Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A 38-year-old Knoxville man faces over three decades in prison for a 2023 murder near downtown. District Attorney General Charme Allen’s office, making the announcement Wednesday, says Jayshawn Williams was found guilty of second-degree murder when he shot and killed 35-year-old Travis Brown on May 3 of 2023. “This is just a…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department is asking for the public’s help finding a man with multiple outstanding warrants including one for aggravated assault. KPD says 38-year-old Tayon Walker of Knoxville faces charges of aggravated assault, failure to appear and felony evading arrest. Police say the assault charge is in reference to an incident…… MORE
A Loudon County Sheriff’s Office deputy suffers minor injuries in a crash. Officials say the deputy was hit by a driver who ran a red light at the intersection of Highway 321 and Highway 70 Friday. After reviewing dash cam video from another LCSO deputy who was at the scene, the Tennessee Highway Patrol determined…… MORE
Maryville, TN (WOKI) The federal government has canceled almost $1 million in food shipments to East Tennessee’s Second Harvest Food Bank. Officials with Second Harvest say 21 tractor-trailer loads, more than 370,000 pounds of food, are paused due to a federal review of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodities Credit Corporation, the funding source for…… MORE
The Knox County Regional Forensic Center has identified remains discovered several years ago in wooded North Knoxville area near Fourth and Gill. The Knoxville Police Department and a RFC investigator assisted in the recovery and examination of the remains found August 16, 2022. A forensic center anthropologist determined that the remains belonged to a white…… MORE
A New Market man is arrested following an investigation into child sexual exploitation. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says 59 year-old Leslie Byrd was arrested after deputies went to a home on Fielden Store Road Thursday for suspicious activity and found evidence of possible child sex crimes. Investigators from the Criminal Investigation Division and Internet…… MORE
A New Market man is arrested following an investigation into child sexual exploitation. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says 59 year-old Leslie Byrd was arrested after deputies went to a home on Fielden Store Road Thursday for suspicious activity and found evidence of possible child sex crimes. Investigators from the Criminal Investigation Division and Internet…… MORE
Loudon County, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: Described by authorities as “rapidly spreading” and a threat to structures, a brushfire in Loudon County Friday morning is now extinguished. According to the Tennessee Forestry Division’s fire map, the fire was less than an acre in size and was 100% contained around 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. Crews had closed…… MORE
(UPDATE 3/28/25 noon WOKI) If you are in the Rocky Top area you may see U.S. Army helicopters today (Friday) as crews get extra help fighting a wildfire that’s 150 acres large and only 50% contained. Anderson County Officials say the military and the Tennessee Highway Patrol would be helping in the response to the…… MORE
Today (Thursday) marks six months since Hurricane Helene made landfall, moving through East Tennessee and causing unprecedented destruction and taking several lives. According to the National Hurricane Center, 18 Tennesseans lost their lives at the hands of the storm. Helene, which swiftly became a tropical storm as it made landfall, dumped billions of gallons of…… MORE
