Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The FBI is offering a reward for information on three people who went missing from Knoxville in 2018. The FBI says it believes Bonnie Drane, William Inklebarger and Brenda Carroll were victims of foul play. Police say they were in the same friend group and that they have a history of substance…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville home is a total loss following an early morning fire. Knoxville Fire Department crews were called to the scene at 1432 West 5th Avenue just after 3:30 a.m. Monday morning to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the upper side of the home. KFD says it took nearly an…… MORE
Jefferson County, TN (WOKI) A longtime judge for four East Tennessee counties has died following a crash in Jefferson County. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says the crash occurred around 1:30 yesterday Sunday morning just outside of Dandridge near Mountain Vista Trail. The crash report says fourth judicial district court Judge O. Duane Slone was walking…… MORE
Jefferson County, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed on I-40 in Jefferson County early Sunday morning. According to a THP preliminary report, a tractor-trailer was traveling eastbound on I-40 near mile marker 412 just before 1:00 a.m. when 45-year-old Tony Lee Ford, of Virginia, crossed the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to one count of enticement of a child. Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice say 29-year-old Dominique J. Starr was sentenced to 15 years in prison for soliciting nude photos and sex in 2022 from an undercover FBI agent who he thought…… MORE
Sevierville, TN (WOKI) A Sevierville man was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to child sex crime charges. Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice say 47-year-old Ronnie Joe Maples was sentenced to 151 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography. Federal investigators say Maples and another individual were…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man and business have plead guilty to polluting the Holston River back in 2018. Christopher Domermuth and Domermuth Environmental Services both plead guilty Tuesday to violating the Clean Water Act. Domermuth operated DES which processes petroleum-contaminated soil and water in Knoxville. “On July 26, 2018, DES workers rolled over a…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A man has been charged with multiple felonies after an early-morning crime spree. Officials with the Knoxville Police Department say 21-year-old Isaiah Shuman was arrested following an incident which began around 2:15 Friday morning at the Half Barrel bar on Cumberland Avenue. Police say Shuman fled the area with a woman in…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued an Endangered Child Alert for three Knoxville children. Special Crimes Detectives with the Knoxville Police Department and TBI are working to find 12-year-old Aki-Bakari Warren, 8-year-old Amena Hood and 5-year-old Amirr Warren. TBI says all three children are believed to be with their non-custodial father,…… MORE
Mascot, TN (WOKI) State employment leaders are stepping-in to help more than 200 people find a job after an East Tennessee company announced it’s closing its doors. EXEDY America told the state it’s laying off 223 workers, all of them at their location in Mascot, and shutting down by spring. The company’s website indicates at…… MORE
