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TBI Issues Silver Alert for Man Missing Out of Sevierville

TBI Issues Silver Alert for Man Missing Out of Sevierville

Sevierville, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Friday issued a Silver Alert for a man last seen in Sevierville. According to the agency, 58-year-old Hank Brackins was last seen on Thursday near Arch Rock Drive. TBI says Brackins also has a medical condition that could put him in danger and that he could be…MORE

Jefferson County Bus Driver Facing 14 Sex Crimes Charges, Sheriff’s Office Says

Jefferson County Bus Driver Facing 14 Sex Crimes Charges, Sheriff’s Office Says

Jefferson County, TN (WOKI) A Jefferson County Schools bus driver has been charged with sex crimes. Officials with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Friday announcing 56-year-old James Robert Smith was arrested and charged with 14 counts of sexual contact by an authority figure. The arrest comes after the Department of Child Services reached out to…MORE

Cumberland County Teacher Threatened Student with Knife, Affidavit Says

Cumberland County Teacher Threatened Student with Knife, Affidavit Says

Crossville, TN (WOKI) A high school teacher in Crossville is arrested Thursday after threatening a student in a classroom. According to an affidavit from Cumberland County’s circuit court, Stone Memorial High School teacher, 56-year-old James Green, threatened the student with a knife after becoming upset with him for not following directions. The document indicates Green…MORE

Rocky Hill Pharmacy Co-Owners Accused in Fraud Scheme to Face Trial

Rocky Hill Pharmacy Co-Owners Accused in Fraud Scheme to Face Trial

Rocky Hill, TN (WOKI) The co-owners of Rocky Hill Pharmacy are set to face trial in January after pleading not guilty in a case regarding a health care fraud conspiracy. Tiffany Haney and Anne Warren, both licensed pharmacists, were indicted on multiple charges earlier this month amid accusations they were part of a health care…MORE

CDC expands age-based recommendations for pneumococcal vaccine
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CDC expands age-based recommendations for pneumococcal vaccine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lowered the age recommendation for people who should get vaccinated for pneumonia from age 65 to 50. This as pneumonia and other respiratory illnesses surge in East Tennessee and across the country. The CDC says lower the recommended age will better protect adults who are in that…MORE

Family of 13 Year-Old Found Stabbed to Death on Trail in Powell Subdivision
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Family of 13 Year-Old Found Stabbed to Death on Trail in Powell Subdivision

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

Maryville Man is Convicted in U.S. Capitol Breach on January 6, 2021
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Maryville Man is Convicted in U.S. Capitol Breach on January 6, 2021

A Maryville man is convicted of assaulting police, among other felony and misdemeanor charges, during 2021’s January 6th breach of the U.S. Capitol. The FBI says 35-year-old Edward Kelley was found guilty of three felonies, destruction of government property and assaulting, resisting or impeding officers. Kelley joined a growing list of people who stormed the…MORE

Probation Office Shooting Leaves Man Dead, Woman Injured, Maryville Police Chief Says

Probation Office Shooting Leaves Man Dead, Woman Injured, Maryville Police Chief Says

Maryville, TN (WOKI) One man is dead and a woman is injured following a shooting Thursday morning at the office of adult probation in Maryville. Officials with the Maryville Police Department say an active shooter call prompted a large police response around 10:00 a.m. at Blount County’s adult probation office. The caller told police that…MORE

Monroe County Murder Suspect’s Wife Arrested, Warrant Says

Monroe County Murder Suspect’s Wife Arrested, Warrant Says

Monroe County, TN (WOKI) The wife of a man accused in a Monroe County murder has been arrested. Nicholas Hamlett made headlines after he was accused of murdering 34-year-old Steven Lloyd, making a fake call to 911 claiming he was a distressed hiker, then fleeing the state; he was taken into custody on Sunday. According…MORE

Child Sex Crimes Suspect Sean Williams Found Guilty in Greeneville Trial

Child Sex Crimes Suspect Sean Williams Found Guilty in Greeneville Trial

Greeneville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 11/14: The verdict is in for Sean Williams. The federal trial undertaken this week in East Tennessee for Williams who prompted a month-long manhunt after escaping custody in October of 2023. The 55-year-old Williams found guilty on all counts after less than 30 minutes of jury deliberation Thursday in his child…MORE

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Historic Old North Knoxville’s Victorian Holiday Home Tour

Historic Old North Knoxville’s Victorian Holiday Home Tour

Make plans now to join us for the 34th Annual Victorian Holiday Home Tour on December 7th & 8th 2024! Old North Knoxville features beautiful homes built in the Queen Anne, Craftsman/Bungalow, Neoclassical Revival, and American Four Square style.

Light the World Giving Machines in Knoxville

Light the World Giving Machines in Knoxville

The Light the World Giving Machines are coming to Downtown Knoxville on Wednesday, November 20th across from DiCarlo’s Pizza- 524 S. Gay St. and will be there until December 3rd.