Madisonville, TN (WOKI) An investigation into a house fire involving a fatality is underway in Monroe County. Officials with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office say multiple fire agencies along with MCSO’s Criminal Investigation Division responded to the scene in the 6200 block of Highway 411 in Madisonville around 1:00 p.m. Friday afternoon. MCSO says the…… MORE
UPDATE: (Sevier County, TN- WOKI) Sevier County sees multiple wildfires this week and fortunately all 4 fires are 100% contained, the latest breaking out last night in Townsend. Crews called to Province Drive last night and officials say that fire was about 8 acres. Wednesday, three fires broke out in Sevier County: one at Walden’s…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Investigators with the Knoxville Fire Department are investigating and one person sustains minor injuries following a house fire Wednesday morning near Alcoa Highway. Crews called to a home in the 3400 block of Brookmoor Lane shortly after 11:30 a.m. were met with smoky conditions and a small fire in the living room…… MORE
The Sevierville Police Department and East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers with new information on a possible pedestrian crash. Officers responded to I-40 East near the 407 exit on October, 30th where they found 61-year-old Craig Olcott. Police say he had injuries that made them think he’d been hit by a car, he later died at…… MORE
61-year-old Randall Lee Rose was recently indicted by a Knox County Grand Jury for the murder of a woman who was reported missing in Knoxville in 2013. Rose was indicted for first-degree murder in the death of Sharon Leinart, 58. Leinart was reported missing in March of 2013. At the time of the report, Leinart…… MORE
The Knoxville Police Department is investigating two separate fatal crashes that happened on I-40 East Sunday night. The first crash occurred at around 8:15 p.m. on I-40 East near the Papermill Drive exit. Officers responded to the location on a report that pedestrian had been struck. Officers arrived on scene and confirmed that a male…… MORE
The remaining suspects who fired shots in the direction of Knox County Sheriff’s Officers are in custody. The shots were fired at officers Saturday night near a mobile home park on Mynatt Road in the Halls Community. Three suspects were detained and three suspects fled the area, one caught by a KCSO K9 in an…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knox County Schools student is arrested Tuesday morning for having a gun on school property. Knoxville Police Department officials say a KPD School Resource Officer at West High School was notified that a 15-year-old student had potentially brought a gun to school. KPD says another student notified school administration that the…… MORE
POWELL, Tenn. (Courtesy of our news partner WVLT) – For more than three weeks, the family of Savannah Copeland has grieved their loss after the 13-year-old was killed in the Broadacres neighborhood of Powell. Malakiah Harris, 15, was charged with second degree murder after investigators believe he was the one responsible for Copeland’s death. “I think…… MORE
Knoxville Police Department detectives are investigating a shooting and robbery that happened late Wednesday night at a West Knoxville bar. At around 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, KPD officers responded to the BucketHead Tavern on Ray Mears Boulevard. Officers arrived on scene, where man had been shot multiple times in the parking lot.…… MORE
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