Category Archives: Local News Reel 2
KFD Responds to House Fire on Creek Head Drive
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway and animals are safe following a house fire in northeast Knoxville Friday morning.Crews called to the 6300 block of Creekhead Drive and saw dark smoke...
Oct 11, 2024
One Suspect Wanted for Shooting a Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper in Putnam County is Captured in Kentucky, Search for Another Continues
Updated story: One of the suspects in the shooting of a Tennessee State Trooper during a traffic stop on I-40 in Putnam County is arrested in Kentucky.Kentucky State Police took Braze Rucker, one of t...
Jul 21, 2024
TDOT Announces Closure of West Topside Road in Knoxville
KNOXVILLE - Motorists traveling on Alcoa Highway (US 129/State Route 115) southbound and West Topside Road in Knox County should be aware of upcoming road construction activities that will h...
Jul 19, 2024
East Tennessee Lawmakers React to Verdict in Former President Donald Trump’s Criminal Hush Money Trial
Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 ...
May 30, 2024
TBI Operation Protecting Tomorrow Brings Arrests and Identifies Dozens of Child Victims of Online Sexual Exploitation
TBI'S 'OPERATION PROTECTING TOMORROW' YIELDS ARRESTS, IDENTIFIES TWO DOZEN CHILD VICTIMS OF ONLINE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND SEXTORTIONEfforts To Identify & Locate 22 Additional Child Victims Remain...
May 20, 2024
Man Sentenced for Second-Degree Murder in Overdose Death at Knox County Motel
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The man convicted of second-degree murder in a woman's overdose death at a Knox County motel has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison.The Knox County District Attorney&#...
Apr 18, 2024
Knox County Schools Bus Driver Arrested for Driving Under the Influence, Police Say
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knox County Schools bus driver was arrested this (Thursday) morning, suspected of driving under the influence.Knoxville Police Department officials say officers responded to Hol...
Mar 28, 2024
Dog Dies in House Fire, Knoxville Fire Department Says
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) One family pet is dead, but the residents are safe following a house fire Wednesday afternoon in South Knoxville.Officials with the Knoxville Fire Department say firefighters arri...
Feb 21, 2024
A Tractor Trailer Carrying 40,000 Pop Tarts Overturns on I 640 in Knoxville
A tractor-trailer carrying Pop-Tarts overturns on I-640 west in Knoxville.The accident happened early this morning (Tuesday), reducing the interstate to one lane. As of 10:45 a.m. the left lane remain...
Feb 20, 2024
Tennessee in the Top 10 Most Sinful States in America
A new study ranks Tennessee in the top 10 of the most sinful states in America.WalletHub released its "Most Sinful States in the U.S." study on Tuesday morning with the Volunteer State ranked at numbe...
Feb 08, 2024
