At the halfway mark (seven days of fourteen) of early voting for the 2023 City of Knoxville Primary Election, a total of 2,831 early votes have been cast, with an additional 590 votes cast by absentee ballot. STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN AT THE HALFWAY POINT EARLY VOTES CAST AT THE MIDWAY POINT COMPARED TO OTHER MAYORAL CITY ELECTIONS EARLY…… MORE
People across the country have a chance to vote for the nation’s best-looking police cruiser in the 2023 America’s Best Looking Cruiser Contest and the Tennessee Highway Patrol would like your vote. THP’s entry features a trooper, a 2021 Ford Explorer cruiser and a 2022 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Motorcycle center stage on the Grand Ole…… MORE
Strawberry Plains Pike in Knox County is closed after a tractor-trailer crashed, leaving boxes and debris covering the road.
Mark Nagi says that Strawberry Plains Pike was closed at Wayland due to a commercial vehicle crash.
Nagi says the truck went off the road, which caused boxes and other debris to be blown across the road into some brush on the roadside.
There is signage in place to warn trucks that there is not a turnaround in the area. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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A Johnson City man is arrested after carjacking his Uber driver at gunpoint. Officials said the carjacking happened on Strawberry Plains Pike when an officer saw a strange altercation. Officials said the carjacker, Yeabsiri Hagg stole the car at gunpoint and began to drive the car at a high rate of speed down Asheville Highway.…… MORE
TDOT will be repairing the I-40 bridge over 17th Street throughout February. The repairs mean drivers can expect lane closures from mile marker 386 to 387 over the next three weekends. The repairs will begin the evening of Feb. 10. The lane closures, which will last until 6 a.m. on Mondays, will also carry over…… MORE
Human remains were found on a vacant Knoxville school’s property Monday morning. KPD investigators responded to the vacant Knoxville Baptist Christian School property, where human remains had been discovered. The remains were later identified as 37-year-old Jeremy Sout, who has been missing since May. A release stated Medical Examiner’s Office personnel responded to the scene…… MORE
UT will implement alcohol sales at Neyland Stadium starting with the BYU game on Saturday, Sept 7.… MORE
Davis said coach intimidated and bullied him… MORE
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