SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (WOKI / WVLT) - Former Fourth Judicial District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn appeared in court Thursday and entered a not guilty plea to multiple criminal charges stemming from allegations that he improperly used his office to orchestrate the unlawful arrest of a Sevier County man. Former Assistant Di...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WOKI / WVLT) - A leading Tennessee anesthesiologist says a misplaced intravenous line could be the most likely explanation for why death row inmate Christa Pike survived a lethal injection that was intended to carry out her death sentence. Dr. Paul Allen, a professor of anesthesiology at the Universit...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WOKI / WVLT) - For the family of Colleen Slemmer, Wednesday was supposed to bring closure to one of East Tennessee's most notorious murder cases. Instead, after convicted killer Christa Gail Pike survived Tennessee's attempted execution, family members say they are once again facing uncertainty more t...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WOKI / WVLT) - The failed execution of death row inmate Christa Pike has become a major issue in Tennessee's gubernatorial race, with candidates offering sharply different views on the future of the death penalty following the state's unsuccessful attempt to carry out her execution. The debate intensi...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WOKI) -- Christa Pike's defense team is speaking out just moments ago saying that she is in critical condition, receiving lifesaving care. This is the first update we've received on her condition after reports confirmed she was alive. Yesterday after a stay at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, P...