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Three KPD Officers Promoted to New Supervisory Positions
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Three KPD Officers Promoted to New Supervisory Positions

Three veteran Knoxville Police Department officers have been promoted to advanced supervisory ranks. Sgt. Michael Dabbelt has been promoted to Lieutenant, while Officers Tim Campbell and Robert Cook have been promoted to Sergeant. Those three have accumulated over 40 years of combined law enforcement experience. Dabbelt joined the KPD in 2009 and was promoted to…MORE

Man Charged after Meeting with Knoxville Officer Posing as Child Sex Trafficker
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Man Charged after Meeting with Knoxville Officer Posing as Child Sex Trafficker

Knoxville, TN (KPD / WOKI) – Detectives with the Knoxville Police Department and Tennessee Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested Travis Dewayne Mitchell Jr. (DOB 08/28/78) on Friday, August 22 on federal child sex abuse charges. With the support of KPD Special Operations Squad personnel, Mitchell Jr. was taken into custody after he…MORE

The Knoxville Police Department is Investigating a Video Circulating on Social Media Which Shows an Officer Punching a Woman
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The Knoxville Police Department is Investigating a Video Circulating on Social Media Which Shows an Officer Punching a Woman

KNOXVILLE, TN (Story courtesy of WVLT) – The Knoxville Police Department is investigating after a video of a Knoxville officer punching a woman started circulating on social media. A representative with the department gave WVLT News a statement Friday. The video itself shows officers with their hands on multiple suspects. One of the officers, who…MORE

Officials Identify the Man Recovered from Melton Hill Lake
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Officials Identify the Man Recovered from Melton Hill Lake

OAK RIDGE, TN (TWRA/WOKI) — The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) has confirmed the identity of the man recovered from Melton Hill Lake following a boating incident on Thursday afternoon. At approximately 9:20 a.m. today, August 22, 2025, a TWRA investigator located the body of Kim Daugherty, 53, of Clinton, using a Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV)…MORE

Next Phase of Pleasant Ridge Road Project Set to Begin Soon
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Next Phase of Pleasant Ridge Road Project Set to Begin Soon

KNOXVILLE, TN (Story courtesy of WVLT) – The City of Knoxville is set to begin the next phase of construction on Pleasant Ridge Road. People from the area were invited to see the city’s plans for the future of the road. “There’s some pretty hairy areas that’s very dangerous,” Stuart Hall, who lives near Pleasant…MORE

KARM’s Care Clinic Hoping to Lessen the Burden of First Responders
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KARM’s Care Clinic Hoping to Lessen the Burden of First Responders

KNOXVILLE, TN (Story courtesy of WVLT) – Knox Area Rescue Ministries is now offering more services through their care clinic. KARM says it will be focusing in on the Mission District, helping the population of unhoused individuals. “It’s going to service almost a hotspot, you know, folks around this area need care in the evenings,”…MORE

A Search for a Missing Boater is Underway on Melton Hill Lake
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A Search for a Missing Boater is Underway on Melton Hill Lake

A search for a missing boater on Melton Hill continues today (Friday). Multiple agencies are on scene at Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge searching for a boater who they say went missing yesterday (Thursday). Officials with the Oak Ridge Fire Department and the Oak Ridge Police Department are assisting TWRA with the search at…MORE

KPD: 25-Year-Old Charged after Breaking into Apartment

KPD: 25-Year-Old Charged after Breaking into Apartment

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A man is accused of breaking into apartments on UT’s campus. Knoxville police say the incidents occurred around 1:00 a.m. Thursday morning on Lake Avenue. Police say 25-year-old Bobby Crain broke a front window and entered an apartment. The residents in that apartment confronted him. Officers say that’s when Crain jumped onto…MORE

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