Category Archives: Local News

(Story courtesy of WVLT News)Knoxville, TN (WVLT) The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency issued a statement after making the decision to euthanize 13 bears from the Appalachian Bear Rescue.TWRA said t...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department is looking for the parents of a girl officers say was found wandering alone in a parking lot.Officers say they found the young girl at an apartment...

Nashville, TN (WOKI) Ten people are facing felony charges after more than a dozen victims are identified in a large-scale operation to target child exploitation and sextortion in Tennessee.From Octobe...

Sevierville, TN (WOKI) A former Sevier County golf coach who worked at Northview Academy in Kodak pleaded guilty to multiple counts of statutory rape.Jennifer Paige Blanchard was arrested in November ...

Louisville, TN (WOKI) A man whose houseboat caught fire last (Monday) night on Fort Loudon Lake is crediting his dog for alerting him to the blaze.Blount County fire crews responded to the Ish Creek B...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The deadline to register for FEMA assistance following Helene's destruction across East Tennessee is quickly approaching.Flood survivors in Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A pastor with the Knoxville Diocese has been placed on administrative leave after being accused of "boundary violations."Father Joseph Reed is a Knoxville native and the pastor fo...

Jefferson City, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 12/16: The woman at the center of a missing person alert out of Jefferson County has been found safe.Officials with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office announcing Mo...

An investigation is underway after a three-story structure fire in Roane County.The Roane County Office of Emergency Services & Homeland Security says several fire departments were called to the s...

Madisonville Police say a man is charged after an investigation which led to hundreds of fentanyl pills being seized.Stephen Wattenbarger is charged for sell and delivery of over 50 grams of fentanyl ...