Category Archives: Local News

Six Knox County Children Hospitalized with Mosquito-Borne Virus
Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Summer may be waning, but don’t put that bug spray up just yet.The Knox County Health Department is warning about a mosquito born infection; it’s already sent s...
Cumulus Media Aug 27, 2024

Knoxville police asking for help identifying suspect in Little Caesars robbery
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department is asking for help finding a suspect in a Little Caesars robbery.KPD says a woman robbed the Little Caesars on Center Lane Drive at gunpoint last W...
Cumulus Media Aug 27, 2024

Blount County Sheriff’s Office Issues Warning about Scam Callers after Receiving Several Complaints
Maryville, TN (WOKI) The Blount County Sheriff's Office has issued a warning about scam callers after the department received several complaints.BCSO officials say a number of scam calls are circulati...
Cumulus Media Aug 27, 2024

FBI Offering Reward for Help in Finding 3 People Missing from Knoxville Since 2018
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The FBI is offering a reward for information on three people who went missing from Knoxville in 2018.The FBI says it believes Bonnie Drane, William Inklebarger and Brenda Carroll ...
Cumulus Media Aug 26, 2024

Home a ‘Total Loss’ Following Early Morning Blaze on West 5th Avenue, Knoxville Fire Says
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville home is a total loss following an early morning fire.Knoxville Fire Department crews were called to the scene at 1432 West 5th Avenue just after 3:30 a.m. Monday morni...
Cumulus Media Aug 26, 2024

Knoxville Man Sentenced after Sexually Enticing Nearly 50 Minors, DOJ Says
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to one count of enticement of a child.Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice say 29-year-old Dominique J. Starr...
Cumulus Media Aug 23, 2024

East Tennessee Man Sentenced for Child Sex Crimes
Sevierville, TN (WOKI) A Sevierville man was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to child sex crime charges.Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice say 47-year-old Ronnie Joe Maples was se...
Cumulus Media Aug 23, 2024

Knoxville Service Provider Pleads Guilty to Dumping Pollutants into Holston River, Violating Clean Water Act
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man and business have plead guilty to polluting the Holston River back in 2018.Christopher Domermuth and Domermuth Environmental Services both plead guilty Tuesday to ...
Cumulus Media Aug 23, 2024
Man Facing ‘Litany of Charges’ after Crime Spree, Knoxville Police Say
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A man has been charged with multiple felonies after an early-morning crime spree.Officials with the Knoxville Police Department say 21-year-old Isaiah Shuman was arrested followin...
Cumulus Media Aug 23, 2024

TBI Issues Endangered Child Alert for Three Knoxville Children
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued an Endangered Child Alert for three Knoxville children.Special Crimes Detectives with the Knoxville Police Department and TBI are ...
Cumulus Media Aug 23, 2024








