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Police Identify Two People Who Are Found Shot in Hamblen County Home
UPDATE (10/26/25) (WOKI / WVLT) - The Hamblen County Sheriff's Office is investigating after finding two people dead in a home in East Hamblen County. Officials were called to N. Morelock Road Thursda...
Oct 24, 2025 Hamblen County Sheriff's Cruiser (Photo courtesy of Hamblen County Sheriff's Office)
Some TN Hemp Stores will Continue to Temporarily Have Fewer Restrictions on THC products
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (story courtesy of WVLT) - Hemp stores in Tennessee will be able to sell flower THC product, but only if they hold a legacy license that operates on the rules of years past. It all st...
Oct 24, 2025 Cultivation of cannabis in a natural environment, created with the help of Generative AI technology. (photo courtesy of Freepik.com)
TWRA is Reintroducing the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
NASHVILLE, TN (WOKI / TWRA ) --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA), in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) and the United States Fish and Wild...
Oct 24, 2025 Red-cockaded Woodpecker (photo courtesy of TWRA)
Unexpected Death of Director of McMinn County Schools Prompts Closure
MCMINN COUNTY, Tenn. (WOKI / WVLT) -McMinn County Schools and the district office will be closed today (Friday) following the death of McMinn County Director of Schools, Dr. Julie Goodin who passed aw...
Oct 24, 2025 Dr. Julie Goodin (photo courtesy of WVLT)
Tennessee Won't Use Rainy Day Fund for SNAP Benefits
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Story courtesy of WVLT) - The state of Tennessee will not use any of its over $2 billion "Rainy Day Fund" to pay out Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in Nove...
Oct 23, 2025 Bill Lee (photo courtesy of State of Tennessee)
KPD Says Suspect in Fatal Shooting is in Custody
UPDATE (10/2425): Bobby Wright Jr., DOB 12/26/1981, has been taken into custody and charged in the shooting death of a 27-year-old woman outside of a Washington Avenue apartment. Based on continued in...
Oct 23, 2025 Knoxville Police Cruiser
Sevier County Sheriff's Office ICE Application Pending Approval
SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. (Story Courtesy of WVLT) - The Sevier County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) applied to partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in February, and now the application is almo...
Oct 23, 2025 Sevier County Cruiser (photo courtesy of WVLT)
Local Fire Department Increases Fire Danger Risk to Moderate
SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. (Story courtesy of WVLT) - The Waldens Creek Fire Department has issued a warning, saying that for the first time during 2025's fire season, the area's fire danger has increased t...
Oct 23, 2025 Fire photo courtesy of Waldens Creek Fire Department (not a current active fire)
Fugitive Wanted for Assault on Deputy in Custody
Scott County, TN (WOKI) - A fugitive is in custody following an assault on a Scott County Sheriff's Deputy. U.S. Marshals taking Holden Sexton into custody near a home on Matthew's Road in Oneida. He ...
Oct 23, 2025 Holden Sexton (photo courtesy of Scott County Sheriff's Office)
Tennessee Amid States 'Treading Water' into Recession
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Story courtesy of WVLT / WSMV) - Over 20 states in the U.S. are in a recession or at risk of being in one, and over 10 states, including Tennessee, are "treading water" into a recess...
Oct 23, 2025 Recession map October 2025 (photo courtesy of WVLT)
