Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Two men are in custody following an alleged early morning car burglary in downtown Knoxville. Knoxville Police Department officials say officers went to the parking garage on State Street around 3:30 a.m. Monday morning after receiving a report of a vehicle burglary. KPD says security footage caught two men checking door handles…… MORE
Johnson City, TN (WOKI) A woman is facing a murder charge following a grand jury indictment in the death last fall of a Morristown native and Jefferson County High School graduate. According to court documents, 26-year-old Halie Ann Rex was riding a bicycle when she was struck by a vehicle in Johnson City on October…… MORE
Maryville, TN (WOKI) The federal government has canceled almost $1 million in food shipments to East Tennessee’s Second Harvest Food Bank. Officials with Second Harvest say 21 tractor-trailer loads, more than 370,000 pounds of food, are paused due to a federal review of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodities Credit Corporation, the funding source for…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Conservative Knox County Schools board member Betsy Henderson is planning to throw her hat in the ring for Knox County mayor. Henderson took the first step Friday, appointing Zane Duncan as the treasurer for her campaign. WOKI’s news partner WVLT News reached out to Henderson for a statement on the…… MORE
KNOXVILLE – Motorists traveling on Alcoa Highway (US 129/State Route 115) in Knox County should be aware of upcoming road construction activities that will have a temporary impact on traffic. Beginning on Monday, March 31, and continuing through Saturday, April 5, the contractor will perform rolling roadblocks on Alcoa Highway (US 129/State Route 115) between Woodson Drive and…… MORE
Authorities say the man involved in a crash that injured a student waiting for a bus in Sevier County is charged with passing a stopped school bus and reckless endangerment. They say John Callaway tried to overtake a bus on East Union Valley Road Friday and when he went around the bus, he hit a…… MORE
The Knox County Regional Forensic Center has identified remains discovered several years ago in wooded North Knoxville area near Fourth and Gill. The Knoxville Police Department and a RFC investigator assisted in the recovery and examination of the remains found August 16, 2022. A forensic center anthropologist determined that the remains belonged to a white…… MORE
An investigation is underway after a fire at a business in North Knoxville. Crews with the Rural Metro Fire Department were on scene of a car fire at a repair shop garage Saturday night and found multiple vehicles on fire in various stages of repair. The garage is on Clinton Highway at the Anderson County…… MORE
The Knoxville Fire Department says the sprinkler system at an apartment complex does it’s job and contains a fire to limit damage. Crews were called to River View Park Apartments Friday night and saw flames from the door but found the sprinkler head had activated but there was significant damage to that apartment caused by…… MORE
A New Market man is arrested following an investigation into child sexual exploitation. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says 59 year-old Leslie Byrd was arrested after deputies went to a home on Fielden Store Road Thursday for suspicious activity and found evidence of possible child sex crimes. Investigators from the Criminal Investigation Division and Internet…… MORE
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The Rossini Festival is Knoxville Opera’s annual International Street Fair that celebrates the global impact on the music, food, art, and culture of East Tennessee.
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