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Knoxville City Council Passes Over $477 Million Budget Prioritizing Public Safety and Affordable Housing
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (story courtesy of WVLT) – The Knoxville City Council met Tuesday night and passed a $477.3 million budget proposed by Mayor Indya Kincannon.The 2025-26 budget prioritizes publi...
May 28, 2025
The Oak Ridge High School Navy JROTC Booster Club under Investigation by State for Questionable Transactions
An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller's Office found nearly $25,000 in questionable transactions by the Oak Ridge High School Navy JROTC Booster Club.The state says between July 2020 and April...
May 28, 2025
Knoxville Police Asking for Help in Search for Missing 13-Year-Old Girl
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville police are asking for help finding a missing teenage girl.KPD says 13-year-old Brailey Carter was last seen by her father at her home in the Mechanicsville area of Knoxv...
May 27, 2025
KPD: Homicides Trending Down in the City of Knoxville
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Officials with the Knoxville Police Department taking to social media Tuesday with good news relative to homicides in the city.KPD sharing that the homicide rate continues to decl...
May 27, 2025
Knox County Seeks ‘Best Dog Park’ Win in USA Today’s ’10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards’
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Tommy Schumpert Park has been nominated in USA TODAY’s 10 Best Readers' Choice Awards for Best Dog Park in the United States.Knox County officials say they need your help to...
May 27, 2025
Police Searching for Former West High School Football Coach Wanted for Sexual Battery
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Police announcing Friday afternoon they are searching for a former West High School football coach who's been accused of sex crimes.Officials say Richard Scott Shaver, who goes by...
May 23, 2025
Woman Arrested in Connection to $14,000 Theft in Campbell County
Campbell County, TN (WOKI) A woman is arrested after a crash investigation in Campbell County.The Campbell County Sheriff's Office was called to the scene of a car crash on U.S. 25W and found Autumn A...
May 23, 2025
Greene County Mayor: Ending Penny Production Will Cost Hundreds of Jobs
Knoxville,TN The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks in the last phase of fading out the penny.Artazn Zinc has a factory in Greene County and are the nation's sole manufacturer of penny...
May 23, 2025
TWRA STOCKS 10,000 WALLEYE IN PIGEON RIVER FOLLOWING HURRICANE CONCERNS
NEWPORT, TN (TWRA / WOKI)- In response to potential impacts from recent flooding caused by Hurricane Helene and in partnership with Tennessee State Representative Jeremy Faison, the Tennessee Wildlife...
May 23, 2025
A Cow Causes Multiple Accidents with Injuries on I-75 in Loudon County
A cow falls off a trailer and runs into traffic yesterday (Thursday) afternoon on I-75 in Loudon County causing multi-vehicle crashes which injured several people and debris on the road which caused t...
May 23, 2025
