Madisonville, TN (WOKI) A two-hour manhunt Monday morning in Madisonville results in the apprehension of a known fugitive. Madisonville Police Department officials report Dillon Honeycutt, a known fugitive with multiple active arrest warrants, was taken into custody Monday afternoon after fleeing from a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Detective who spotted him in a neighborhood near…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police continue their search for an Oliver Springs man wanted in connection to the May 15 shooting outside Bebo’s Cafe. Twenty-four year-old Destiny Jones was shot in that incident and died subsequently as a result of a car crash on Alcoa Highway. KPD officials say Isaac Armes was driving the car…… MORE
A teen is arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder and attempted aggravated robbery in connection to a shooting. It happened Saturday night and Knoxville Police say 18 year-old Stephon Sullivan was arrested at an apartment on Asheville Highway for a shooting in the 4000 block of Bedrock Way that left a 20-year-old man injured.… MORE
Knoxville Police are investigating a suspected hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian dead. It happened this morning (Monday) Magnolia Avenue near Jessamine Street, Officers were called to the scene and found the victim, who is believed to have been hit by an unknown vehicle that left the scene going west on Magnolia Avenue. The victim…… MORE
Maryville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: In a later update from the department, MPD officials confirm K9 Eunice encountered several coyotes in the area of Sevierville Road and S. Washington Street and may be injured due to an ensuing altercation with the coyote pack. A picture of K9 Eunice is below. If you see her, please do…… MORE
Sevier County, TN (WOKI) UPDATE (8/18/23): In a tragic end to a story WOKI has been following, a man missing out of Sevier County has been found dead. Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced55 year-old John Hancock was found dead Friday, August 18. Hancock was last seen riding his four wheeler in the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UT Lifestar is dispatched Friday afternoon for a medical emergency at a church in Northeast Knox County. Officials with Rural Metro Fire say crews responding to the church for that medical emergency quickly determined that the patient needed immediate transport and called for Lifestar. UT Lifestar transported the person to a local…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) A woman is charged by Knoxville Police for attacking two minors. KPD has arrested 35 year-old Allison Coronado charging her with assault for attacking the pair after they got off of their school bus according to our news partner WVLT. That incident happening on Tuesday, on Willow Bluff Circle in…… MORE
An investigation is underway after two Knoxville Police officers are shot at while patrolling the city. KPD says the reported shooting happened last night as the two officers, in full uniform, were patrolling in an unmarked cruiser near the Beaumont Avenue and McSpadden Street intersection when a heavy-set man with dreadlocks shot at them from…… MORE
Water is now safe to drink in Tellico Plains. Recent flooding prompted a boil advisory for the area and closed Monroe County schools which have also re-opened. Mayor Marilyn Parker says a few people are still without running water, but city hall has enough water bottles and necessities to go around throughout the weekend, they…… MORE
