Category Archives: Local News
Knoxville City Council Approves Proposed Sales Tax Increase Sending it to the Election Ballot in November
Knoxville City Council approves the second reading of Mayor Indya Kincannon's proposed sales tax increase.Kincannon's proposal is for a half-percent increase to the Local Option Sales Tax, which is a ...
Jun 25, 2025
POSSIBLE DROWNING INCIDENT AT AUGUSTA QUARRY SEARCH UPDATE
KNOXVILLE, TN - After more than 80 hours of searching for a reported drowning victim in South Knoxville, the Knoxville Fire Department is scaling back recovery efforts.The search was launched Saturday...
Jun 25, 2025
Missing 19-Year-Old from Monroe County Found in Georgia, Sheriff Says
Monroe County, TN (WOKI) The young man at the center of a weeks-long missing person search out of Monroe County has now been found.Officials with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office say 19-year-old Cad...
Jun 24, 2025
Mail Carriers Hosting East Tennessee Job Fairs
Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Several post office locations across East Tennessee are planning to host job fairs Wednesday and Thursday.The U.S. Postal Service is looking to hire for rural mail carriers...
Jun 24, 2025
Medic Regional Blood Center Offering Special Incentives to Donors Next Week
MEDIC Regional Blood Center Donors to Receive Ripley's Aquarium TicketWHO: MEDIC DonorsWHAT: Ripley's Aquarium TicketWHEN: June 23 - 27WHERE: All donor centers and mobile drivesWHY: During the week of...
Jun 20, 2025
A Former Tennessee Senator and Representative has Died
A former Tennessee Senator has died.Frank Niceley, who served Tennessee as both a representative and senator, died yesterday (Thursday). He was 78.Niceley served the Jefferson County area and was a Se...
Jun 20, 2025
A New Female Lion Has Arrived at Zoo Knoxville
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Zahra is the newest lion to call Zoo Knoxville home.Zahra came from Buffalo Zoo last month and now that her thirty-day quarantine period has finished, she is in her new home. She ...
Jun 19, 2025
Oliver Springs Man Sentenced for Putting Referee in Headlock after Being Ejected from April Basketball Game
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) An Oliver Springs man facing an assault charge for putting a referee in a headlock during a basketball event at Grace Christian Academy is sentenced.Jerry Crass was granted judici...
Jun 19, 2025
Report: Knoxville Man Leads Police on Chase, Crashes Car into Two Knox County Patrol Cars
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man is facing several charges, including aggravated assault, after leading police on a chase Tuesday evening and crashing into two patrol cars.According to charging do...
Jun 19, 2025
Juneteenth is Today and There are Closings, a Parade, Tours, Discounts and More on This Emancipation Day
Today (Thursday 6/19/25) is Juneteenth which is also known as Freedom day or Emancipation Day.It commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. On June 19th 1865. Union General Gordon Grainger rode into ...
Jun 19, 2025
