Monroe County, TN (WOKI) A deputy with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is recovering after being shot Sunday afternoon while attempting to serve a search warrant. MCSO officials say crews responded to a home on Reed Springs Road for a downed tree in the roadway. The man living in the home, Richard Brown, had an…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) No one is injured but a home suffers significant damage following a house fire late Monday morning. Knoxville Fire Department crews responded to the home in the 5500 block of Jacksboro Pike around 10:30 a.m. to find flames coming from the downstairs windows of the house. KFD reported crews encountered a heavy…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Union County man is charged after shooting a person Friday at a Walmart in Halls. According to charging documents, four men who knew each other were arguing inside the store. The report says one of the men, 23-year-old Joshua Bailey of Luttrell, pulled out a gun and shot the victim in…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) One person is dead after a house fire early this morning on Pilleaux Drive in North Knoxville. Knoxville Fire Department officials say the call came in around 6:00 a.m. They say responding firefighters had to cut a hole in the floor of the home to gain access to the fire which was…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knox County man is facing prison time following a second degree murder conviction. A jury found 35-year-old Stefen White guilty in the shooting death of his roommate about a year ago. The DA’s office says on the evening of the shooting, White and the victim were arguing over White refusing to…… MORE
Sevierville, TN (WOKI) A former Sevier County golf coach who worked at Northview Academy in Kodak pleaded guilty to multiple counts of statutory rape. Jennifer Paige Blanchard was arrested in November 2023 on the charges, which stemmed from her time working at the school. Police said at the time of Blanchard’s arrest that the victim,…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A pastor with the Knoxville Diocese has been placed on administrative leave after being accused of “boundary violations.” Father Joseph Reed is a Knoxville native and the pastor for St. John Neumann Catholic Church and School. Though the specifics of the allegations against Reed have not been outlined, a letter sent out…… MORE
An employee at a Dollar General in Sweetwater is charged after he tells authorities he set a fire inside the store. Sweetwater Police Officers went to the Dollar General store in the 800 block of North Main Street on Saturday after a fire alarm was activated. SPD says there was smoke coming from the building,…… MORE
Maryville, TN (WOKI) Kenneth DeHart Jr., the man accused of shooting two Blount County Sheriff’s Office deputies in February, injuring one and killing the other, could face the death penalty. He appeared in a Blount County courtroom Friday for a formal arraignment. The state has filed two notices, one seeking the death penalty. DeHart entered…… MORE
A Knox County School is placed on lockdown this morning (Friday). Officials say that L&N Stem Academy was placed on lockdown due to a law-enforcement investigation near the campus. The school was locked down just after 9:30 a.m. and Scott Erland with the Knoxville Police Department says officers are investigating a possible threat that was…… MORE
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