Category Archives: Local News

The Knoxville Fire Department is Investigating a Fire at a Business in Fountain City
The Knoxville Fire Department is investigating a commercial fire in Fountain City.Crews were called to a possible fire near Casey's on Tazewell Pike yesterday (Monday) afternoon and found heavy smoke&...
Cumulus Media Sep 02, 2024

The Knoxville Fire Department is Investigating an East Knoxville Fire that Destroys Home
The Knoxville Fire department is investigating a Labor Day house fire in East Knoxville.Crews were called to the 4000 block of Catalpa Avenue yesterday morning and found heavy fire and smoke coming fr...
Cumulus Media Sep 02, 2024

Knoxville Police Investigating an Assault with a Pick-Axe and Charge Man with Second-Degree Murder
Update: An arrest is made after Knoxville Police find a man in his bed with a pick-axe stuck in his skull.KPD was called to a home in the 1000 block of Morrell Road on Sunday and found the victim who ...
Cumulus Media Sep 02, 2024

Woman on TBI’s Most Wanted List for Attempted First-Degree Murder is Arrested
Today (Sunday), Tennessee Highway Patrol Troopers S. Goode and S. Kearney assisted the Claiborne County Sheriff's Office in apprehending Johnna Miracle. Miracle had been placed on the @TBInvestigation...
Cumulus Media Sep 02, 2024

A Paramedic is Killed in Crash in Jefferson County
An investigation is underway after a paramedic is killed and another injured in a Jefferson County crash.The Tennessee Department of Transportation says it happened on I-40 West and that a tractor-tra...
Cumulus Media Sep 02, 2024

Knoxville, Gatlinburg, Sevierville Up for Best Adventure Towns in Outdoors Magazine Contest
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville, Gatlinburg and Sevierville are up for recognition from Blue Ridge Outdoors!All three cities are up for different categories in an audience-decided "Adventure Towns" con...
Cumulus Media Aug 29, 2024

Knoxville Man Faces Decades in Prison for Kidnapping, Assault Charges, DA Says
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man has been sentenced to decades in prison in a kidnapping and assault case from 2023.The District Attorney’s office says 62-year-old Merv Conley Rodgers was co...
Cumulus Media Aug 29, 2024
Knoxville Teen Charged after Threatening School, Police Say
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The investigation into a reported school threat results in a 13-year-old boy being charged for threat of mass violence.Wednesday night, the Knoxville Police Department was notifie...
Cumulus Media Aug 29, 2024

Great Smoky Mountains Fire Grows, More Resources Arrive to Help Fight, Park Says
Gatlinburg, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: 8/29: Efforts continue Thursday to suppress a fire that broke out earlier this week in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.Park officials say the Flint Gap Fire has n...
Cumulus Media Aug 29, 2024

LMU on Lockdown, Claiborne County Sheriff’s Department Searching for Suspect in Shooting and Stabbing
An investigation is underway and the search for a suspect is underway in Claiborne County after a woman is shot and stabbed in the Shawanee Community.The Sheriff's Office says the victim is in critica...
Cumulus Media Aug 28, 2024








