Category Archives: Local News Reel 2
KCSO: 14-Year-Old Juvenile Arrested for Setting Trash on Fire at South-Doyle HS
Knoxville, TN (WOKI A 14-year-old South Doyle High School student is facing serious charges following a fire Thursday afternoon in a trash can at the school.Deputies and juvenile detectives responded ...
Sep 12, 2024
A Jefferson County Man is Facing Charges after Authorities say He Went on a Multi-County Burglary Spree
A Jefferson County is facing charges after the sheriff's office says he went on a multi-county burglary string.The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says 48-year-old Christopher Driggers was taken int...
Sep 12, 2024
Great Smoky Mountains Fire Now 28 Acres, Uncontained, Park Says
Gatlinburg, TN (WOKI) The Flint Gap Fire, which was started by lightning on August 26th, continues to burn slowly in a remote area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park primarily in undergrowth i...
Sep 11, 2024
Tennessee Department of Health Confirms First Positive Measles Test Since 2019
The Tennessee Department of Health confirms a positive measles test of a resident who recently traveled internationally.They spent time in Kentucky during the infectious period and are now recove...
Sep 11, 2024
Knoxville Police Arrest 11 Year-Old for Threat of Mass Violence at a KCS Middle School
An 11-year-old student is charged for threat of mass violence after an investigation into an incident at Vine Middle School.A Knoxville Police Department School Resource Officer responded to Vine Midd...
Sep 10, 2024
Knoxville Fire Department Puts Out Trash Fire at Neyland Stadium
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) “Hot work” being conducted on one level of Neyland Stadium is reportedly to blame for a small trash fire Tuesday morning at the venue.Knoxville Fire Department officia...
Sep 10, 2024
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says TikTok Shooting Threat is a Hoax
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says an investigation has revealed a juvenile making a threat of possible school shootings that would happen today (Tuesday) is a hoax.JCSO says Jefferson County ...
Sep 09, 2024
Missing Sevierville Man Dead, Police Say
Sevierville, TN (WOKI) The man at the center of a missing person alert out of Sevier County has been found dead.Officials with the Sevierville Police Department taking to social media Sunday night to ...
Sep 09, 2024
CAREGIVER ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ABUSING VULNERABLE ADULT
CARTER COUNTY – An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Medicaid Fraud Control Division, Adult Protective Services, and the Tennessee Department of Dis...
Sep 07, 2024
Man Dies after Farming Accident in Lenoir City
Lenoir City, TN (WOKI) A man is killed after a farming accident Thursday in Lenoir City.Officials with the Loudon County Sheriff's Office say deputies responded to a call on Cardwell Chapel Road aroun...
Sep 06, 2024
