Sevier County, TN (WOKI) The pilot involved in a 2021 Sevier County helicopter crash that killed one person has been indicted for reckless homicide. Police say in December of 2021, Matthew Jones was flying in Sevier County with one passenger before crashing along Hooper Highway near Apple Tree Lane. A National Transportation Safety Board report…… MORE
Middlesboro, KY (WOKI) The Middlesboro Kentucky Police Department says there is a “significant development” in the death of 17-month-old Elena Hembree. The MPD says an extensive investigation and a DNA result showing a lack of male DNA confirm their findings that the girl’s mother, Erica Lawson, is responsible for the little girl’s death. She is…… MORE
On Wednesday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a coalition of 22 states in filing an amicus brief at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in support of Texas’s state law SB4. SB4 makes illegal immigration into the Lone Star State a state crime and allows state magistrates and judges to order…… MORE
UPDATE: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Silver Alert for 63-year-old Rodney Jenkins who was last seen in Sevier County yesterday has ended as he has been found safe in Kingsport by Kingsport Police before 10 a.m. this morning (Thursday). Original story: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued a Silver Alert for a missing man last…… MORE
Nashville, TN (WOKI / WVLT / WSMV) The search for Riley Strain Wednesday at the Cheatham Dam yields no clues in the disappearance of the 22-year-old University of Missouri student. Officials with the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office say crews were burping — closing and opening — the dam as part of the search efforts but…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Schools in the Halls area were placed under a “soft lockdown” Wednesday afternoon while Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputies searched for two wanted suspects, KCSO Communications Director Kimberly Glenn told WOKI News in a release. The suspects, a man and a woman, are accused of carjacking and wanted by the Knoxville Police…… MORE
An investigation is underway in Sevier County after an evacuation following a structure fire which led to a nearby neighbor being evacuated. Crews responding to fires near Bluff Heights Road, that home has been destroyed and the fire is contained. The mobile home next door had to be evacuated but everyone is safe. This house…… MORE
Since Luke Michael Butler went missing in October 2019, investigators and family members have been searching for answers surrounding his disappearance. In 2022, Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones said they found Butler’s skull near the woods around Rocky Springs Road. Jones says another search team combed through that same area Saturday and found what they…… MORE
MEDIC Regional Blood Center is Celebrating the Madness this Month This month there are three campaign’s underway: Basketball-Themed Socks, Skip the Gift for Ronald McDonald House and E-Gift Cards for O Donors and Platelet Donors Through March 31st, donors will receive a pair of basketball-themed socks. O Positive and O Negative donors will receive an…… MORE
McMinn County, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: A McMinn County teen at the center of an Endangered Adult Alert has been found safe. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation had issued the alert Tuesday for 18-year-old Kathryne Stayrook who was last seen Monday, March 18 in Athens. According to TBI, Kathryne has a medical condition that might have…… MORE
