Category Archives: Local News

Updated story: Firefighters have successfully contained the 10-acre Lake Fire near backcountry campsite 87 in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Firefighters will continue to monitor the fire t...

Photo courtesy of WVLTAn investigation remains underway after three West High School students are charged in connection to a firearm allegedly being brought onto school grounds.The school was temporar...

Photo courtesy of WVLTJefferson County Mayor Mark Lee Potts is arrested for DUI in Bradley County.The Tennessee Highway Patrol says Potts was found lying face down in a ditch surrounded by beer contai...

(Courtesy: TWRA)Loudoun County, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has identified the man who died after a boat was pulled into a dam spillway Tuesday morning on Fort Loudon Lake.TWRA s...

Crews work to stop crematorium fire at Maryville cemetery (Courtesy: WVLT / Canva)Updated story: An investigation is underway into a fire at a Blount County cemetery.The Blount County Sheriff's Office...

Dolly Parton (Courtesy: WVLT)Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Dolly Parton is teaming up with the Tennessee Vols again, this time to release a UT-themed version of her rock album “Rockstar.”The album,...

Keith Gordon, 92 (Courtesy: TBI)Blount County, TN (WOKI) UPDATE (9/27): A Blount County man at the center of a Silver Alert issued by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation earlier Wednesday morning ha...

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration is giving the U.S. Forest Service over 4 and a half million dollars in "quick release" emergency funds to repair road damage caus...

Officials are investigating the 24th fatal boating incident on Tennessee waters this year.It happened on Fort Loudon Lake and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency says two men were on board the boa...

Park reports 5-10 acre wildfire on Fontana Lake shoreGreat Smoky Mountains National Park firefighters are suppressing a 5-10 acre wildland fire near backcountry campsite 87 on Fontana Lake's shore.The...