Category Archives: Local News

(Story courtesy of WVLT News)Cocke County, TN (WVLT) The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency is claiming that Walters Dam, otherwise known as Waterville Dam, has not failed. TEMA is citing the dam's...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A University of Tennessee student has been charged with attempted murder after an "altercation" with another student.Officials with the university's police department say 19-year-...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WOKI/WVLT) – United States District Judge John Broomes has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Tennessee Representative Tim Burchett.The lawsuit stems from a February shooti...

Newport, TN (WOKI) A suspect is arrested and facing multiple charges in connection to an armed robbery Tuesday at a gas station near Newport.Officials with the Cocke County Sheriff's Office say deputi...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Kingston man is facing life in prison after being convicted Wednesday of multiple federal child sex crimes.Department of Justice officials announcing 34-year-old Christopher Edw...

Tennessee (WOKI) – It’s been three months since the City of Knoxville and the Tennessee Department of Transportation shut down the Gay Street Bridge after a routine inspection found a stee...

UPDATE 9/27/24 (WOKI – Gatlinburg) The National Park Service continues to monitor conditions from the remnants of Hurricane Helene. While the park did not receive the forecasted peak winds overn...

9/26/24 Update: Event canceled due to severe weather forecast for area. Officials with Hamblen County Schools making the announcement this (Thursday) afternoon say impending weather has caused them to...

Hancock County, TN (WOKI) The National Weather Service now confirming that an EF-1 tornado did, in fact, touch down Tuesday evening in Hancock County.Officials with the National Weather Service say th...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) No one was injured, but a home is a “total loss” following a house fire Wednesday afternoon in North Knoxville.Crews responding to the home in the 300 block of Chicama...