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Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Blount County grand jury has declined to indict Knox County Trustee Justin Biggs,District Attorney General Ryan Desmond’s office confirming Friday that the grand jury retu...

Sweetwater, TN (WOKI) A fugitive is arrested Wednesday after being found hiding under a home in Sweetwater.Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones says his office helped the U.S. Marshals in the successful ...

Athens, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 8/8: The suspect wanted in connection to a deadly shooting Wednesday night in Athens has been captured.Officials with the McMinn County Sheriff’s Office say Carlos Quint...

Overton County, TN (WOKI) A man has been arrested and charged one week after a body was found in a burning refrigerator on the side of a Tennessee road.Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investiga...

Tellico Plains, TN (WOKI) The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a small plane crashed Tuesday afternoon in Tellico Plains.According to the FAA’s preliminary report, the cras...

Tennessee (WOKI and WVLT) – Tennessee Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn announces her run for Governor of Tennessee this (Wednesday) morning on social media.Blackburn said "In his first six mo...

UPDATE: 8/7/25 – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Endangered Child Alert for a Sevier County teen Tuesday night.According to TBI, 16-year-old Kevin James Hood was last seen Tuesda...

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A more than 100-year-old home suffers damage but remains standing after an early morning fire Tuesday in northeast Knox County.Rural Metro Fire officials say crews responded just ...

Newport, TN (WOKI) A member of the Newport Rescue Squad has been indicted and charged with rape.Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation say 25-year-old John Shropshire turned himself in T...

JACKSON, Tenn. (story courtesy of WSMV by WVLT) – The Jackson Police Department's search for the man suspected of killing four people and abandoning a baby in Dyer County last week has ended.Aft...