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Former Cocke County Coach Charged with Statutory Rape
NEWPORT, Tenn. (WOKI / WVLT) - A former Cocke County High School Assistant Football and Wrestling Coach has been charged with statutory rape. The Cocke County Sheriff's Office says deputies arrested a...
Dec 08, 2025 Francisco Garcia (WVLT)
TDOT Traffic Alert Cusick Road and Pellissippi Parkway in Blount County
KNOXVILLE (WOKI) - Motorists traveling on Cusick Road and Pellissippi Parkway (State Route 162) in Blount County should be aware of upcoming road construction activities that will have a temporary imp...
Dec 08, 2025 TDOT logo
The Knox County Sheriff's Office Identifies the Victim in Fatal Crash
Knox County, TN (WOKI / WVLT) - The Knox County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim in a fatal crash. Rural Metro Fire called to the 7600 block of Neubert Springs Road in South Knox County Nove...
Dec 08, 2025 KCSO Cruiser
Knoxville Police Asking for Help to Find Possible Endangered Teen
Knoxville Police are asking for help to find a missing teen. Officers are attempting to locate missing and possibly endangered 17 year-old Geniah Mooring. She ran from the area of East Tennessee Child...
Dec 08, 2025 Geniah Mooring KPD
Y-12 Downgrades Nuclear Facility Status of Building 9206, Moving it Closer to Eventual Demolition
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (story courtesy of WVLT) - The Y-12 National Security Complex downgraded Building 9206 from a nuclear facility to radiologically contaminated, a milestone that reflects significantly ...
Dec 07, 2025 Y-12 complex (Department of Energy Oak Ridge)
Celebrate the Holiday Season at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WOKI) - Embrace the spirit of the season with two festive events at Great Smoky Mountains National Park this December. Visitors are invited to celebrate Appalachian holiday traditio...
Dec 07, 2025 Great Smoky Mountains National Park sign (Courtesy: GSMNP)
Two arrested and Charged Following North Knoxville Shooting
Knoxville, TN (WOKI / KPD) - Jamarcus Murphy, 20, and Jamahus Murphy, 18, were arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder after investigation into a shooting that happened in North Knoxvi...
Dec 07, 2025 Jamarcus Murphy and Jamahus Murphy (WVLT)
KPD Identifies Suspect in Deadly Shooting, Asking for Help to Find Him
UPDATE: Knoxville, TN - KPD detectives are attempting to locate 33-year-old Job Alvarado-Lainez. Alvarado-Lainez is a person of interest in the deadly shooting that happened in the early hours of Satu...
Dec 07, 2025 Job Alvarado-Lainez, (WVLT)
Bomb Threat at Sevierville Walmart
What: Multiple Agencies Respond to Bomb Threat Where: Walmart, 1414 Parkway, Sevierville When: Saturday, December 6, 2025 Just before 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 6, 2025, the Sevierville Police Depar...
Dec 06, 2025 Sevierville Police cruiser
Man Convicted of Rape and Assault of Woman
KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) - Knox County District Attorney Charme Allen announced on Thursday that a jury has convicted a man who was accused of raping and assaulting a woman in 2023. Deangelo Malik Ro...
Dec 04, 2025 Deangelo Malik Rogers (KCSO)
