Knoxville Police department officials are asking for the public’s help finding a teenage girl. 17-year-old Desaray Thurmer left her home on Middlebrook Drive in an uber but KPD says she never arrived at her destination. Police say she may have been heading to an address on Avalon Drive. S he has not been seen since…… MORE
First Lady Jill Biden, along with U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, is visiting Knoxville on education tour.
White House officials said the first lady’s first stop on the Road to Success Back To School Bus Tour will be in Knoxville on Sept. 12, to showcase the many ways school communities are helping students recover and thrive.
Cardona said this year will be one of the most important ever, as we not only work to catch students up, but put them in a position to do even better than where they were before March 2020.
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A missing Knoxville man has been found. Police and East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers were searching for Robert Kitzmiller, 73, after he went missing on Monday. Today authorities say he has been found. He left his job in Maryville Monday night in his red 2017 Mustang. Police said that he was going to get dinner for…… MORE
Knoxville Police recovered two guns and arrested two people after a traffic stop. According to officials, after officers stopped a car in East Knoxville for a non-functioning brake light a passenger ran from the car. Officials say officers recovered an AK-style pistol and AR-15 from the car. After an investigation one man was charged with…… MORE
Police and East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers are searching for a missing Knoxville man. Robert Kitzmiller left his job in Maryville around 8:30 PM on Monday. He was last seen driving his red Mustang. Police said that he was going to get dinner for a friend and take it to her at McGhee Tyson Airport. …… MORE
A juvenile was arrested on Monday for making a social media threat toward Sevier County High School. According to a release from the Sevierville Police Department, on Tuesday investigators were made aware of a possible threat of violence posted to social media made towards the high school. Officials say the threat was non-specific but after…… MORE
East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers is searching for a woman after she was visting a dying relative. Officials say Denise Renee Patterson, 51, has been missing since June 30th. She has not been seen or heard from since. Police say she was visiting a dying family member. She was staying at Karm on North Broadway. …… MORE
An 18-year-old is arrested for bringing an assault rifle onto a Knoxville school campus. An incident report obtained by TV News Partner WVLT shows the arrest address was for the Christian Academy of Knoxville. According to the report, law enforcement got a tip saying Aidan Eldridge was armed and going to the school to confront…… MORE
Two men were arrested after stealing a car from a dealership. Officials responded to dealership on Kingston Pike around 3:45 AM where the car was stolen and riven through a fence. KPD found the car at Alice Bell Road and Buffat Mill Road and took an 18-year-old and a 21-year-old into custody. Officials have not…… MORE
The man believed to be responsible for the hit and run that killed an 18-month-old Saturday night in Morristown has been charged. According to Morristown Police department officials, Walter Noe Mendez has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving a fatality. On Saturday night Police were called to a home where a…… MORE
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