Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: An 18-year-old is facing several charges following a head-on collision Sunday in Halls that sent a Knox County deputy to the hospital. KCSO officials say Deputy Kirchner and his probationary officer were responding to reports of a fight at the Halls Ingles when the cruiser collided with a separate vehicle head-on,…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Crews with the Knoxville Fire Department Monday stopped what could have turned into a house fire on Sutherland Avenue. KFD officials say crews responded around 11:30 a.m. to a boarded-up home at 2795 Sutherland Avenue after receiving a call that smoke was coming from the residence. KFD reports “crews entered the home…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The U.S. Marshals Service and the agency’s Smoky Mountains Task Force arrest a man Sunday wanted in connection to a New York homicide. Officials with the Marshals Service say 32-year-old Kyshonn Green was wanted after a deadly shooting Saturday at a Wegman’s warehouse in Gates, New York. Investigators learned that Green was…… MORE
A Knox County medical investigator saves the life of someone that was believed to be dead. Investigator Kenzie Sellers was called to a Knoxville home about a dead body Friday afternoon and realized the person was not actually dead and began to perform life saving procedures. With the help of Knoxville Police, Sellers was successful in…… MORE
A woman is facing more than a dozen charges after almost crashing into an officer head-on and nearly hitting volunteers who were distributing food in Monroe County. Madisonville Police Department Corporal Andy Cline was patrolling Highway 411 South Saturday morning when a car being driven by 35-year-old Amanda Hayes drove off the northbound side of Highway…… MORE
An investigation is underway following a fire at the City of Knoxville Solid Waste Facility. Knoxville Fire Department crews were called the facility at 1033 Elm Street yesterday (Sunday) morning after an automatic alarm activation at the Facility at the same time, a passerby called 911 to report a possible fire in the area. Within 30…… MORE
Sevierville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) People who don’t have health insurance may let problems go untreated, and that’s why a mobile clinic is now making the rounds in rural Sevier County. Officials with Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic’s mobile facility say it’s a way to get directly to patients who can’t get to the downtown…… MORE
Morgan County, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: An armed man shot twice during a standoff Thursday with detectives in Morgan County is identified. District Attorney General Russell Johnson says the incident took place around noon at 224 CCC Road near Highway 62 when two detectives responded to a call for a man with a gun. Johnson says…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The man wanted in a deadly Knoxville shooting earlier this month has been taken into custody. Knoxville Police Department officials say 28-year-old Wayne Parham was wanted for second-degree murder in the death of 48-year-old Michael Velazquez. Velazquez was found dead in the 800 block of Howard Baker Jr. Avenue on July 6.…… MORE
(Story courtesy of WVLT News) Knoxville, TN (WVLT) Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs released a statement Thursday following the death of wrestling icon Hulk Hogan. Jacobs himself spent more than 20 years as a professional wrestler, most notably as Kane in the WWE. “When you think of professional wrestling, you think of Hulk Hogan,” Jacobs…… MORE
