KNOXVILLE, TN (story courtesy of WVLT) – Rural Metro Fire said a dog died in a house fire Tuesday night. According to Jeff Bagwell with Rural Metro, crews responded to a house fire in the 100 block of Farlow Road in West Knox County at around 9:27 p.m. There, they found flames coming from the…… MORE
Knoxville City Council delays vote to sell part of Chilhowee Park to Emerald Youth to build a sports and recreation facility. During last night’s (Tuesday) meeting, council members voted to delay the matter by four weeks to offer more conversations with the public. This comes after it was delayed two weeks at the meeting on…… MORE
(Story courtesy of WVLT News) Knoxville, TN (WVLT) Knoxville Area Transit, also known as KAT, has announced the official schedule for getting fans to and from Neyland Stadium on UT game days. KAT plans to run two extra services on game days on top of regular fixed routes: UT Football Shuttles and a Park and…… MORE
Clarksville, TN (WOKI) Six men have been arrested following a human trafficking investigation in Clarksville. Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation say the arrests stem from an undercover operation launched August 16 aimed at addressing human trafficking in the Montgomery County area. TBI says officers placed several decoy advertisements on websites known to be…… MORE
Roane County, TN (TBI / WOKI) UPDATE 9/2: The teenager arrested in connection to a homicide in Harriman is identified. An investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Harriman Police Department, and the District Attorney’s Office has resulted in the arrest 17-year-old Riley Pawlick of Lenoir City. Pawlick reportedly shot and killed 18 year-old…… MORE
Charges are pending against a 35-year-old woman after a deadly crash in Claiborne County. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a pick-up truck being driven by Tiffany Parker was traveling north on Welch Road just outside of Tazewell City Sunday night and she ran off the right side of the road and hit a large tree…… MORE
This morning (Tuesday) at 12:23 a.m., the Knox County Emergency Communications District received a 911 call from a female reporting that her condominium was on fire and that she could see flames. The female caller stated she was exiting the building with her two cats. Upon the arrival at 4723 Royal Prince Way, the first Knoxville…… MORE
UPDATE 9/2/25 11 A.M.: The victim of the fatal crash that happened Monday night on I-40 West has been identified as Laura Vinot, 50 of Jefferson City, Tennessee. The investigation into the crash revealed that Vinot, driving a Chevy minivan, was attempting to change lanes when her vehicle clipped a Chevy Tahoe. That caused Vinot’s vehicle…… MORE
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued an Endangered Child Alert for a missing Claiborne County child. One-year-old Ashton Franklin was last seen near Berry Hollow Road in Speedwell with his biological mother, Christine Franklin. Ashton is described as being 2′6″ tall and 20 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes, and Christine is 30…… MORE
The Rocky Top Police Department is investigating after a “suspicious device” is found at an intersection. The device was found after making an arrest during a traffic stop Saturday afternoon at the intersection of 2nd Street and Lawson Street. Out of an abundance of caution, officers closed the intersection for a short period of time.…… MORE
