More than 125 Soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard’s 1175th Transportation Company departed Tennessee Wednesday, October 11, on the first leg of a year-long deployment to the Southwest border. The 1175th, headquartered in Tullahoma and with a detachment in Brownsville, is a transportation unit comprised of National Guardsmen trained in various logistics, maintenance, and combat…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department is investigating a shooting Monday night on Chapman Highway near Shoney’s. KPD officials say officers responded to 2401 Chapman Highway around 10:30 p.m. to find a 52-year-old man in the parking lot who had been shot. He was taken to UT Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. While there…… MORE
An investigation is underway following an early morning structure fire in North Knoxville. Knoxville fire department crews responding to the 2800 block of Linden Avenue and found flames at the back of the structure which is a small residential apartment complex. Residents were evacuated and there were working smoke alarms. No injuries were reported. The…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway following a fatal shooting Monday in East Knoxville. Knoxville Police Department officials say the shooting happened on the corner of Ben Hur Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. They say officers were flagged down around 10:45 a.m. and found a woman who had been shot. The woman…… MORE
Knoxville Fire Investigators say they have determined the cause of a house fire in South Knoxville which left a dog dead Officials say the fire was due to a bathroom wall heater that was left on with combustible materials nearby. Crews called to the 1800 Block of Beech Street yesterday (Sunday) and found heavy smoke…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Tunnel to Towers foundation will be paying off Knox County Deputy Tucker Blakely’s mortgage. Twenty-nine year-old Blakely died after responding to a domestic call Sunday night. Tunnel to Towers is an organization that pays off mortgages for families of officers who die in the line of duty or pass away from…… MORE
Rockwood, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: Officials with the Roane County Sheriff’s Office say the incident is being investigated as an overdose due to heroin and fentanyl being found inside the home. The sheriff’s office is working to find out where the drugs came from. ORIGINAL STORY: An investigation is underway in Roane county after three people…… MORE
An investigation is underway by Knoxville Police following a deadly shooting in the Western Heights area. KPD responding to UT Medical Center last night (Wednesday) for a shooting victim, identified as 47 year-old Dorian Steeley, who was brought to the hospital by car and was pronounced dead. Police found the crime scene was in the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Officers with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office take a suspect into custody after descending upon the West Hills area Wednesday afternoon in response to a domestic call on Mallard Bay Drive. KCSO officials say deputies responded to a situation on Mallard Bay Drive, but the suspect had left by the time they…… MORE
Tennessee OSHA officials are investigating the death of a worker in Powell. TOSHA officials were notified yesterday that a worker died in a construction site in the Mockingbird Meadows Drive area. An investigator went to the scene to look into the circumstances that led to the worker’s death. They say it usually takes eight to…… MORE
