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Knoxville Police Investigating after 21-Year-Old Found Shot on Western Avenue

Knoxville Police Investigating after 21-Year-Old Found Shot on Western Avenue

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department is investigating after a 21-year-old man was found shot over the weekend on Western Avenue. KPD officials say officers responded to the 3900 block of Western Avenue around 2:30 a.m. Saturday to find a man who reportedly said he was driving and had crashed into another car, then…MORE

Pope Francis Announces New Bishop at Diocese of Knoxville
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Pope Francis Announces New Bishop at Diocese of Knoxville

The Knoxville Diocese says that Pope Francis has appointed 61-year-old Father James Mark Beckman as the next Bishop of the Diocese of Knoxville. Bishop-elect Beckman has been a priest of the Diocese of Nashville for more than 30 years and is a Tennessee native born in Lawrenceburg. Beckman will be the fourth Bishop of the…MORE

Knoxville Fire Department Has to Cut Holes in House to Put Out Fire, KFD Says

Knoxville Fire Department Has to Cut Holes in House to Put Out Fire, KFD Says

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway following a North Knoxville house fire Monday morning. Knoxville Fire Department crews responding around 11:30 to a report of a house fire in the 2000 block of Cedar Lane found smoke coming from the front of the home. KFD officials say crews were met with a very heavy…MORE

Indictment: Sevier County Teacher Faces Multiple Child Sex Crime Charges

Indictment: Sevier County Teacher Faces Multiple Child Sex Crime Charges

Sevier County, TN (WOKI) A Sevier County teacher is arrested and charged with multiple child sex crimes. Sevier County Schools says 32-year-old Nathan McKinley Maples was placed on indefinite suspension in February pending the results of this investigation. Administrators say they learned from a parent that Maples may have been engaged in inappropriate activity with a…MORE

Townsend City Manager Placed on Administrative Leave, City Officials Say

Townsend City Manager Placed on Administrative Leave, City Officials Say

Townsend, TN (WOKI / WVLT) After just two years of service, the city manager of Townsend has been placed on administrative leave. WVLT news reporting Thursday afternoon that Townsend City Manager Danny Williamson was placed on administrative leave with pay. Previously, Williamson served as the city recorder for Townsend. He was appointed in February 2022…MORE

Morristown Police Warning Residents of a Phone Scam in the Area

Morristown Police Warning Residents of a Phone Scam in the Area

The Morristown Police Department (MPD) is aware of a current scam in which the caller is identifying himself as being MPD Chief Overholt or another member from the department. The caller is demanding a payment utilizing cash and/or gift cards. Members from the Morristown Police Department will never call you requesting money, and no government…MORE

Man Found Guilty in Claiborne County Boating Crash that Killed 12-Year-Old

Man Found Guilty in Claiborne County Boating Crash that Killed 12-Year-Old

Claiborne County, TN (WOKI) A man is found guilty Tuesday in a Claiborne County boat crash on Norris Lake that killed a 12-year-old child. Norman Joe Sturgill was sentenced on 13 charges to include vehicular homicide by intoxication and several counts of reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon. He was ordered to serve eight years…MORE

Four Law Enforcement Officers are Killed in Charlotte, North Carolina While Trying to Serve an Arrest Warrant
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Four Law Enforcement Officers are Killed in Charlotte, North Carolina While Trying to Serve an Arrest Warrant

Four law enforcement officers were killed, and four others were wounded while trying to serve an arrest warrant in a neighborhood in Charlotte. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said Monday night an officer who had been injured in the shooting had died. During a news conference Monday afternoon, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings said the U.S. Marshals Fugitive…MORE

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Second Harvest Pack the Bag

Second Harvest Pack the Bag

For just $100, you can sponsor a child for the entire year! DONATE TODAY Second Harvest’s annual Pack the Bag fundraiser is finally here! For 14 days, they’ll be working to feed the 14,395 children currently participating in the Food for Kids Program. Students in the program receive a bag full of nutritious & kid-friendly…

Southern Skies Music & Whiskey Festival- May 11th

Southern Skies Music & Whiskey Festival- May 11th

Southern Skies Music & Whiskey Festival is returning to Downtown Knoxville on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Curated by hometown favorites, the Dirty Guv’nahs, Southern Skies is an authentically Knoxville celebration of music and community.

Paint It Forward! (with McLain’s Painting Service)

Paint It Forward! (with McLain’s Painting Service)

NewsTalk 98.7 is teaming up with McLain’s Painting Service to help “Paint It Forward” this spring. Nominate your favorite Non-profit organization to get a fresh coat of paint up to $10,000 provided by Sherwin Williams!