The women’s basketball team at Fulton High School came out on top in their playoff game against Lenoir City, but it wasn’t without a chaotic scene in the final moments. With 2:30 left, sophomore player for Lenoir City Taylor Hafner made an and-one layup, and immediately after, a fight broke out between her and a…… MORE
A Knoxville man is arrested after he hit a Knoxville Police Officer with his car and leading police on a high speed car chase. Ryan White was arrested following Sunday mornings incident involving a stolen blue Kia Optima in a gas station parking lot on Chapman Highway. Police saw the vehicle and an officer pulled…… MORE
A Knoxville man is facing murder, rape and kidnapping charges after police conducted a welfare check at a home on Bellevue Street. 57 year-old Joe Whitaker is accused of killing 76 year-old Julius Parker and keeping a woman hostage in the home for five days. According to an incident report, Whitaker left his job at…… MORE
Guns N’ Roses return to the road on a massive 2023 World Tour will be making a stop in Knoxvlle. The band will play Thompson Boling Arena on September 12th. Tickets will be available starting with the band’s Nightrain Presale, beginning tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10am local time. The general on-sale for all dates will start…… MORE
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into the circumstances leading to a fatal officer-involved shooting in Greene County. Deputies with the Greene County Sheriff’s Office were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on someone at a home on Bolton Road in Greeneville yesterday (Sunday). Reports say shots were fired at deputies from inside the…… MORE
Reports and videos of a parent boarding a Knox County School bus demanding the students get off are making the rounds and police say they received no reports about the incident. Story courtesy of WVLT: On February 10, a parent boarded a school bus full of Carter Middle and High School students and demanded all…… MORE
Zoo Knoxville is in the running for a Readers’ Choice Award for Best Zoo Exhibit. The Boyd Family Asian Trek at the zoo is up for the award. Malayan tigers, white-naped cranes, silvered leaf langurs and white-handed gibbons are all featured in the exhibit. The area also features a multi-level tree house and a swinging…… MORE
The parents of a teen killed in front of her home two years ago, remembering her and asking for anyone with information to come forward. 15 year-old Janaria Muhammad was shot and killed outside of her home on Selma Avenue. Knoxville Police investigators haven’t determined who killed the Austin-East student and no charges have been…… MORE
Knoxville Police have charged a man with multiple counts including first-degree murder and rape following a welfare check at an East Knoxville this (Friday) morning where officers found a man dead inside. 57-year-old Joe Whitaker is also charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and other additional charges after KPD officers responding to the 3100 block of…… MORE
Authorities are investigating after a student is charged with making a possible threat at Jefferson Middle School. This morning, staff at the school received the call about a threat so School officials along with the School Resource Officer immediately began an investigation. Investigators with Sheriff’s Office and the Jefferson City Police Department assisted in this…… MORE
