Category Archives: Local News
TBI Silver Alert Issued for South Carolina Missing From Gatlinburg has Ended
Update: Ronnie Donald has been located, and is safe.Original Story: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert for 71-year-old Ronnie Donald who went missing while on vacation wit...
Dec 09, 2024
Knoxville Police Arrest Suspect in Bomb Threat at West Town Mall
Knoxville Police says a man has been arrested and charged after making a fake bomb threat at West Town Mall.32-year-old Marshall Hazlett was arrested Friday night after he claimed to have put a bomb o...
Dec 08, 2024
A Neighbor’s Quick Actions Prevent Apartment Fire from Spreading
An alert neighbor calls the Knoxville Fire department and helps keep an apartment fire from spreading.KFD received the call Saturday for a porch on fire at the Addison at Sutherland. The neighbor also...
Dec 08, 2024
Cause of Fire that Destroys a Home is Determined by Knoxville Fire Department Officials
The cause of a fire, that injures two, at the Amherst Ridge Mobile Home Park is determined to have been caused by unattended cooking, which is the leading factor contributing to cooking fires and casu...
Dec 08, 2024
Knoxville Man Sentence to More Than a Decade in Prison for Deadly Crash Involving a Motorcycle in West Knoxville
A Knoxville man is sentenced to more than a decade behind bars after a deadly crash involving a motorcycle on Kingston Pike.The Knox County District Attorney’s Office says 23-year-old Christian ...
Dec 08, 2024
An Investigation Underway to Determine Cause of a Fire at a Rockwood Walmart
An investigation is underway into a fire at the Walmart in Rockwood.Rockwood police and fire crews are working with state arson investigators to determine the cause of Friday night’s fire.The fi...
Dec 08, 2024
Special Education Teacher Arrested for Assault in Jefferson County, Police Say
White Pine, TN (WOKI) A teacher in Jefferson County is arrested Friday for allegedly hitting a student with an electronic device.Officials with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office say a school resou...
Dec 06, 2024
UTPD: Former Police Officer Arrested
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The University of Tennessee Police Department served active arrest warrants Wednesday on one of their own.UTPD officials say Anthony Rizo, who had been employed by the University ...
Dec 06, 2024
An Investigation is Underway After Three People are Injured in an Early Morning Fire in Halls
An investigation is underway following an early morning (Friday) house fire in Halls that seriously injures three.Firefighters with Rural Metro called to the home in the 100 block of Keith Way Lane an...
Dec 06, 2024
Your Chance to be Dolly in Her Broadway Musical, “The Search for Dolly”
An upcoming Dolly Parton Broadway musical is prompting "The Search for Dolly," meaning performers of all ages could play the country star on stage.Dolly put out the call, asking for people to take a m...
Dec 06, 2024
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