29, 1987, a body was discovered by a passer-by beside a garbage dumpster in the 2600…… MORE
Knoxville’s annual WIVK Christmas parade is returning for its 50th year tomorrow (Friday). Over 120 parade displays will proceed along Gay Street including marching bands, church and community groups, small businesses and more. The event is scheduled, rain or shine, for 7 p.m. It will also follow Knoxville’s new parade route, which has groups staging…… MORE
An investigation is underway after a man dies at the hospital from a gunshot wound. Knox County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the 6500 block of Old Maynardville Pike yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon and found a man with gunshot wounds who was taken to the hospital. They say this appears to be an isolated/targeted incident. KCSO…… MORE
Knoxville Police are asking for help to identify the man who robbed Inskip Market. Officials with KPD say the man robbed the store at gunpoint Tuesday night. They say the unknown suspect ran from the scene toward Central Avenue Pike. Anyone with information is asked to call KPD at 865-215-7165..… MORE
Morristown, TN (WOKI) Investigators with the Morristown Police Department are asking for your help in locating a missing teen. Fifteen year old Alondra Moncerrat Rodriguez is a Hispanic female, 5’4” tall and weighs 150 pounds. She has brown eyes and black/brown hair. Rodriguez was last seen in the evening of November 26, around 7:00 or…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Ice Bears have a new coach. Andrew Harrison has been named the new head of the hockey team after serving as interim coach; he joined the Ice Bears last season as an assistant coach under Brent Clarke. Clarke resigned after the worst start to a season in the organization’s 22-year…… MORE
