Category Archives: Local News

Early voting starts tomorrow (Friday) for this year’s August 1st election.This is the election to vote for the U.S. Senate and House races along with State Senators and Representatives.You can v...

The Knoxville Fire Department is investigating an early morning fire in Fountain City.Crews called to the 2300 block of Fair Drive and the resident told firefighters his dog woke him up barking then h...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Tazewell pain clinic owner is sentenced to more than four years behind bars for his role in operating a pill mill in both Tennessee and Florida.According to District Attorney Ch...

Morristown, TN (WOKI) A double murder suspect at the center of a manhunt out of Grainger County is now in custody.Officials with the U.S. Marshals Service announcing Wednesday afternoon that 34-year-o...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Hemp retailers in East Tennessee are planning to sue the state Department of Agriculture because of new rules the agency is creating.The Department of Agriculture is looking to re...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A man who prosecutors say shot at a Knox County deputy during a traffic stop will spend nearly two decades behind bars.Floyd Allen Dalton Jr. appeared in court Tuesday pleading gu...

This time next year the Tennessee Smokies will be playing in downtown Knoxville.Construction continues on the downtown stadium project which is on time and on budget with nearly 80% of the seat concre...

Hendersonville, TNJ (WOKI / WVLT) Longtime member of the Oak Ridge Boys Joe Bonsall has died. He was 76.The band making the announcement Tuesday morning, saying he died from complications of ALS.Bonsa...

Greeneville, TN (WOKI) The Greeneville Police Department has identified the decomposing body found over the weekend in a culvert.Police say the body of 63-year-old Tony Adkins Melton of Greeneville wa...

Greene County, TN (WOKI) A woman is charged with animal cruelty after police seize 31 dogs from a home.The Greene County Sheriff’s Office says 50 year-old Polly Ayers was arrested Saturday after...