Category Archives: Local News
TENNESSEE STATE PARKS SALUTE VETERANS WITH DAYS OF COMPLIMENTARY CAMPING, GOLFING
Tennessee State Parks will pay tribute to Veterans of the U.S. military with Salute to Service days when all Veterans will be eligible for free camping and golf on the birthdays of each branch of mili...
Aug 02, 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
Longtime WUTK General Manager to Retire
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Benny Smith, the longtime general manager of the University of Tennessee's student radio station, is retiring.In a statement issued Tuesday, Smith said he intends to retire at the...
Jul 16, 2024 University of Tennessee bridge (WVLT)
Several Catalytic Converters Stolen from Cars in White Pine, Police Say
White Pine, TN (WOKI) The White Pine Police Department is asking residents to watch for suspicious activity after receiving several reports of catalytic converters being stolen from cars.There have be...
Jul 03, 2024
Missing Georgia Firefighters Reportedly Found Dead in Cocke County Tennessee
Update: The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office says two people have been found dead inside a car.Sheriff C.J. Ball says the car was found yesterday (Sunday) along Hollow Road in Cosby and the bodies ...
Jun 28, 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 President Donald Trump
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 Hospitalized, Suspect Arrested after Shooting, Blount Co. Sheriff Says
Louisville, TN (WOKI) A man is taken to the hospital Wednesday morning following a shooting in Louisville.Officials with the Blount County Sheriff's Office say deputies responded to a home on Samples ...
May 09, 2024
Former Tennessee Corrections Officer Sentenced for Using Excessive Force Against Inmate and Writing False Report to Cover It Up
A former Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) tactical officer, Javian Griffin, 38, was sentenced Monday to 48 months in prison and three years of supervised release for using excessive force ag...
May 08, 2024
