Updated Story: KPD NEWS RELEASE: KPD Investigating Armed Carjacking Near UT Campus The Knoxville Police Department is investigating an armed carjacking that happened early Monday morning and was the subject of a UT campus alert. At around 3:20 a.m. on Monday, February 5, 2024, KPD officers were dispatched to the area of 14th Street and Laurel…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) All employees are safe and no injuries are reported following a fire Friday morning at a used tire store in North Knoxville. Knoxville Fire Department officials say crews responded to a report of a fire at EZ Used Tires on 4715 Central Avenue Pike after receiving a 911 call around 11:20. Upon…… MORE
An officer-involved shooting in connection to an endangered child alert for 11 year-old Bree Mays out of Knox County who has been found safe at the Tennessee-Georgia line early this morning (Friday). The suspect was killed in Hamilton County according to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office who says the suspect would not follow their requests…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knox County Sheriff’s Office announcing Thursday they have arrested a South Doyle High School freshman for threats of violence made on social media. KCSO officials say the arrest happened just before midnight on Wednesday, January 31. The freshman student is alleged to have made the threats over Snapchat. The arrest comes…… MORE
The Knoxville Fire department is investigating after a commercial trailer catches fire at Fort Loudon Recycling in North Knoxville. The call came in just before 5 this morning. (Thursday) this morning and found the trailer on fire in the lot the recycling facility on Hancock Street. The fire spread to another trailer that was parked…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UT’s Chancellor took some time in front of the cameras Wednesday, publicly standing behind her heated letter to the NCAA’s president over its investigation into the university’s Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) practices, calling the decision an attack on student athletes. “When you’re leading a university and someone attacks you and makes…… MORE
University of Tennessee Chancellor Donde Plowman wrote a letter to NCAA President Charlie Baker Monday following an investigation from the NCAA into Tennessee’s Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) practices. WVLT News got ahold of that letter through a Freedom of Information Act request to UT Tuesday; here’s a breakdown. In the letter, Plowman says the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Our news partner WVLT is reporting, and the Knox County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed, an investigation is underway following the discovery Tuesday of a loaded pistol magazine at an area high school. KCSO officials say the loaded magazine, also referred to as a clip, was found on a restroom floor…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Another Knox County middle school student is arrested for making a false school shooting call. Officials with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office announcing Tuesday that detectives had arrested a 12-year-old Carter Middle School student Monday for making a false school shooting call. The arrest marks the fourth Knox County middle school student…… MORE
Rocky Top, TN (WOKI) A man is dead and an investigation is underway following a shooting in Anderson County. Officials with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office say deputies were dispatched to the 100 block of Cedar Lane in Rocky Top Monday after receiving a call reporting the shooting. ACSO says 45-year-old Eric E. Patterson was…… MORE
