Category Archives: Local News
BCSO: Maryville Couple Charged after Four Year Old Found Living in Home with No Power, Little Running Water
Maryville, TN (WOKI) A Maryville couple is facing child abuse charges after deputies find a four-year-old child living in “squalid conditions.”Officials with the Blount County Sheriff̵...
Jul 30, 2025
Knoxville News Media Owners Sue over Tennessee Law Limiting Reporting
(Story courtesy of WVLT News)Knoxville, TN (WVLT) Several news media companies from across the U.S. have sued the State of Tennessee over a new law they say makes it harder to report the news. Include...
Jul 29, 2025
Four Dogs, Eight Puppies Rescued from White Pine Home, Police Say
White Pine, TN (WOKI) Multiple dogs and puppies are removed from a White Pine home and two people are taken into custody.Animal control and White Pine Police rescued four dogs and eight puppies from a...
Jul 29, 2025
A Suspect is in Custody Following a Gunfight with a McMinn County Deputy
UPDATE (7/29/25): Stephen Goins is in custody after getting into a gunfight with a McMinn County Sheriff's Office deputy in Riceville, according to Sheriff Joe Guy.It happened around 8:30 p.m. Monday,...
Jul 29, 2025
President Trump Signs Blackburn, Cortez Masto Bipartisan Bill to Help Americans Recover from Natural Disasters into Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) released the following statements after their bipartisan bill to provide relief for impacted taxp...
Jul 29, 2025
Red Sand Project Kicks Off in East Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, TN (Story courtesy of WVLT) – The Red Sand Project kicked off in Tennessee on July 28. The movement shares the message of no one slipping through the cracks, working to bring awarenes...
Jul 29, 2025
Knoxville Firefighters Stop Possible House Fire, KFD Says
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Crews with the Knoxville Fire Department Monday stopped what could have turned into a house fire on Sutherland Avenue.KFD officials say crews responded around 11:30 a.m. to a boar...
Jul 28, 2025
U.S. Marshals Arrest Man Wanted in New York Homicide at Knoxville Bus Station
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The U.S. Marshals Service and the agency’s Smoky Mountains Task Force arrest a man Sunday wanted in connection to a New York homicide.Officials with the Marshals Service say...
Jul 28, 2025
Person Believed to be Dead is Saved by Knox County Medical Investigator
A Knox County medical investigator saves the life of someone that was believed to be dead.Investigator Kenzie Sellers was called to a Knoxville home about a dead body Friday afternoon and realize...
Jul 28, 2025
Two People and One Dog Displaced after Knoxville House Fire
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway following a house fire Wednesday morning in east Knoxville.Crews were called to the 1600 block of Gillespie Avenue just after 10:00 a.m. and found hea...
Jul 23, 2025
